Reply With QuoteSpider rigging, pushing jigs and minnows or just minnows still works.
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Aside from pulling cranks and night fishing how else can I catch crappie in the summer? Does anybody spider rig or single pole in the summer?
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Spider rigging, pushing jigs and minnows or just minnows still works.
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There's also long lining jigs and shooting docks too!
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Several of the folks that fish close to here use the vertical deep jig technique with good results. One of ems catching limits.
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Longlining too.Originally Posted by G-3 Fisherman
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If I go in the summer and it's not at night, it's gonna be really early and back by 9 AM if that or very late evening. Just too hot here for me to enjoy that, unless we get some clouds and it cools some, heck a lot, LOL!
Minnow and Jigs. Spring I don't even think about minnows and don't like using them in the summer, but I believe if you can get some to take a minnow it may spur on other to feed. I usually catch my bigger fins on a jig below a minnow that is about 15"-18" above the jig.
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What depths do you guys look for in the Summer.
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Skip, I unload right at daylight and fish until about 9AM. I try to get back in the air conditioned truck without getting soaking wet with sweat.:rolleyes::o
Len, I've been finding fish in the 13'-16' range in waters anywhere from 15'-22' depths. Found 'em in there last summer and theyre there this summer too. Cant explain why...other than the area is holding ALOT of shad.
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Len ....
What you want to look for is the thermocline. Find the depth of the thermocline, then find where cover rises thru/above it. Baitfish will not usually go below a thermocline, since even though the water is cooler, there's little to no oxygen present. Shade is another factor .. since constant shade will usually keep the water, above the thermocline, a little cooler than sunlit water.
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One lake I fish, I mostly stay in water under 15' another & I usually stay in water under 25'. Most of the fish I catch are fairly shallow 6'-10'. Like pappy said, you've got to watch the thermocline.
I seem to be catching quite a few on slip floats anf I'm always casting a jig. Debth of fish will dictate head size.
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