12-20-2011, 04:57 PM
I do quite a bit of deadsticking, or almost dead - with an occasional bounce, wiggle, then still.
But I do hear the crappie like more action, and I believe it. I think a number of ice hookups come not from a BITE-TUG-PULL so much as noticing their mouth is near the hook, and getting that vertical 'set'.
Are you using spring bobbers? I have a Mr Jigger teeter totter, and even with that - the spring bobber will show movement that doesn't even make a bob. Lots of misses - but some of those hooksets on a tap turn into weight on the line. With a camera you can see a lot of slurp-spit action that causes NO movement.
I've met many of the resident skunks at Willard - but also get drawn in by the hopes of something of quality.
But I do hear the crappie like more action, and I believe it. I think a number of ice hookups come not from a BITE-TUG-PULL so much as noticing their mouth is near the hook, and getting that vertical 'set'.
Are you using spring bobbers? I have a Mr Jigger teeter totter, and even with that - the spring bobber will show movement that doesn't even make a bob. Lots of misses - but some of those hooksets on a tap turn into weight on the line. With a camera you can see a lot of slurp-spit action that causes NO movement.
I've met many of the resident skunks at Willard - but also get drawn in by the hopes of something of quality.