07-14-2006, 08:57 PM
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I agree with Tarpon4me's advice to you. Will you be fishing from the bank or from a boat?
If you don't have a depth finder to locate brush and bottom patterns, I suggest cutting several bundles of your own brush, weighting it and then sinking it around specific stick ups in water depth between 12-16 ft. deep. You'll be creating a crappie habitat that will aid your fishing for years to come. You'll have to re-brush approximately every two-three years. This is how we've done it for years on Pine Creek Lake in Oklahoma and we catch loads of crappie every time!
The ugly stick is my husband's favorite rod! For crappie fishing I prefer a lighter rig. I use a 5ft Browning rod with a light weight crappie reel and 8lb. test. This enables me to feel every little bump in the water and pull the crappie right out!
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I agree with Tarpon4me's advice to you. Will you be fishing from the bank or from a boat?
If you don't have a depth finder to locate brush and bottom patterns, I suggest cutting several bundles of your own brush, weighting it and then sinking it around specific stick ups in water depth between 12-16 ft. deep. You'll be creating a crappie habitat that will aid your fishing for years to come. You'll have to re-brush approximately every two-three years. This is how we've done it for years on Pine Creek Lake in Oklahoma and we catch loads of crappie every time!
The ugly stick is my husband's favorite rod! For crappie fishing I prefer a lighter rig. I use a 5ft Browning rod with a light weight crappie reel and 8lb. test. This enables me to feel every little bump in the water and pull the crappie right out!
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