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Stumps & Snags

S tump and snags…the love affair never Good wood covers, including trees,
ends for the fish or fishermen. Fish love the stumps and snags, are always high-potential
safety, ambush opportunities, and shadows spots for catching fish.

offered by the wood. Fishermen love wood
because they know it’s where crappie hide. to know for sure. The key is to fish fast from
stump to stump and area to area. I’m looking
Jiggin’ for active fish so the more wood I fish the better
There are many lakes and rivers that the chances of catching more fish.”
are full of trees, stumps and laydowns. Don Brooks keeps his equipment simple
Brooks fishes all over the country but Truman beginning with a 10-foot BnM Sam Heaton
is his home water and he likes fishing there. He Super-Sensitive. The sensitivity helps when
notes that waters vary from region to region but bites are very light and it’s light enough to hold
the vertical jigging he uses at Truman works in all day long. Line is 10-pound test Spider Wire
many of the other lakes with similar type covers. for strength, sensitivity and small diameter. He
“This time of year,” says Brooks, a team uses three different jigheads depending upon
member of the 2013 Crappie Masters Angler the mood of the fish. A 1/8-ounce is the typical
Team of the Year. “Water temperatures are jig for getting down quickly and giving good feel.
up and fish often move out to 8 to 10 feet of He switches to a 1/16-ounce jig for a slow fall
water but you have to check different depths when fish are not aggressive. When just looking

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