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What do you all think about using 8 pound Berkley Trilene XL mono for crappie fishing? I have a nice rod I’d like to use for this, it is a 6’6” St. Croix Premier medium light spinning rod, with a fast tip. It has a Daiwa Exceler LT 2500D-XH reel on it with 8 pound mono. I set it up for light crankbait fishing for bass but I think it would be good for crappie too. I’d like to keep the 8 pound line so I can go back to bass fishing with it too. Is there any specific reason to need to go down to 6 pound or 4 pound line?
Crappie, Bluegill, Shellcracker, Catfish...in shallow water I use clip on mostly, sized for the weight. For deeper water I like a small Thill slip bobber with string bobber stop. Shallow = 3' or less, deeper = deeper than 3' ! I'll fish what I have on if it means re-rigging! <lazy>
https://www.amazon.com/Thill-America...875369&sr=8-10
Don't overthink it. I use the cheap styrofoam floats from Walmart or the trout magnet floats. I seldom use one longer than a 1.5 inches and I prefer slip bobbers. The key for me is finding yourself some 1/32 worm sinkers. You can insert them in the bottom of the styrofoam floats to add additional weight if needed. finding a few is well worth the effort. I really like the balsa floats but they are pricey and you can expect too lose a few floats in the spots that I typically fish. I only use them when fishing more open water or along rip rap.
I went to Academy Sports tonight and selected a few to get me started. The pink and chartreuse Crappie Corks are both spring loaded and slip bobber, and have markings on them for suggested jig weight. Kind of a one float does all deal. Hopefully in these floats I will find some that work well for me and I will go from there.
use them comal floats and save them thills , easier on the checkbook for sure , you can get 2 packages of the 3 comals for the price of a single thill float down in these parts ...
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