Reply With Quotenice catch & mess of slabs... I have never had much luck on that lake for crappie... I guess I need to spent more time on the water there...
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Treated myself to Fathers Day trip and Lake Sibley did not disappoint this morning. Pulled Bandit 300's and caught 19 crappie and 8 Kitty Cats . Not a bad day on the water , but it was hot. My younger brother has taught me the trade of crankin in the Summer heat.
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nice catch & mess of slabs... I have never had much luck on that lake for crappie... I guess I need to spent more time on the water there...
Rick
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And another one joins the fray.... Nice catch!Originally Posted by silver deck
My younger brother has taught me the trade of crankin in the Summer heat.
Only need three more years before I can think like a fish.
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Those will stink the grease.
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Nice catch!
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I gotta learn how to do this.
Do you lose a lot of baits doing this?
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That depends on how willing you are to get near structure. I try to stay where I know the open water is free of snags. I think my brother told me he lost one bait yesterday. I've been pulling crank baits since 2016 and I have probably lost 10-15 baits. Half of those losses went to gar or catfish. So it does happen.
P.S. A little trick I learned. I put about a 3' leader of braid between the mono and my bait. That keeps the toothy garfish and the catfish fins from cutting my line.
Only need three more years before I can think like a fish.
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I just use braid and straighten the hook. Like to ricochet those baits off something to trigger a strike.
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I lost one bait Sunday , it was a Strike KIng 3XD and they tend to run a little deeper than the Bandits . Probably got to close to the shore line too.
I was more worried about losing baits to the vicious catfish that were biting. I'm using 10 lb mono and run depth colored 20lb braid on two spinning reels.
Put a 24 V 80 lb Fortrex troll motor on my boat earlier this year and having 24 volts compared to 12 volts makes a big difference.
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I'm another crank bait puller and went straight to 30# braid. Like everyone else said garfish catfish barfish and snags are some of the problems pulling cranks. I will add we are targeting predominantly white crappie which tend to roam open water searching for bait as opposed to the black crappie that tend to be more structure orientated, not saying we won't catch a black every now and then. Just my 2 cents.
