Thread: Question for you smart people

Put a half oz. weight on one of your poles closest to the boat . With the same amount of line out on the two closest the boat they will scissors by each other . This will allow a quicker turn .
Always turn away from weighted side .

There’s smart people on here??


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The biggest two reasons folks lose crankbait crappie is
1. Trying to reel them in too fast. I ease the fish to the top and keep them coming so I can see their mouth and the bait. Lots of folks get excited and try to skim or tumble them in.
2.Folks watch WickedTuna and think they have to pump a crappie in like a tuna. Give that fish ANY slack and 75% of the time it comes off.

My boat never stops unless somebody falls overboard and can’t swim fast enough to catch up. Hang-ups are pulled loose or broken off. There are days the fish hit timid and just don’t hook up well. That’s fishing cranks.


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Originally Posted by M R Dux

The biggest two reasons folks lose crankbait crappie is
1. Trying to reel them in too fast. I ease the fish to the top and keep them coming so I can see their mouth and the bait. Lots of folks get excited and try to skim or tumble them in.
2.Folks watch WickedTuna and think they have to pump a crappie in like a tuna. Give that fish ANY slack and 75% of the time it comes off.

My boat never stops unless somebody falls overboard and can’t swim fast enough to catch up. Hang-ups are pulled loose or broken off. There are days the fish hit timid and just don’t hook up well. That’s fishing cranks.


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Are you pulling cranks yet? I’ve been pushing RR’s at Sardis and am just about convinced I need to move to the back tomorrow and pull cranks. I’m’ going back and forth on it. I waited too late to switch over last year and feel like I missed some opportunities.

We did great on Sardis last year pushing RRs until the water warmed above 80 degrees. Our best day last spring with RRs was May 27 when water temp was 80 degrees. Yesterday the water temp was 72-73 degrees. I'm staying with RRs for awhile.

Originally Posted by CatchumDeep

We did great on Sardis last year pushing RRs until the water warmed above 80 degrees. Our best day last spring with RRs was May 27 when water temp was 80 degrees. Yesterday the water temp was 72-73 degrees. I'm staying with RRs for awhile.

Thanks. Might stick with them then a few more weeks.

I’ve been pulling cranks in KY and Barkley for over a month.


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Them some nice fish off cranks.