When will trolling start to make sense? Is it a water temp thing or is it just when the crappie follow the shad? If you long line troll what kind of rig would you do? I heard someone talking about pushing crank baits? Can you catch any fish this time of year trolling?

I have never done any long line trolling, but as far as spiderrigging I have done my share over the past three years. November is when I begin trolling, water temps usually in the low 60'2 and below. But you can catch fish year around doing both Im sure.

Thanks Cliff, im really going to try and hit it pretty hard this winter. My favorite days on Texoma are when the wind is howling and those huge slabs are biting. I have 6 10ft pro angler rods that i bought for spider rigging. Did i make a mistake? Didnt i need some different sizes or should they all be the same?

Haven't had much success trolling for crappie when the wind is howling--
10' rods will work just fine---

and get you a couple of bee ready 3 rod holders for the front of the boat...

Good way to catch catfish if you ask me...

Brian, this may help you too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsZyCo6qIX0&NR=1

We start trolling in the fall when the fish leave the brush. late October.

You can troll cranks now. We only troll with 10' rods.

Comne to the Lavon event on November 15th. We'll be doing some on the water seminars. I'll take 3-4 at a time for a 30 minute crash course.

We'll also have another trolling video finished in late November. It'll be updated.

I think i just need to hire you for a guide trip jerry. Dont care if we catch a fish or not. I just want to see what you look for to spider rig. I tried it a few weeks back and did catch this little guy!

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Yeah I have the bee readys!!! Maybe Sheldon will show me how to catch big cats on Lavon!!!!!!

Just ask him to take you crappie fishing...There will be catfish flying everywhere...Big ones too!!



That is not a crappie BTW...This is a pic from the Lavon tourny...Cozy huh?

Hey if i catch one like that in a crappie tourney. Im bringin it to the weigh in!

Its a job but you can do it what type of equipmant are you running!

Also what size hook or jig head rig and set-up are you using brian just curious!

I use a 1/24th its hard to get butn you can make it yourself but i like to trole or long line!

Sometimes even the best of us when we get in them good wind up with um raped up in our troling motors and catfish on instead of crappie!

Its is a very popular technique, some guys like ronnie caps an coleman with BnM or even wally can tell you there are those days!

But im confident that youll pull through it just like the rest of us.

Even the best of us had to start somewere!

Trolling is nothing new to the tournament circut, but Im still a rookie just over 3 years under my belt. Its something that can be as simple as crackers and cheese on a calm day to not burning a steak over a hot grill depending on the the wind. Lots of minor/major quirks, just seems to be have you percieve it/ deal with it. If alone start slow with 2-4 rods and get the feel of the conditions and as you progress, increase if wind allows. Simple carolina rig with 1 hook /1 weight is suffiecent in most cases. As you build confidence 2 hooks and more rods come into play. Theres no scientific answer other than troll into the wind as slow as possible and watch for the most simple/indescrete bites and always set the hook if any doubt of a bite. OK then let Paul and Jerry explain the rest, this is just a starting point. Because they can fine tune this all day long. Good Luck Brian and you will be hooked as I was just after a few limits of relax fishing.