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Cold-Weather Stump Fishing
fish here often go out into the shallow is the best tactic most of the time in
water stumps so thats where to start in the submerged stumps, especially on lakes
winter. Not all stumps are equal with bigger where crappie are deeper.
stumps often producing the most and best Slow trolling in shallow water requires
crappie. 14- or 16-foot poles, maybe longer in clear
Gowan says fish may suspend up water, but get a little deeper where youll
but theyll usually be near or hugging find crappie in most lakes and 12-foot
the bottom. A little experimenting will be poles are long enough and much easier to
required to learn exactly what depth to fish. use than the ultra-long poles.
Good racks are important for holding
Slow Troll the poles. Driftmaster makes strong, quality
Most experts agree that slow trolling holders available in several different models
Josh Gowan catches a fish while his partner nets it. Drift socks allow them to move along
slowly in the wind.
5 Crappie NOW January 2015
fish here often go out into the shallow is the best tactic most of the time in
water stumps so thats where to start in the submerged stumps, especially on lakes
winter. Not all stumps are equal with bigger where crappie are deeper.
stumps often producing the most and best Slow trolling in shallow water requires
crappie. 14- or 16-foot poles, maybe longer in clear
Gowan says fish may suspend up water, but get a little deeper where youll
but theyll usually be near or hugging find crappie in most lakes and 12-foot
the bottom. A little experimenting will be poles are long enough and much easier to
required to learn exactly what depth to fish. use than the ultra-long poles.
Good racks are important for holding
Slow Troll the poles. Driftmaster makes strong, quality
Most experts agree that slow trolling holders available in several different models
Josh Gowan catches a fish while his partner nets it. Drift socks allow them to move along
slowly in the wind.
5 Crappie NOW January 2015
