• Back to Basic's

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    CrappiePro
    Published on 02-01-2017 03:37 AM
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    Back to Basic's, with all the modern ways to catch crappie around us, it was nice to go out as simple as it gets and just cast a float and small jig. It took me back to my childhood where so many crappie careers got their start this way, including myself. As I fished I wondered how many of us started this way and now would not even think about picking up a Float & jig or minnow rig to go fishing. If this is you, I want you to know I am not trying to be critical by any means, Just want you to know if you would like to try and go back to the Basic's as most of us started as a child and realize just how much fun it can be, as I did on this day. I promised myself it will not be a long time again, where I leave all the other stuff at home, and just go back to where my love of crappie fishing began. The sight of a VIOLENT!!! jolt with the float going under, a sweep of the rod going up in the air with the rod loading up with hard wobble of a big slab on the other end. Never forget your roots.

    Equipment: Fish USA contest St Croix Pan Fish Rod, Sahara reel, Weighted WM float, Midsouth Chart tube on a 1/32 pink head, 6 lb Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon line. Slow rolled 3 feet deep tipped with nibbles...





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    1. pesce's Avatar
      pesce - 02-01-2017, 06:10 AM
      Very nice CP, sometimes it's good to go back to the past.
    1. Alphahawk's Avatar
      Alphahawk - 02-01-2017, 06:24 AM
      Beautiful fish....the only way I fish is single pole casting.....love it.


      Regards
    1. hdhntr's Avatar
      hdhntr - 02-01-2017, 08:15 AM
      that's how we fish at T hill but from the shore and my problem is casting it far enough out to drag bobber and jig back over brush or PVC. Need to learn how to get the right 10-12 foot pole, reel, line and weighted fixed bobber 40-60 feet. Any suggestions?
    1. Jiggah's Avatar
      Jiggah - 02-01-2017, 09:12 AM
      Were you just fishing banks or were you in a cove, creek, slough?
    1. darcie1's Avatar
      darcie1 - 02-01-2017, 11:17 AM
      About as good as it gets without dad there.
    1. CrappiePro's Avatar
      CrappiePro - 02-01-2017, 11:59 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Jiggah View Post
      Were you just fishing banks or were you in a cove, creek, slough?
      I was fishing the back of a small cove, and the mouth of a small feeder creek coming into the cove in a stained water lowland Res. It was a nice sunny windy winter day, a little chilly.
    1. CrappiePro's Avatar
      CrappiePro - 02-01-2017, 12:05 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by hdhntr View Post
      that's how we fish at T hill but from the shore and my problem is casting it far enough out to drag bobber and jig back over brush or PVC. Need to learn how to get the right 10-12 foot pole, reel, line and weighted fixed bobber 40-60 feet. Any suggestions?
      If the water is stained get a bigger wieghted bobber, and maybe go down to a quality 4 lb test to get MAX distance, I have done well with a 4-5 inch wieghted cigar shaped bobber and a 10 long handle jigging pole to reach out and touch them, fishing as little as 18" deep, also a good mid sized spinning reel with lots of spool line capacity will help, A mid sized slip bobber butting right up to a 1/8th or 1/4 oz jig or a good sized split shot just above the jig with a slipbobber can be zinged a long ways. Good Luck
    1. Dave and Lynn's Avatar
      Dave and Lynn - 02-01-2017, 01:05 PM
      i guess I am just a basic fishermen. That is how I fish all the time.
    1. Billbob's Avatar
      Billbob - 02-01-2017, 01:18 PM
      good times
    1. Marvin's Avatar
      Marvin - 02-01-2017, 01:25 PM
      Nice, so much fun..the thrill of that cork going under, doesn't get any better.
    1. Eagle 1's Avatar
      Eagle 1 - 02-01-2017, 02:17 PM
      great way to "fish" .
    1. scrat's Avatar
      scrat - 02-01-2017, 03:03 PM
      Wow! Nice crappie.
    1. JayDeb's Avatar
      JayDeb - 02-01-2017, 06:32 PM
      Wow!!! Nice catch!
    1. skeetbum's Avatar
      skeetbum - 02-01-2017, 07:14 PM
      I've gone back to some of that lately myself. My catch rate isn't big but some of the fish are. Glad you brought the fun of this method front and center. A very rewarding way to fish. Nice looking bag o fish you have on the table.
    1. "G"'s Avatar
      "G" - 02-01-2017, 07:25 PM
      Good catch Russ
    1. RetiredRR's Avatar
      RetiredRR - 02-01-2017, 08:50 PM
      Congrats and basics are hard to beat for sure.
    1. Hippie Bob's Avatar
      Hippie Bob - 02-01-2017, 10:47 PM
      Those are some NICE crappie. I got started using a float and a pinkie jig. Caught lots of crappie w that set up. Lot to be said for the basics.
    1. crappiebum_kc's Avatar
      crappiebum_kc - 02-02-2017, 02:25 AM
      Nice job! That's still how I fish and have great success with.
    1. speckslayer57's Avatar
      speckslayer57 - 02-03-2017, 06:35 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Dave and Lynn View Post
      i guess I am just a basic fishermen. That is how I fish all the time.
      I fish the way Dave and Lynn fish, my problem I guess is not knowing the Lake, creek or slough.been fishing the same lake (Creasant) and creek (dunes) with no luck for three years. The very first time I caught five three to four lb cats shooting docks on the northwest banks of the lake with a beetlespin (it was a crappie tournament). My stratagies are being basic stay at it and eventually I'll find my problem, How to catch crappie!
    1. healthnspector's Avatar
      healthnspector - 02-12-2017, 09:08 PM
      good heavens Beautiful fishees!

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