Originally Posted by
drumking
Yes and yes. I need some pointers. Lolol. You can paint all winter when the weather is bad. I have to fish while the bite is going on. You know that I could catch more fish if I just did the same old thing all the time, but I’m constantly pushing the envelope by trying to figure out how to catch crappie under difficult weather and water conditions.
I am working on presentation techniques that aren’t the “normal” thing to do. This is why I only catch 5-10 keepers on a 3-4 hour trip. I fish without Livescope. I will never buy a Livescope. I’m not knocking guys who do and enjoy watching the screen on their graphs when presenting the lure instead of watching the line to detect the subtle bite that you get more times than not with a crappie. I know that people want to catch fish when they go. If using TV monitor to zero in on the fish, and see their lure drop to the depth the fish are in and see the bite on the graph instead of seeing the line bite, then go for it guys. That isn’t my cup of tea.
Candi, one of our trolling friends wanted to teach me planer board fishing and I appreciate the fact that he is a master at trolling, but I had rather kiss my sister than to troll. It is a very effective technique at certain times of the year, but I don’t want my boat hooking the fish and me just reeling it in. He said that he can’t troll when it is very windy which is common around here.
The thrill of fishing and why I do what I do is to present an artificial lure into the fish’s environment, and present it in such a way that he will bite the lure. This is where the thrill is, in detecting the bite. The size of the fish is secondary to me. I love catching 8” crappie because I have already had my initial thrill. Grin. And sometimes, you can hook and land a 28.66 pound Flathead catfish on 4 lb test line with a friend that you have taught to fish and who beats me on a regular basis when she isn’t painting. Lolol.
