Thread: Preferred tight line method?

Tight lining for crappie is just vertical fishing with jig on bottom and no bobber.

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I don’t call it tight-lining, but generally use 2 methods when using weights. If fishing close to bottom (rarely) I like the weight on bottom. If fishing for suspended crappie, I like weight on top. No data to support either, just what I have confidence in.

In the past I didn’t use weights in the winter once I slowed down. However, I will probably at least try weights now that I have livescope.


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Originally Posted by 20watt

Tight lining for crappie is just vertical fishing with jig on bottom and no bobber.

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So just bobberless fishing w a jig.

Another skill I have to get better at lol

I'll be the Huckleberry ....

To me "tightlining" is what I was taught to call "still fishing" ... or in other words, boat is stationary (tied up or anchored) & your lines are straight down. It's how I started & learned how to fish for Crappie (w/minows) as a kid.

I've heard people call drifting, slow trolling, trolling, & vertical jigging .... "tightline" fishing. Those methods already have a name, so why include them in the "tightlining" category ??

Personally, when I'm "still fishing" (tight line fishing) my weights are above the hook. And I don't count it as "tightlining" when any form of float is being used.

Originally Posted by 20watt

Tight lining for crappie is just vertical fishing with jig on bottom and no bobber.

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So are you "hovering" over them in your boat and dropping your line down to them?

If casting out then letting it sink, how do you detect a slack line bite?

I'm using slip bobbers, so it's easy for me to "set" the depth and just jig the lure a bit.

Still, I keep reading people say tight lining is better.

Either dropping straight down or pitching and letting it pendulum down but never on a slack line

If you want to watch some cool videos of working a cork and jig check out Kendall Frederick on YouTube. He makes it look easy

Originally Posted by CrashVector

So are you "hovering" over them in your boat and dropping your line down to them?

If casting out then letting it sink, how do you detect a slack line bite?

I'm using slip bobbers, so it's easy for me to "set" the depth and just jig the lure a bit.

Still, I keep reading people say tight lining is better.

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