Thread: Jigaholics

Originally Posted by CrappiePro

I encorage all you Jig Only guys to become more versitle and become both a Jig and Minner master. Part of your crappie.com training is to realize when a minnow will help, like clear water, dead of winter, clear bluebird day after a front and increase the profile of your bait for those big spring female slabs. Trust me there will be a time when you jig only guys will wish you had a minnow in the boat. Word Up!!! LOL

I really did not want to bust anyone's bubble but I agree with the concept of using minnows. Many will say they catch bigger Crappie on minnows than they do on jigs. I know on minnows I have caught some Hoss's.
I need to become a jig crappie man before I can compare the two but I have used minnows on jigs with success.----
Minnows are very hard to keep alive in the heat and ice will help until they hit the water and they are dead in a little bit, so from this standpoint, I want to be a master of both styles or all styles that catch Crappie.
I use to be a Catfish man only---Crappie fishing is a sport I had to be taught by others and reading articles to learn about their habits and where and how they migrate and spawn.---Than I had to spend a lot of time exploring the waterways to find those just right spots.
Now I am in the process of bringing them to me at my spots-----I hope----The Game Wardens I have spoken with are very helpful and they do encourage assisting the spawn through habitat as well as the Corps of Engrineers.
It is amazing what you can learn when great fisherman post their idea's on this forum. Crappie.Com and the guys on here have made a great bit of difference over the years.

MY GOAL IS TO BECOME A CRAPPIE MASTER, since in my old age, I now have the time to fish instead of working.

Crappie are glutens, they like large meals, a jig and minnow combination is hard to beat. However a large jig is also a big meal for crappie, so I can see both sides of the fence and it is equally as green on both sides.