Is long-lining good in cold water?
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Is long-lining good in cold water?
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Neil, it works but it depends on the lake I think. It seems to me that this past Saturday on Wylie the guys where I was fishing seemed to be trolling very slowly trying to get the jigs down to to 25 feet or so. That is where we were catching crappies tight lining. I never saw anything pulled over the side but they were there practicing for next weekend. On the idea of lakes matter, I think it depends on fish population. High rock has a tremendous amount of crappies compared to Wylie. So from the reports and what I've seen there is more are caught on HR than Wylie at any given time. I don't long line as I use to but Wylie does not have that population that it had 30 years ago. Since perch were added as a another species to fish for. Perch almost destroyed in my opinion the crappie population we had. Bass fellows are starting to see a decrease in there numbers and size. Two floods in recent years didn't help either.
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Thank you for your reply Ron.
I agree with you on the perch.
They really did a number on the crappie population in Wylie.
I've always tight lined for crappie until I seen some guys trolling for them about 10 years ago when I had my bass boat. Then I tried it a few times with no luck so stayed with tight lining minnows.
Since I got this boat I fish from the sides and back and will slow troll for them in the day time some. Using jigs, and minnows.
Thank you again for your input on my question.
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Thank you all for sharing this wealth of knowledge with beginners like myself - read all 39 pages with pleasure! I've just started longlining and pulling jigs right now (also plan to pull cranks eventually) from my pedal drive kayak. I can keep a 1 mph speed very easily while still keeping track of my gear and watching the graph.
Question that I've not seen addressed yet: If I'm targeting speed of 1.0 mph is that the speed on your GPS (speed across land) or does it need to be through the water? For instance if there's a tailwind or current pushing me at 1mph should I just drift with it or take that into account so my GPS speed would be 2 mph? Since I'm in a small boat current and wind affects me more than most guys. Thanks.
1 MPH is 1 MPH whether youre pedaling or the wind is blowing you. Not real sure what you mean about being on land or water though?!? If a tail wind pushes you at 1.0 mph then stop pedaling until youre going slower than 1.0 mph again.
Got it. Most baits and spinners stop having action at 0.5 mph so that's about as slow one would ever go longlining, right?
Also, do you watch your graph when moving less than 1 mph? Seems that everything gets so stretched out that it doesn't provide any good information other than depth of water.
What speed is standard for running side scan when searching for crappie?
Do you watch the 2d sonar and downscan while sidescanning or just side scan?
I wont troll less than .7 mph. Like you said, the action on the hot grubs needs a certain speed to work. If I'm not mistaken you need to be running about 3-4 mph to get clear pictures using side scan. Some people use side scan to find the fish before they start fishing. I use 2-D sonar for that. And I constantly use my sonar when trolling. With maps on your sonar you can watch ahead for shallows coming up along with avoiding any premarked brush piles and with 2-D you will see "new" brush piles as you go over them. Then you need to speed WAY up so your jigs doesn't hang the brush. I hardly ever use down scan.
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
Thank you. Another question….when trolling a creek channel do you like to start from the back of the cove and move toward the mouth or vice-versa or does it make any difference? Do crappie like to orient/face into the current typically?
I dont put lines out until my graph tells me fish are there to catch. I may even have to leave one creek and check out another one. If I aint marking anything in the backs of the creek then I dont fish back there. Hope this helps.