Finally

[TreednNC]

Usually you'll know a 2lbish fish. Smaller fiish under 1.25ish look really similar until you get down to nursery (sub 8") size. IMO from looking at three different screens/scopes

[Les Young]

Lots of small & barely keepers look about the size of the jig head unless they turn just right then the sonar reflection gets bigger. However I have caught a bunch that looked no bigger than the jig head & them be keepers too. I think a whole lot of it is how the sonar hits them. I caught several 10 plus inchers Sunday afternoon that looked small on the screen but after boating them they were 10” or a little more.

[Danny Lang]

Lots of small & barely keepers look about the size of the jig head unless they turn just right then the sonar reflection gets bigger. However I have caught a bunch that looked no bigger than the jig head & them be keepers too. I think a whole lot of it is how the sonar hits them. I caught several 10 plus inchers Sunday afternoon that looked small on the screen but after boating them they were 10” or a little more.

did you have to downsize your jig to catch them?

[Slab Apprentice]

I prefer setting my forward view at 30 feet for crappie fishing. This distance allows me to see far enough ahead, but also I can tell the size of the Crappie pretty good on the screen. Slabs look like footballs. When you see one you’ll know!


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[Ketchn]

most of the larger crappie I have seen on LS in the 1.5 and up size range look considerably larger than the 10 inch fish . of course it isnt my thing to use ,but i got a good bit of screen time with them ....just saying
none the less , congrats and KABOOM

[Les Young]

did you have to downsize your jig to catch them?

I dropped down to a 1/16th ounce & set back 30 feet & casted past them letting it fall some & retrieved it either above or right through them. I started with a 1/4 ounce that i'd been vertical jigging with just to see & caught some on it but the lighter jig definitely got bit better.

[Les Young]

I prefer setting my forward view at 30 feet for crappie fishing. This distance allows me to see far enough ahead, but also I can tell the size of the Crappie pretty good on the screen. Slabs look like footballs. When you see one you’ll know!


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I fish at 30 too but search on the move at 60.

[Danny Lang]

I dropped down to a 1/16th ounce & set back 30 feet & casted past them letting it fall some & retrieved it either above or right through them. I started with a 1/4 ounce that i'd been vertical jigging with just to see & caught some on it but the lighter jig definitely got bit better.

Les funny you said this, yesterday I had to do the same thing. I found a school of fish in shallower water and had to stay out and cast to them. It gets me you can see lots of fish on a spot and you can catch about 10 or so, then no matter what you throw at them they just won’t bite. Is there anything else I can do to catch more of them?

[SuperDave336]

Change up the presentation. Change the bait, change color, try downsizing/upsizing. Give them something different for a little bit then sometimes you can even go back to original bait. Sometimes though they just turn off completely and it's best to move on to another school.

[keeferfish]

Change the bait, change color, try downsizing/upsizing. Give them something different for a little bit then sometimes you can even go back to original bait.

You ever thought about being a bait salesperson?