Thread: Looking to Convert to Artificial

I got one thing for you...

Take this jig in 1 3/4" size in black comet color.

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Put it on a plain 1/16oz round head jig....and tip it with a chromaglow chartreuse nibble. Dry out the nibbles just enough they are just barely firm,I usually just lay out a few beside me while I'm fishing and keep tabs on them.If they start to get too dry I move them back in the bottle.You will figure it out.

Cast and retrieve it over "fishy" spots to just skim over the top of it,whether it be grass beds,brush,rock ,riprap,flats,points,anywhere fish are congregated. during the spawn fish it nearly dragging it on the bottom through beds on spawning banks.

Use light spinning tackle and 6lb line and a good casting spinning reel.

That's just scratchin' the surface of what you need to do....but your gonna catch some fish on this...and if you fish in good places and figure out the technique your gonna catch a lot of fish

I mainly use pony heads 1/32 size with slider heads . One inch black is my favorite but any curly tail helps slow the fall . I use the count down method till I find what depth they are holding . I was told to fish meal worms on a carolina rig and was wondering how this would do in stumps ,ect . The guy told me to just reel slow like worm fishing for bass . As far as artificial many will tell you that redear, shellcracker, mongrel, strawberry bream (all same fish, southerners have many names )will not bite artificials . They are using a jig to heavy . the fall rate is more important than color ! jmo

Thanks all

1/16 oz or 1/32 oz ball head jigs with #4, 6, or 8 hook depending on grub body length.

If fishing shallow - 1/32; if fishing deeper - 1/16.
Curl tails are okay, but note the straight thin tails and prong tails in the pictures. With those tails you can move the lure ever so slowly and the tail quiver gets everything that swims excited.

4 or 6# test more than adequate to allow best lure action and less line bow. Mono is fine.

Light action rod a must !

Fan cast around the boat or from shore and move until you find concentrations - lures are the best search baits on the planet.

Slow with rod twitches or pauses in the retrieve can not be emphasized enough!

The above advice is for ages 5 years and older. Ask my six grandkids !

Originally Posted by eagle 1

How do you fish in snag filled water ? cork/float ? do you use the crappie nibbles with sparkle ? someone must use the plain ones but have never seen it ! lol

I use a drop shot rig..lake i fish has weeds on the bottom in 30ft of water..gin clear..works very well to keep your bait just off the bottom

agree with Gulp Alive 1" minnows..flat out work

Give these a try as they work well on panfish.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/jig-t...95-kiss-lures/

I've had good success on chartreuse Trout Magnets. The Crappie Magnets (which are bigger) didn't produce big numbers due to the size (1/32-1/16 oz jig head) while I use the 1/64-1/32 oz jigs for the trouts. Bright colors work, as well as Sho-Nuff, Chartreuse w/ black, Charteuse w/ orange, white, and pink.

Other than those, I sometimes break out the Northland Tackle 1/64 oz small fry fluke tails or the Slurpies tubes.