I'm starting to think fishing with braided line as the main line may be spooking the fish just enough to make a difference
Man, I stink at this Crappie gig!
On da lake at 0830 arriving at da promise grounds shortly thereafter. Had high hopes that my spider rigging would entice the Crappie out of the trees. After a few very frustrating hours finally "you can put it on the board.....YES!" caught the one & only Crappie for the day. Slow trolled around the same structure as Saturday, minus the bumper boats & buoy jumpers.
The frustrating part was that I was fishing the same way Brian & Mac was, at least I think I was...
Both Brian & Mac were gracious enough to give us tips & suggestions. Guess just one of those days for me, although getting time on the water being the most important learning tool.
Brian's comment above is very interesting to me as my main line is also braid, Suffix 832. In fact, last night I made up some additional rigs - using braid. My thought was the braid would help save the gear when it get's snagged in the trees. That did help save the gear but in the long run, as Brian mentioned, guess it was also spooking fish.