One troublesome aspect of fall “tight-line” deep trolling for crappies at Jordan Lake is trying to keep a boat “in the slot.”
The “slot” at Jordan is the New Hope Creek channel, where black crappie up to 2 pounds may suspend along its ledges in 15 to 18 feet of water this month.
Guide Freddie Sinclair uses a Navionics computer mapping chip that fits into a panel in his Humminbird depth finder. With this chip, his unit not only displays water depth, temperature and a boat’s direction but also a side view of the bottom and a contour view of the bottom of including ridges and ledges.
“Before, I just had to guess where the channel was, and I’d go zig-zagging across it,” Sinclair said. “But (now), I can stay in the channel and fish the exact depth I want. It also shows where I’m going, where I’ve been and the bottom contours under the boat. I also can mark humps and ledges with my GPS and return to good spots.”
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