But I always have a 2-inch swimbait-like a Storm WildEye Swimshad or Creme Spoiler Shad-in my spread, too. Long-line trolling is a favorite summertime crappie tactic, and standard procedure calls for pulling jigs or crankbaits. Crappies: Score Slabs With Swimbaits Go deep with long-line trolling tactics. Bass: Land Hogs in a Strip-Mine Lake Summer strip-mine lake fishing. “And with the hooks located above the sinker, hangups are infrequent.” -D.W.ħ. “You often catch two fish on each presentation,” he says. When rigged with either a small tube jig or a live minnow, the stiff leaders will stand out from the main line, which looks mighty enticing to the fish.” Morgan lowers the sinker straight down until he feels it tap a stump, then he begins to reel the rig up slowly. “I get cheap 30-pound catfish line from the tackle shop’s bargain bin. “The secret is using stiff, springy mono for your leaders,” he says. He attaches a heavy bell sinker to the tag end of his line and stacks two 6-inch dropper lines 18 inches apart above the sinker with double clinch knots. Nashville crappie guru Harold Morgan has perfected a rig that lets him probe deep, snaggy cover where summer slabs lurk-without constantly hanging up. Probe snaggy cover where summer slabs lurk. Trick Pickerel on the Surface Throw a stickbait when the summer gets hot to catch more pickerel. It shouldn’t be long until a cow striper loads on. Cut the bait into chunks or fillets, thread a couple of sushi pieces onto the hook, cast, and then chill for a spell with a cool beverage. Use a cast net to snare gizzard shad, or catch skipjack or blueback herring with a small spoon. Attach a 3-foot mono leader (same test as main line) to the opposite end of the swivel with a 6/0 to 9/0 circle or octopus bait hook at the business end. Thread a 1- to 3-ounce egg sinker onto the line, then tie a big barrel swivel to the tag end. Rig a stout baitcasting outfit with 20- to 40-pound mono. These fish are lethargic but can be tempted by fishing cut bait-or what I like to call striper sushi-on the bottom. On hot days, big landlocked stripers retreat to deep river holes and the cool channels of slack-water reservoirs.
Go deep to catch landlocked striped bass all summer.
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