Crappie On The Long Rod

[laker67]

After 3 trips this week, and no crappie with jigs or minnows, I took the long rod to the dock. I'm thinkin that if I can't catch fish, then I will play with the long rod in hopes of catching some deep water perch and bluegill, Guess what? Caught 6 keeper crappie. I fished a 1/64th oz white ,"all" maribou jig.. I cast it parallel with the dock and slow stripped it at about 15 to 18 feet deep. I dropped a minnow at the same depth, on the same side after I caught the first crappie. Minnow "zero", long rod and maribou "six". I now have minnows to give away to someone who will provide a good home.

[podum]

Good story Laker. Did you use additional weight to get the light jig that deep?

[laker67]

No weight and no sink tip gives it a nice slow fall. I used a 10 foot flouro leader and did a slow lift with the rod tip as I made a slow strip. 64th oz is still heavy enough to pull a weight forward 5 wt under. Allow how ever much fly line to sink in order to maintain a certain depth.