your ok, on your beetle spins were you using silver or gold spinners..............
I have found on some waters down here they will respond to gold more than chrome
try a 00 or 01 blades spinner................put on your own jig....using 1/16 or 1/32 jig
curley tails work the best..........pumpkin seed, black/chaut or blue/chart.
hot pink maybe black in color with pink tail....
long line speed sometimes is crucil............9 - 1.0 good starting speed, go up from
there on couple passes, or down depending on where you start. always give it a
little to check affect on curley tail.
distance back from boat on long lining...........spead out distances 25 - 35 - up 50 ft
wgt of jig is big time.... i usually work only with 1/16's sometimes to 1/32nds or
maybe double up on jigs.......1/16 on top - 1/32 below.................
you didn't mention anything about spider riggin, hence, you are searching for spec's
and marking locations................
run contours 5 =- 6 - 7 - 8.....sometimes i work deep to shallow on contours
black crappie love to stay real, real close to weed line (hydrillia) when long lining,
don't overdue number of rods out...........work with what you can control........
once you start to long line, never stop the boat even when you take the hit..........
reel, land and continue......(also mark location)
enjoy