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SOLVING “CURRENT” SITUATIONS

pulls shad by.”
Overstreet, who operates Overstreet’s Netting a nice crappie from a river requires
Guide Service (251.589.3225) and offers both using basic current techniques to increase
fishing and electronics training trips, relies your odds for a bite.
on the Humminbird Helix G2N technology for
his electronics needs. The Side Imagining display on electronics scattered around the
and Down Imaging features of his units, one current breaks or buried in and behind wood
forward and one on the console, allow him to structure, depending on the volume of the
pinpoint both wood and fish. current.
Various structures, not just wood, When the water is moving at a moderate
provide ideal locations for current breaks. to high rate, crappie tend to “bury up” in
Overstreet definitely seeks out tops, logs, tops to avoid the full force of the current.
stumps and any other wood on his electronics. Overstreet uses techniques that will get down
Rock and dirt can serve the same purpose. to the fish. His go-to approach is a one-pole
“A rocky point, a rock pile, a clay ledge method using a weedless jig adorned with
that has cutouts in the face of the ledge, either a Midsouth Tackle Company (www.
they all break the current and hold crappie,” midsouthtackle.com) tube or with hair. He
Overstreet said. has also been known to weave a minnow rig
Only when he determines where and down into wood.
how the fish are holding does Overstreet “When they bury up, my main thing is
begin to formulate a more detailed game a B&B Weedless Crappie jig,” Overstreet
plan for a day’s fishing. The crappie may said. “I usually use a 1/16th-oz. I will drop it

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