Yes, that's a good way.
i am convinced crappie will always bite (sometimes not aggressively) but active target 2 /livescope/ whatever- has proven to me that sometimes they just leave and are not there to bite
something some of us learned 20 years ago when Paul Rister and Ryan Oster discovered how much they actually move from spot to spot and the differences in behavior and water temp preference between blacks and whites. some have just learned with FFS that casting to crappie is one of the best ways to catch them.
I fished for crappie only,no other species since 2008.Crappie won't always bite,livescope shows that clearly.I probably fished 6-8 times a month from 2014 to 2022,every month of the yr also.I would catch a limit or double limit if someone was with me,usually 1/2 trips in a yr I wouldn't have my limit.Now the smaller fish bite better than the bigger ones usually or in my experience.Lots of guys will chase one down and catch it when it runs/leaves.In my experience when you chase one down and ends up heading back to the structure where you first saw it its probably not gonna bite time to move on.
Hes been on them. I went with him a couple weeks ago and he was telling me the hybrid were slow. I told him we can go find some crappie and I told him I had marked a nice pile in the first cove we went and it was loaded with keeper black crappie. We sit there for and hour and caught 15 or so with a couple shorts.
More power to them. And i have recently watched some guy - last named Jones- rough looking long haired fellow- tourney fishing. He has what looks like an inverted baitcaster and a 15 ft long poles and just drops a bait, scoops em up and has a dude behind him that takes them off the hook for him. They stare at the screen the entire time. And he was wearing out the white crappie in timber. Im sure they can put a ton of fish in the cup like that - buti personally enjoy casting to them 30 to 40 ft away on ultralight tackle. Different strokes for different folks. I love foreard facing sonar, but i cant just sit on a seat and stare at it nonstop
I single pole,cast and spider right 2 poles when I'm lazy and just want to relax and catch fish.I also still have my equipment to pull cranks,but only do it once,twice a yr when it's really hot outside though.
Yep,do what you like forsure thats what I do forsure.It also depends what lake you fish and time of yr, fishing presure,etc.Some with the long pole do just drop straight down though,but the pendulum long pole method is deadly.If you ever see it in person with accurate fishermen presentation it's awsome.
If you ain't scoping your hoping!
LOL JOSH JONES. He is a good fisherman but ... Well i will just leave it at that
