Pulling

[Hanr3]

How many of you Pull for Crappie and what is your favorite technique, lure size, color, time of the year, water temp, and define your preferred location, etc? What do you do when the bite turns off?

Pulling is simple fishing off the side of the boat and mounting your trolling motor on teh other side of teh boat, pulling you along, similar to trolling but slower.

It's a Crappie forum and I have seen a lot of BS threads, plus saw one saying there isn't much new in Crappie Fishing. Im betting there is a variety of techniques being used for Verical jigging. I am going to post the same for other forms of Crappie fishing.

[Eager Beaver]

This is a very effective way of catching Crappie along ledges and creek channels.

[Ken Jones]

I never pull for crappie. Other species yes, crappie never. Pulling along is still trolling and nothing else.

[Hanr3]

To be honest I heve heard of Pulling until I saw it on a Bill Dance episode. I have never seen it being done on the lake either.

I might have to try it out. Is this llike trolling or more like casting? Still trying to figure out how ppulling is done. Any tips.

[crappiefarmer]

To be honest I heve heard of Pulling until I saw it on a Bill Dance episode. I have never seen it being done on the lake either.

I might have to try it out. Is this llike trolling or more like casting? Still trying to figure out how ppulling is done. Any tips.

I think it is more like spider rigging but from the side. You will be tight lining more than likely with some weight above or below Your bait. the advantage to this is the spread you will get and the amount of water you can cover in one pass. the disadvantages are boat control and wind issues because You will be broadside to the wind and boat control with the fact that You are steering the boat from the middle. Not the ends where the boat will maneuver in the desired direction easier. CF

[rnvinc]

Even tho I spider rig most of the time I would think that pullin would have an advantage over spider riggin on windier days when boat controll is a problem.....

Set up on the upwind side of the potential fishy spot and let the wind do the work pushin the boat thru the fishy spot and just use the TM to keep the boat going in the direction you want to go....

There's just some days that are too windy for spider riggin.....

That's when pullin. longlining. or crankin would be my choice of methods to try....

[gabowman]

Sounds like tighline drift fishing and using the troller to keep the boat straight.:o Used to do alot of that in early spring over stumps. Caught alot of fish that way.

[Hanr3]

Even tho I spider rig most of the time I would think that pullin would have an advantage over spider riggin on windier days when boat controll is a problem.....

Set up on the upwind side of the potential fishy spot and let the wind do the work pushin the boat thru the fishy spot and just use the TM to keep the boat going in the direction you want to go....

There's just some days that are too windy for spider riggin.....

That's when pullin. longlining. or crankin would be my choice of methods to try....

This was my first thought too. Might be great on windy days. I spend a lot of time fighting the wind.

Spider rigging isnt really an issue in Illinois. 2 pole limit per person, with 2 hooks on each pole.