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MFF US Northeast => New York => Topic started by: 00Fisher00 on Apr 20, 2012, 09:25 AM
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I've targeted them the last couple of times out. Only caught one per outting. I get about 6000 bites using mr twister jigs but cant seem to get 'em. Anyone ever tried tying trailer hooks on anything? I've tried floating them under small slip bobbers with the same result, bobber goes down i tug, theyre long gone... Dont really want to get into having to buy minnows everytime, so any advice is welcome.. :-\
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Sounds like you have the right idea. Maybe you should look into a longer rod. They can be tricky to hook. I usually use a 7'+ ML. It could also be too much slack when using the slip bobber. Make sure you have most of the slack out of the line, and dont "set" the hook intil you feel the weight of the fish.
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I use the slip bobber with a glowing ice jig under it tipped with 1/4 of a night crawler spikes, mousies, meal worms or a fat head they may hold on longer if there is meat on the hook.
4# line on a light or ul pole will also help.
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crappies can be tough little devils. I like using a stem bobber and a light jighead with a small plastic tail. The bobber needs to be balanced so that it stands up with the weight of the jig, goes under with the slightest tug, but so that it turns on its side if the crappie swims up with it. On tough days i will add one maggot to the hook for a little added something.
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Crappie have soft mouths. Be careful you don't set the hook too hard and rip right thru their lip. If you have sharp hooks you don't need to yank to set the hook just start reeling in. Give that a try and see if you catch more.
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Ditto to what Frank said crappies are sometimes called butter-mouths. They are real easy to rip the hook out of . If you are missing as many as you say that could be whats happening. It could also be some kind of small baitfish hitting you, like golden shiners or spot-tails.
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Yeah i'm using my light action trout pole 6' i think with 4 lb mono. Its pretty hard to not yank on the pole when getting bit, but i had toned it down quite a bit. Paper lips is how ive heard them described! Just got home from Bass pro, picked up an assortment of road runners varying sizes, bunch of diff color tubes, and some 4lb nanofil. Hitting the lake with the girlfriend when she gets home from work (not that she knows this yet but ;D)
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Here in s.w.mich. I use my 10' steelhead rods,6lb. mono,1/16 oz. pinkie jigs high quality balsa floats & minnows.The crappies around here slam them . Enough cannot be said about sharp hooks,and getting all your equipment matched up. I also save all my dead minnows & freeze them.when the bite gets hot & heavy its a lot easier to put dead minnows on the hook & they work just fine (for me). I think the suggestions for the longer rods will really make a difference for you.
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your doing fine just lift them and don't try and set the hook ,their mouths are soft and tare easy , just a little practice and all will be well , a very soft rod will help just an ol buzzards .02
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Going to have to pick up a longer, lighter action rod. Going to try one of those bass pro micro lite combos i think. $20, it's worth a shot. Went out again this past friday with the same results. One crappie, girlfriend caught a couple 3lb(ish) largemouths which is always good! Didnt expect much the wind was ripping pretty good. Going to keep after em though...
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I like to use a 7.5' fly rod with a spinin reel, that way all my hookset consists of is a small flick of the wrist. I also love my basspro carbon lite 6'9 medium lite as well for this
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I've targeted them the last couple of times out. Only caught one per outting. I get about 6000 bites using mr twister jigs but cant seem to get 'em. Anyone ever tried tying trailer hooks on anything? I've tried floating them under small slip bobbers with the same result, bobber goes down i tug, theyre long gone... Dont really want to get into having to buy minnows everytime, so any advice is welcome.. :-\
Hey 00 Fisher....try casting out with a tiny bobber and tiny jig/twister tail , or jig/tube etc.....but keep a steady,slow retrieve.....you'll see the bobber sag down or go under when they bite...they pretty much hook themselves ! just keep reeling and lift. Works great for me, Plus you can cover lot's of water. If your tiny jig is riding up to high behind the bobber , add some split shot above the tiny jig. Good Luck
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Hey 00 Fisher....try casting out with a tiny bobber and tiny jig/twister tail , or jig/tube etc.....but keep a steady,slow retrieve.....you'll see the bobber sag down or go under when they bite...they pretty much hook themselves ! just keep reeling and lift. Works great for me, Plus you can cover lot's of water. If your tiny jig is riding up to high behind the bobber , add some split shot above the tiny jig. Good Luck
Great advice choo choo...we will slow drift or slow troll like that when we are searching for them...usually a small tube tipped witha leaky jared berkley Spike or maggot...
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What type of rigs do you use?
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I use many different rigs...but I like 2" tubes, sometimes we ground pound (Thats what we call it) move and cast structure and shorelines with roadrunners or other spinners and tubes until we get into them...if we hit more than one then we will switch to bobbers with small jigs and sometimes fatheads tipped on different jigs...I prefer Caty Jigs...we also drift or slow troll with the roadrunners or tubes under a bobber various depths until we find where they are suspended...sometimes they are out deeper right on the surface...They are a tricky fish to figure out and sometimes to hook but when you find them it can get fast and furious quickly...thats what makes them so fun to catch...plus they taste great...somedays you have to work really hard to find them and other days they are stacked up right where you thought...just bought a new depth finder with Down Scan...I am hoping this will help even more...
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this is what i do to get crappies.lets take the hudson river[tons of crappies]go to the back waters by you
fish the north end of the back waters[tide makes a differance]crappies will come up to hit a bait,but most times
will not go down,so start fishing about 1ft under the water,what i use is a brown/orange 1,1/2 in tube,on a bobber
tube is on a 1/16oz jig head,cast out,let set till ripples on water stop then give a small crank with reel to make
bobber move then let it set,time to let it set.???up to you,do this for 20 to 30mins, then move the tube down
to 2ft and do the same,each day is differant,but i have hooked as many as a '100' crappies in one day[most went back]
hope this helps
;D ;D ;D
RAT
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TRY SMALLER HOOKS AND BAIT TRY A NUMBER 10 BAIT HOLDER FOR BAIT AND TRY WITHOUT THE BOBBER WITH A SMALLER TUBE OR MARIBOU JIG .IF THAT DONT WORK TRY A 2 INC CAST MASTER OR THE SMALEST PHOBE THAT YOU CAN FIND.THATS ALWAYS WORKS FOR ME .AND DONT FORGET THE BETTLESPIN THE SMALLEST ONE GOOD LUCK
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Went out yesterday, I tell ya, finding the occasional northern pike on 4 lb test is surely something else! :o Drag was screaming a bunch of times, especially when it seen the boat! 5 mins into it I got the tip of its mouth over top of the net, and snap! Broke 'em off. FYI Berkley Nanofil knot strength sucks!! Keep killing time until walleye season shows up i guess... Oh and back to the 20lb 832 for me ;)
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Last fall I got into them. I got into the sight fishing for them where I was not pulling a spinner I was letting a paddle bug free fall down the water column. The second that line stopped and started coiling up on the water surface I lifted the pole up to set the hook.
It was working rather well because others that were fishing were not doing so good.