do they hit them readily. I have been seeing some post about it being a waste of time to push or pull cranks if your lake has black crappie only. The saying is white crappies love them and black crappies do not. Is this true or a myth? Need input. Thanks
I may not be a lot of hep, as I only use crankbaits from time to time. But from what I have gathered so far, is you DO catch mostly whites, at least where I pull them. I don't see why you couldn't catch blacks, I guess it just depends on the depth of you bait. I usually run baits in the 15' to 20' range and catch whites on main lake ledges. I think I catch mostly whites because the tend to be in deeper water.
The Kentucky Game & Fish Commission or whatever it's called did a big study on Kentucky Lake which has been reported on this site before. As I recall it showed that black crappie tended to stay shallower than white crappie and that they tended to relate more to cover whereas white crappie tended to suspend in open water during certain times of the year. If this is so I can see why most crappie caught trolling cranks would be whites.
I've only had minor success on a lake that only has black crappie. When I go to a large reservoir that has both black and white crappie I catch both.
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My fish must have not read that study. Caught close to 20 blacks today while trolling (with a hard bait) for walleyes in 19 foot of water. These fish were caught along the drop off that went from 17 feet to 32 feet. All were caught within a foot of the bottom.
I don't know. I suspect a guy could catch black crappie trolling cranks up in the Canadian Shield lakes where there's a whole lot more grassy cover and rock cover than woody cover like we have here or would be found in Kentucky Lake. If you have time, you might want to look up the study. It is very interesting.
pretty much ALL whites......matter of fact cant remember ever catching a black on a crank....
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Anyone got a link to that study...I catch mostly Blacks..a lot in deep water.
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