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Apply Tournament Tactics to Weekend Fishing

Dannemueller and Steele, the Crappie the weight will come to rest right on the
Country/ Bobby Garland team, uses slow spot rather than yards away.”
trolling tactics on many of the lakes they fish Brad Taylor of Greenville,
Mississippi has been President of
competitively. Magnolia Crappie Club for three years.

On the Crappie Master Series, he has
four top five finishes plus a 1st place.
on the target.
“When I idle over a piece of His mantra is keep it simple and be
structure with the big motor, I do not toss observant.
a marker as an afterthought because “As a tournament fisherman
it will not be accurate. Instead I turn approaching a new lake, I’ve learned
the boat into wind, jump on the trolling to scour the internet ahead of time to
motor and slowly ease back over the gather information on various maps with
structure. Just as the stump or brushpile all the ramps and water depths, areas
leaves the right side of the screen, I that people crappie fish, the popular
give the marker a four to six foot toss techniques, and the species and size of
ahead of the boat. Then as the marker the lake’s baitfish. Anyone can do this
unravels and drifts back with the wind, and all this information is free.”

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