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[jekern1015]

Hit the narrows again this morning and it was a little on the cold side, so was the fishing. We ended up with a dozen crappies and 4 perch. Once again my wife and her jigging action caught another muskie. I believe this one was pushing the 45" mark, much bigger than the last one 2 weeks ago.
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[petty4life]

What boat where u in? This is the second time we have both been up there the same day. I was in the boat with the red top
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[jekern1015]

charcol and white lund
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[Wildcat94]

nice job, they crappie are schooled up super thick in the narrows, wish more people would help thin em out... Also nice muskie!!!
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[albinotrout]

Nice Tiger Muskie. Thanks for sharing the report and pics.
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[Springbuck]

Well, if you want the crappie thinned out, throw us some more info! Depth? Suspending or bottomed out? Structure? Lures? Baits? I'm in, but have floaties with no sonar.
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[Wildcat94]

fish are stacked in the narrows, use your sonar to locate the big schools. most fish are suspended off the bottom to about 20'. the buoy line by the damn on the south shore had bunch of fish podded up thick. I fished it for tigers and thurs and fri the schools moved but not to far...

find the schools and should be able to hammer them.

another spot was the road bed on the north end of the buoys that extends a ways out
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[wagdog]

Thanks for the pics. That is a toothy sucker for sure. Are there any size to the crappie y'all are getting into?
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[Springbuck]

Thanks. As I mentioned, I have no sonar I can use from my smaller craft, but I'll probably try it anyway.
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[Wildcat94]

Pics of stacked bait/crappie/perch
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[Troll]

So, without sonar and having seen the pictures of sonar that were posted, (thanks for those) I would rig with slip bobbers.

Place the knot about 32 to 35 feet from the jig and cast it out. Let it settle all the way down till the bobber stands up straight and use as light of a bobber as possible. Use both poles you are allowed to and pick one up to move the jig a few feet, then set it down while watching it and move the other.
Repeat. Change depth setting a little deeper if not hooking up, but remember Crappie's eyes are fixed in their head so that they look upwards, not down so keeping the offering a little above them is OK. If the wind is moving you compensate for the angle the line will be at under the water as far as depth goes.

Look at the GPS picks too, see the notch in the shoreline, remember the description of being close to the bouy line and give it your best shot.

If you can use really small jig heads (1/32 oz and 1/64 oz)that allow you to use a quill bobber you should be able to detect the crappie breathing on the jig. A tiny piece of perch meat, worm or ice fishing grub, is also advisable.
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[wagdog]

Man they look like Christmas trees on the screen. [][]
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[Springbuck]

Hey, thanks, Troll. I actually do a lot of crappie and panfish fishing in general, and I'm familiar with slip bobbers and the like, but your post is exactly the type that actually answers questions, covers some stuff beyond basic basics, and makes things easier on a guy that doesn't know.

With this snow, I might chicken out until the freeze, as I would suppose the big shift in conditions will change where the fish are, but I'm still interested.
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