Thread: For Those That Have Been Crappie For Awhile

I've stopped buying. It doesn't take long before you get more than you can fish in a lifetime anyway.

The 'ol Bait Monkey rode around on my shoulders for decades, and I've given away or still have remnants of those days that almost equal what I currently carry to the lakes. I can't say I've purchased anything "fishing related" in quite a few years, so maybe the Bait Monkey got bored and moved on to someone else.

Twenty or so years ago I would get upset at losing a jig on a snag or tearing one up (for whatever reason), but since then and especially over the last ten or so years ... I don't even give it a second thought. I'm just like ... okay, let me dig in the bag and get another one of those and go on about my business.

I may buy or try a new jig when I use up my existing supply that has been working, although I don't have a rack of unopened inventory sitting around. Most of the lures that are sitting in a cabinet and not in my boat are for different species--bass and catfish--and will get swapped out if need be if I plan to fish for something other than crappie. As I've discovered, the crankbaits that I keep in the boat for pulling can be used for most whatever apparently....

I'm a sucker for buying jigs of too many sizes any colors I guess. Plastics are even worse. You can wind up with just bags and bags of those.

I give my son and another guy I fish with some jigs out of each package I buy when its a new color or size or whatever.

I think many are guilty of buying too many varieties. When I started kayak fishing I simplified big time. Only 1/16 oz jigs and 3 colors of 1.5" tubes and everything fit in vest pocket box. Did well focusing on depth and presentation.

Now that I'm in a regular bass style boat, I've got full storage bins with wide range of colors, sizes, and jig weights. Its hard not to remember "that" day where particular size/weight/color seemed to work better. But its impossible to try every combination on any particular day. I really try to stay within my core on any given day...

I quit! I’m like Pappy, giving away more than I kept for the most part.

I still buy a few of what I like to use the most , only because I have lost or given away the original versions , of course I have literally thousands of them in various locations thru out my garage and will probably never have the time to give all them away and do not "need" to buy anymore , the addiction still kicks in from time to time

I have been making my own jigs for 32 years and counting and will never have enough even though I have many thousands on hand, more if you count the bass and trout jigs. Probably made over 500,000 jigs since I started tying but still keep cranking them out. When I'm gone there will be plenty of jigs, spinnerbaits and more for my children, grandkids and great grandchildren to fish with.