More striper on crappie rods! Just crazy

[Lance34]

Got out today and went back to the same area hunting for crappie that I was at last Friday.  Lesson from the day.. I need stronger hooks!  Hooked up to three more stripers and lost two due to them jokers straightening my hooks! I got the fun part in though!  

I like to use a thin wire hook, so they'll straighten when I snag.

Water temp 43.  caught striper and crappie in 20-23 fow 16-18 feet down.  There was shad swimming up close to the surface and all around and that's where I caught all my fish, was in and out, around the shad.  

Pics below.  A handful of a mess of crappie and the one striper I made sure not to lose.  She measured 24 inches.

[J-Doc]

That is a thin hook. 

Nice day for fishing. Glad you got into them again. I was going to go tomorrow but got an invite to the range so....I'll go polish my aim. ;-) 

[Dan the fisherman]

Awesome pics Lance.   Maybe I should  spider rig for crappie, maybe then I could hook up with some striper lol. Good job though.  Keep it up.  

[Dan the fisherman]

11 hours ago, J-Doc said:

I'll go polish my aim. ;-) 

Ive been doing a lot of shooting lately   Have to be ready for zombie apocalypse..  Lol ?   No but seriously I love to blast off some rounds. 

[Stump bumper]

Is the water getting any clearer down there at all, hard to tell from the pics.

[Lance34]

1 hour ago, Stump bumper said:

Is the water getting any clearer down there at all, hard to tell from the pics.

It isn't mud but it's not clear either.    To me it still has this greenish tent mixed into it.  In my opinion the color looks great.  

[Guest]

have you tried the 5 gallon bucket method for spider rigging?

Basically, you put 3 notches on top of the bucket & screw off a wood block to hold the rods across the bucket. Then fill the bucket with lake water & dump your minnows in the bucket. I gotta buddy that hammers them like that.

[Lance34]

1 hour ago, TrophyFishR said:

have you tried the 5 gallon bucket method for spider rigging?

Basically, you put 3 notches on top of the bucket & screw off a wood block to hold the rods across the bucket. Then fill the bucket with lake water & dump your minnows in the bucket. I gotta buddy that hammers them like that.

You mean as a rod holder and a bait bucket all in one?  Fella might be on to something there!  

Never have, I have sipider rig racks mount on the bow that I can remove easily.  And then just use a bait bucket with a bubbler.  

It's a lot of fun once you get a system down and figure out where they are hanging out at.  

[J-Doc]

5 hours ago, Lance34 said:

You mean as a rod holder and a bait bucket all in one?  Fella might be on to something there!  

Never have, I have sipider rig racks mount on the bow that I can remove easily.  And then just use a bait bucket with a bubbler.  

It's a lot of fun once you get a system down and figure out where they are hanging out at.  

I'm a graphic person.  By profession as well.  

 

I'm not following this.  Sounds interesting.  Explain more?

[J-Doc]

Oh I see now. I was way over thinking it. 

 

I have spider rig rod holders also.