Thread: ok you nice Va folks i need sum help please!

Originally Posted by Corker

As the summer sun starts boiling lakes, the fish go deep. No matter how you drop or suspend your baits, try to keep them at least 24" off the bottom. Otherwise, you'll handle every catfish in the place.

You are so right Corker.....went last nite caught a few gills.....bout 12-15 cats (only like 7-8" long) & still no crappie........
Also a reminder why im not a jig person.....donated probably a dozen jigs...this can & will get expensive on my ole ladys purse :D

Im not giving up.....I placed a order at Welcome To Gene Larew Soft Plastic Baits so will tryem when i gettem.....again thanks to all of you for helpin out!!!!

Has anyone had any luck findin the map i lost on the pond......its called Oxbow Lake in St.Paul Va

Originally Posted by Bluegilll

caught a few gills...still no crappie.

Try cut bait. Scale and "fillet" one of the gills and hook a small piece on a bobber rig as you would a minnow. I use #1 or #2 aberdeen (thin wire) hooks, but others go as small as #6. Put enough split shot above the leader so the bait sinks quickly, but not so much that it drags your cork under. Set your corks at staggered depths so the deepest bait's suspended at least 24" off the bottom. In clear water, you can set them higher. When the bite's on, they will come all the way to the surface to grab a bait left danging right a the surface. Last week at Beaverdam, both crappies & white perch were grabbing cut bait as quickly as minnows.