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Reply With QuoteThanks for the advice. Gonna be trying to get on some this weekend.
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Observation last Couple Week
Hope this helps someone. We had water warming up nicely and the fish were getting more aggressive. Then got colder nights and the water cooled a few degrees. At 52 they would move to come to a bait and actually chase it. I even sped the bait up and triggered some strikes. The water temperature dropped back to 49-50 and their mood changed. Speed it up and they would turn away. Had to get the bait closer to get a reaction. Speed is critical!!! Troller, changing your speed a tenth could make a difference not so much about how deep but how fast they want it. Most areas the fish are still schooled up making it tuff on Longliners. Miss by a few feet and get nothing. Tightlining and Single Pole is probably best till they scatter. I had never observed how only a couple degrees made such a huge difference. It showed me how I had failed to notice. Pretty sure this is nothing new. I may be the only one that was just fishing and not really focusing. What I learned has helped me catch a few more lately.
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Thanks for the advice. Gonna be trying to get on some this weekend.
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Tried yesterday and came home empty. Tried vertical jigging and longlining at .8 & .9 . Soft baits on jigs and minnows. Fished from 8:30 am to 1pm. Had much trouble staying on the fish with my live scope. At least I can see my jig now.
Tried last week for a few hrs and did no good. This crappie fishing is tougher than I thought it would be.
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Tried yesterday and came home empty. Tried vertical jigging and longlining at .8 & .9 . Soft baits on jigs and minnows. Fished from 8:30 am to 1pm. Had much trouble staying on the fish with my live scope. At least I can see my jig now.
Tried last week for a few hrs and did no good. This crappie fishing is tougher than I thought it would be.
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Thank you for sharing your findings with us. I learn something new almost every time I get out on the water.
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must be you got a good teacher
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As an old school one pole jig fisherman, I can attest that water temps need to be 50 or higher for the fish to be aggressive towards artificial baits. My rule of thumb has been “Temperatures or 50 and below, live bait, slow troll, and fish slow.”
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I learned a while ago, when you think your fishing slow, cut that speed in half, especially in cooler water.
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Until the water temps reaches pretty close to 50* I usually find myself working on food plots and deer stands. Ive found that longlining doesnt produce so well when all the fish are lethargic and hanging to brush in cold, deep water. And from my limited experience the same holds true for me when the water is constantly over 80* too. Besides, I dont like sweating in a boat waiting for a fish to bite my hook.
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This is very helpful to me as a beginner. What depth are you measuring water temperature, right at surface or 6-12 inches below, etc? Have you ever had to calibrate your reading on your transducer with a thermometer?
