Originally Posted by
Countryboy N.C.
If you are talking about trolling jigs, This is what I do, I trolled jigs for about 5 years, all year long and done real good at it, Now I am learning new methods and backed off trolling for now, but I will try to help you out, I used 4 pound line, 1/16 to 1/8 jig heads, curly tail grubs, one jig per line. Cast as far as you can, that should be enough line out, which should be 40 to 60 feet behind boat, next get your speed right, I start out at .7 mph, then I adjust till I start catching fish. Anywhere from .5 to 1.2 mph is the norm. early in the year, end of Feb, I slow down to get down to the fish ( .5 mph ) and use a bigger head because the fish will be 14 to 18 feet deep then. In march when the water warms up to above 50 , the fish will move up 12 to 13 feet, then I speed up some and go to a smaller head.. The more you do it, the more you will figure out. A 1/16 head on 4 lbs line running about .7 will run about 10 foot deep, you can slow down a little and get it deeper, 12 feet or so, but when the fish are 14 to 16 feet I use a bigger head and slow down. Well, I better hush, if knappy see this I will be in trouble! I ain't never told any one this much info at one time before, Knappy has been trying to get me to tell all for over 20 years now, I just give him a little bit of info at a time. Hope this helps some.
I foregot the most important thing, you got to be over crappie for this to work.