Some anglers prefer a long jigging pole or cane pole to swing a jig or minnow to prime fishing spots in shallows. Others prefer a spinning or spincast outfit to present the bait from a greater distance. Both work great.
Step1
One of my favorite set-ups is a Charlie Brewer Weedless Crappie Slider fished with ultralight tackle. Because it’s weedless, I can cast and retrieve this lure without worry of hangups. I cast the Slider just beyond the spot where I see a fish then bring it back past the fish.
Step2
If the water is clear but nests are in brushy areas or weedbeds, I use a jigging pole and try to place a minnow or jig on top of fish I see. I look into every cranny in cover for crappie hovering over their nests, then work the bait back to the fish and lower it into the water. No movement of the bait is necessary. If the crappie are feeding or guarding nests, strikes come quickly.
Step3
In many lakes where standing timber has rotted away, shallow man-made attractors of cedars, bamboo or old Christmas trees often draw spawning crappie. A top rig here is one used by crappie guides Jerry Blake and Darryl Morris on Arkansas’ lakes Greeson and DeGray. A Thill 1/2-inch, pencil-style slip float is rigged beneath a bobber stop and above a No. 6 Eagle Claw Aberdeen hook. A split shot is added between hook and float, and the hook is baited with a live minnow. Several rigged poles are placed in holders, the bobber stops are positioned at the depth where crappie are likely to be, then using a trolling motor, the guides slowly circle each attractor. Crappie often pull several floats down simultaneously, a testament to this tactic’s effectiveness.
Step4
Many spawning crappie move into extreme shallows in flooded timber that can’t be reached with a boat. To catch these fish, slip into some waders and move slowly through brushy backwaters, using a long pole to place minnows or jigs near cover or casting a Crappie Slider to swirls in the water that reveal fish. Don’t rush, or you could trip on a stump or log. Carry a basket or stringer for your catch, and use a staff to provide support and probe the water ahead.
By: Daker Carter
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March 23rd, 2010Kicktail Fishing Lures – Best Way To Attract The Game Fish
January 14th, 2010
The lures for Kicktail fishing lures are supposedly almost the exact duplication of the real action of a minnow or bait fish swimming. This name came to be given to the lures, for the reason that the tail movement actually kicks from side to side while it is to be recovered from the water. This action is as real and as imitative to the original action as can be made by anyone and is the most perfect artificial gadget that resembles the original species accurately. With this artificial bait you can do away with the need for live bait and need not be bothered with carrying live bait. It also serves a double purpose, as live bait is not permitted in many regions and you can use this instead.
The ingenuity of a kicktail manufactured bait
The designing and making of lures for Kicktail fishing is in Connecticut and these have previously been used to secure fish in many competitions throughout the United States. Very different to the more conventional jointed lures the lures for Kicktail fishing are separated into five different segments across the tail, providing the lifelike side to side action and maintaining the lure in line without the wobbling that more conventionally patterned segmented lures have naturally. The movement of gradual bending of the lure is so normal that even fisherman will have trouble in knowing what is shad and what are the regular Kickbait fishing lures cutting through the water.
The different sizes of the kickbait lures
Presently lures for Kickbait fishing are available in two varied sizes, the five inch XL-5 and the seven inch long XL-7. The kickbait fishing lures are sold in chocolate shad color, that is a brown color overall, root beer yellow, fire tiger, a lighter brown with definite yellow areas, a dark green on the top slowly altering on the belly to a bright red, and the color combination of a muted gray silver natural shad.
The different colored lures for Kicktail fishing come with or without rims, as per the style of the angling that they are meant for. Rims make the lures for Kickbait fishing dive as they are being run through the water, but the rimless types will go evenly through the water. To get the larger fish out of vegetation and weeds, which are in these areas, the divers are very useful. On seeing the Kickbait they will be inclined to stick even more out in open water, and make the angling much easier and faster.
A refund of your buy
Though Kicktail fishing lures have been introduced fairly recently they are now an essential mandatory item for bass anglers. There is an amazing offer from the company that if the XL-7 does not increase your catch by thrice the amount, they will give you a full refund for your buy. All companies will not give such a guarantee for their products.
By: Abhishek Agarwal
