Anyone lindy rig for crappies?

Many years ago, when I was a teenager, we used to Lindy rig for Crappies all the time, post spawn. Small red/white spinner, split shot and a crappie minnow. Caught lots of Crappies, and an occasional bonus Walleye.

I have never done it but why not run a lindy you will cover way more ground than just a drop shot. We slow troll by just dragging a jig and plastic sometimes no weight just drag it slowly over weeds, sometimes even a bit faster than you think.

We just drag jigs slow behind the boat and catch them.

John Rasmussen wrote:

I have never done it but why not run a lindy you will cover way more ground than just a drop shot. We slow troll by just dragging a jig and plastic sometimes no weight just drag it slowly over weeds, sometimes even a bit faster than you think.

This is what we do after they spawn and are spread out. We use pretty large stuff and clip along at about a mph. They crush a 3 inch pulse-R and a 1/4 ounce jig but again these crappies are much larger than your average run of the mill crappies. Beetle spins are deadly too.

I already do alot of trolling with jigs-I go faster and bigger as the water warms- so I might do a 2″ one at 1mph-Small plugs are deadly post spawn too.
Water right now is in the 40s so I’m looking at slower stuff.
BTW, what I read about barrometric pressure has really turned out to be true on the lakes I fish-high pressure crappies suspend, low pressure (like last Sunday) they are down. Thanks

I’ve caught crappies on both a Lindy rig and a drop shot but can not see a reason why it would be a rig of choice. Crappies rarely really hug the bottom, at least not while they are actively feeding. Their eyes are positioned on their head in a way that helps them mostly feed above them. So although it may work, I feel there are far better options. Now a drop shot may offer some advantages. You can suspend the bait at almost any height off the bottom and keep the bait either at their level or slightly above them.

We are finding lots of crappies right now in 12-14 ft of water outside spawning areas or off the 1st break line. A ultra small jig with plastics or a rather small flu flu has been taking most our fish. By small I’m talking 1/100, 1/80, or 1/64 oz jigs.something about the SLOW fall rate that is deadly on these fish this time if the year. You been an extremely sensitive bobber to detect the bite as most days they barely inhale the bait and if not quick on the Hook set you will miss them.

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