Page 24 - 2020 MCC Grenada Spring Issue
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Magnolia Crappie Club Adventures Magazine
Continued from page 14 ..... My next question was, how many fish
Stewart uses two types of jigs, hair, do you catch in a day on average? “I
and soft plastics. His pole of choice is a fished a Crappie Masters Tournament on
14’ B’n’M Bucks Graphite Jig Pole (BGJP) Lake D’Arbonne in LA a few days ago.
or a B’n’M Pro Staff Trolling Rod (PST). I The wind made boat control terrible on
plan to change to the new B’n’M STICK. Friday; it caused the fish to be spooky.
I am going to pick up one sooner or I managed to catch 20 or so on day
later; it may make me change my style.” one. Day two was a lot better. The wind
According laid down, and
to Stew- the bite was
art, “The a lot better. I
STICK will fished with my
make me daughter, Terra
fish more Stewart. She
efficiently, kept the count,
I can get and at the end
my bait of the day, we
back in had 57 keep-
the wa- ers.”
ter much I asked Terry
quicker to simplify the
and con- “Drop Down On
trol those Em” technique.
bigger fish “It’s quite sim-
a lot easier. Lots of times, a big fish will ple; you move around until you see the
head towards cover once I set the hook. size fish you want, you hold your jig out
If I can keep a fish out of heavy cover, of the water until you get within pole
my chances of landing the fish are much length. If the fish aren’t spooky, you can
greater. ” pitch the jig to them. If they’re spooky,
I asked Terry what’s the furthest he I try to drop it on their nose. It doesn’t
ever chased a fish, “I hooked a fish on take long to see if the fish hits your jig
Eagle Lake and got it almost to the boat, or swims off. Sometimes they don’t want
the fish came off. I chased that one fish the rubber body; I will switch to a hair
about 10 minutes before I could get it to jig. Very seldom is I use live bait. I’ve
bit again. Our lakes in Mississippi have seen it spook fish more often than not.
so many fish; it’s not feasible to chase Using jigs makes fishing a lot easier. It’s
one too far if you look around, you one less factor you remove from the
can find another fish nearby. Our MS equation.”
lakes we fish are loaded with big crap- Continued .......................
pie, I didn’t realize this until I started
Livescoping.”
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