Originally Posted by
Yaker
I watched an old gentleman and his granddaughter crappie fishing in what I thought to be a very unique way recently, The water depth they were in was 5-8’ and cloudy.They were using minnows,a small split shot without a cork, fishing around tree stumps.
The old guy would back his 12’ boat right up to a stump,and tie off.He would lie down with just his head showing,he would then drop the minnow right behind the boat and basically tight line.I watched him catch perhaps 10 crappie in this manner.
I guess it was the rarity of this style that struck me,his rod was similar to an icefishing rod,perhaps 30” long.In an age of long fishing rods used for vertical jigging,and dipping,it was interesting to see this approach for sure.