Started testing the new Shad Scales from Johnson.

**Cmj** · 09-16-2015, 11:50 AM

I dry my nibbles in the sun for a couple of hours and then put them on the hook and slide up into the tube. They last all day like this, and it helps keep the tube from getting pulled down as much.

**Crappie_Addict** · 09-17-2015, 08:49 AM

The secret is to let them dry.

**KYfishing** · 09-17-2015, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by huntinslabs

Yep! Good stuff. And if ya got an Academy sports nearby go take a peek. Ours has it on sale for 68 cents a tube. Put a dozen tubes in myboat.

dang, I was just there yesterday to get jigs and I must have missed em.

**trypman1** · 09-17-2015, 12:59 PM

Thanks for the info!! CrappiePappy

**Cane Pole** · 09-17-2015, 06:41 PM

You gotta spit on to git the big ones.

**genec** · 09-17-2015, 07:22 PM

IN THE WINTER I KEEP THE WORMS WARM BY PUTTING THEM IN MY MOUTH,THEN THEY WILL REALLY BITE

**midcarolina** · 09-17-2015, 07:31 PM

The academy here had the shad scales on closeout for .68 cent......and there tubes and what they call shad tubes anywhere from 28c to 68c a pack! I picked up my fair share........

**trypman1** · 09-17-2015, 08:02 PM

CMJ- that makes a lot of sense, I will try that for sure. I never thought of that, oh well, never to late to learn.

**"G"** · 09-17-2015, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by Clownfish

I've always had good luck with the nibbles, but they are hard to keep on the hook. Gonna have to try some of the scales. Has anybody tried the bait pump that you can actually inject the nibbles into the tube like the scales?

I have been useing the Bait Pump for 7 years now. It works good but I am going to try the Johnson Shad Scales though

**doggone** · 09-17-2015, 08:58 PM

I like to try new stuff.

But while the subject of nibbles is up for discussion...I'll add that it is true as stated above,you have to set out a few nibbles while your fishing to achieve the proper "hardness" for the nibbles. I have found if they get to hard they don't work as well,fish just don't get as excited about them.Just right they stay on good,sometimes even catch multiple fish on same one.

The chartreuse chromaglow is my favorite. The nibbles provide a "target" for the fish and help to disguise the hook. The small fish have become masters at stealing them.So many people use them they have become accustom to them and try to strip them without getting hooked.

They work as well for bluegill,redear,all the bass species,catfish,white bass etc. as they do for crappie.

I was the biggest skeptic alive when all these type products came out.I mean the laugh out loud type old curmudgeon.

I ain't laughing anymore.I don't have em I'd about as soon stay home,not quite but almost.

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