Thread: Trolling spinners

BTW when I find an active crappie bite when trolling, I stop trolling and attempt backtracking; so I can hover over the bite spot. Alone I will then vertically jig, setting aside the spinner, if I am using one. More than one in the boat and if we can all jig up fish, the better. Other wise at least one of us will be casting to better pin point the school. For me trolling is to find the fish, then you drop candy bits right in their faces to fill the bag. I cannot think of any better tool to hold position in a hover than having spot lock on your electric.

Troll to find - hover to harvest.

Something else to try. Using a rod with lighter braid as the main line, tie on a foot long length of 4 pound mono using a loop know so that the mono can slide up and down the braid. Tie a very small clip to the mono for lure changes. Tie a simple knot in the end of the braid to stop a dropshot weight. Now clip on a smaller crankbait and clip on a weight heavy enough to keep line bow to a minimum during a slowwwww troll. Watch the locator and adjust your depth according to marks you see.
Crappies will hit cranks pretty aggressively when they are feeding. Locate the fish by trolling as mentioned and then stop and pick them apart with jigs.