Thread: Jigs versus Minnows Discussion Again (Sorry)

Originally Posted by T_om

Um, curious as to how you could ever tell that?

Tom

Me too

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Also you can get a jig In places can't with minnow. Under docks under overhanging trees or brushs. Jigs are way more versatile. I will say one more thing, I have never had a 100+ day with minnows but I do it a lot with jigs

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Originally Posted by T_om

Um, curious as to how you could ever tell that?

Tom

GUESS I COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE CLEARER . I HAVE CAUGHT FISH ON A JIG THEN USED MINNOWS TO USE THEM UP SINCE I RARELY FISH BACK TO BACK DAYS . I HAVE HAD DAYS THAT I COULD NOT CATCH THEM ON JIGS BUT COULD CATCH THEM ON MINNOW . I USUALLY TAKE MINNOWS IN THE SUMMER . I USE MINNOWS TO HEDGE MY BET . I AM TALKING ABOUT SINGLE POLE FISHING DEEP TOPS POST SPAWN . HAVE RUN OUT OF MINNOWS AND CATCH RATE WENT WAY DOWN . DURING THE SPAWN I NEVER BUY MINNOWS BUT SPIDER RIGGING AND SUMMER ,ALWAYS . JMO.

Originally Posted by lowe175

Also you can get a jig In places can't with minnow. Under docks under overhanging trees or brushs. Jigs are way more versatile. I will say one more thing, I have never had a 100+ day with minnows but I do it a lot with jigs

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Yalls crappie are a lot dumber than ours, lol


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Brettw you may be right. Never fished for them outside of the south east.

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Originally Posted by lowe175

Brettw you may be right. Never fished for them outside of the south east.

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I’m in S.C.! Home of the Clemson Crappie Degree


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I find Jigs to be far superior during the mid summer when fishing in the brush. I have found that putting a minnow above the brush in the heat of the summer isn't as effective as dropping the jig in the brush.

I usually take both. One of my favorite things to do is put a jig on the bottom and tie 1 hook 12" to 18" above the jig using a polymar knot. The hook is in line. You can put a minnow above the jig. This does a few things. The minnow will give your jig movement. Also the Jig helps stabilize the minnow from swimming around in the brush causing additional hangups. Also the weight of the jig will help pulling the minnow hook down out of the brush if you get the hook tangled.

Drop the Jig into the brush with the minnow above it. I do not pop the jig up and down. I rely on the minnow to move the jig for me. Popping the jig will get you hung on brush because of false-positive sense to set the hook. Use crappie nibbles and you will almost always get a second strike to set the jig hook. Once you get a crappie on the line, keep the line taught and pull them out quickly to prevent tangling in the brush.

I have pretty good success with this method year round whether I am fishing off the docks or 20 feet deep in brush piles. I also use braided line due to the fact that you can normally bend the hooks out of the brush vs breaking the line. This is the double threat as you are fishing with minnows and jigs on the same line. You will find their preference. And if you do not have minnows, you can put a plastic body on the minnow hook with a crappie nibble and that works too.

In the above post I am referring to a single top not over a day of fishing . 90% of fishermen I know use minnows while spider rigging , power trolling and single pole fishing in the summer .During the spawn single pole fishing, Pulling cranks and long lining ? No .Have no doubt that fish can be caught without minnows but go to tournaments and see how many don't take them .I am talking about here in Mississippi .No idea what they do else where but you can sit in the bait shop here and watch almost all visitors buy minnows by the pound . Figure they have seen them before .