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Drift fishing for crappie

Posted By: Brickmaker

Drift fishing for crappie - 01/05/21 12:01 AM

Spent the day drifting for crappie with brother. Caught our 2 man limit plus 3 smaller blue cat.

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Posted By: banker-always fishing

Re: Drift fishing for crappie - 01/05/21 12:06 AM

Nice haul. Good job. thumb
Posted By: Drycreek3189

Re: Drift fishing for crappie - 01/05/21 12:18 AM

Y’all did good buddy !
Posted By: flee fly

Re: Drift fishing for crappie - 01/05/21 01:16 PM

Get the crisco ready!
Posted By: Bentman63

Re: Drift fishing for crappie - 01/05/21 02:09 PM

I am going to try drifting ..
Posted By: Pot licker

Re: Drift fishing for crappie - 01/05/21 02:44 PM

Thats awesome! cheers
Posted By: pop r

Re: Drift fishing for crappie - 01/06/21 01:52 AM

Great job! cheers
Posted By: JIM SR.

Re: Drift fishing for crappie - 01/06/21 02:19 AM

How,...with Livescope ?
Posted By: Drycreek3189

Re: Drift fishing for crappie - 01/06/21 02:30 AM

He may not see this tonight, but I can answer the question. No livescope involved, just knowing the lake and where to fish.
Posted By: Bassman_78

Re: Drift fishing for crappie - 01/06/21 03:40 AM

Originally Posted by JIM SR.
How,...with Livescope ?


Doubt it. If they had Livescope they could just target fish instead of drifting. Probably just found an area or areas with fish on the graph, got positioned with the wind, and drifted accordingly like you would for catfish. If they just picked an area or depth willy nilly and said lets drift here, that would be a mighty impressive result.

Nice job btw op
Posted By: Mo

Re: Drift fishing for crappie - 01/06/21 04:47 PM

I have customers who drift Lake Striker, It is a small lake , they just drift the deepest water available.

MO
Posted By: Brickmaker

Re: Drift fishing for crappie - 01/08/21 03:22 PM

No just know the lake and got in 20- 22 fow and go with the wind . Had two hooks on my line one right off bottom and one about 18 to 24 inches above it. Was fishing with minnows
Posted By: Brickmaker

Re: Drift fishing for crappie - 01/08/21 03:24 PM

Lake Striker where we fished.
Posted By: Pintail711

Re: Drift fishing for crappie - 01/09/21 01:55 PM

That’s how we fish this time of year on LOP. We use drift socks to control the drift.. no faster than .7 mph and you’ll be able to keep a 3/4oz bell weight on the bottom. Very easy and can catch limits very quickly. Like the OP said, lots of fish hang out in the flats off the river in 18-25’
Posted By: Fishbonz

Re: Drift fishing for crappie - 01/09/21 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by Brickmaker
No just know the lake and got in 20- 22 fow and go with the wind . Had two hooks on my line one right off bottom and one about 18 to 24 inches above it. Was fishing with minnows

Works on Lake Waxahachie also! thumb thumb
Posted By: Drycreek3189

Re: Drift fishing for crappie - 01/10/21 12:25 AM

Anybody ever try that on Palestine ?
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