Page 11 - Crappie NOW - March 2018

FIRST BITE

tangles of deadfalls and brush as well as
amid the remnants of last year’s spatterdock Success comes to working the right areas
or other pads, I am comfortable using with the right presentation. Northern lakes
straight 10-pound Gamma Torque Braid. produces it’s share of nice crappie.
By skipping the mono leader I use the rest
of the season, I simply pull free of snags
with straight braid in order to reduce loss
of rigs.
For tossing and retrieving a float and
jig, I fall back to my favorite all-around
crappie casting outfit: B’n’M 7-foot Sam
Heaton Super-Sensitive. For early spring
fishing, I’ll have the B’n’M ProStaff spinning
Reels spool with 6-pound Gamma Hi-Vis
Panfish Line.
Get the gear ready. The time to start
crappie fishing up north is almost here!

- Darl Black

11 Crappie NOW March 2018