05-01-2015, 10:28 PM
[#0000FF]As we both know, when the crappies are on the chew you can't use a lure that is too big. They will hit anything. And I did very well a couple of times last year on 3" Gulp minnows.
But something told me today that with all the pressure they have been getting they might be a bit more skittish. So I downsized to the two 1/32 oz. marabous on 4# line and a light action rod. Many of the bites were just a bit of back pressure...no real hits. Any change in the force was worth a free hookset.
Part of my game plan was suggested by my success with the fly rod last week. I was using marabou flies that were almost identical to the little jigs I was using today. And I fished them a lot like files...cast, slow sink and then steady middepth retrieve.
Oh yeah, I found that I got more love if I anointed the little feathery things with some Gulp perfume periodically. I think we are both members of the Gulp cult.
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But something told me today that with all the pressure they have been getting they might be a bit more skittish. So I downsized to the two 1/32 oz. marabous on 4# line and a light action rod. Many of the bites were just a bit of back pressure...no real hits. Any change in the force was worth a free hookset.
Part of my game plan was suggested by my success with the fly rod last week. I was using marabou flies that were almost identical to the little jigs I was using today. And I fished them a lot like files...cast, slow sink and then steady middepth retrieve.
Oh yeah, I found that I got more love if I anointed the little feathery things with some Gulp perfume periodically. I think we are both members of the Gulp cult.
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