Thread: hand tied jigs vs tubes

Learning to control your tongue is the toughest thing to do. That's why I am posting this I haven't figured it out yet!

Keep your hook in the water rather than switching colors every 5 minutes and you'll catch more..

Crappie expend a huge amount of energy just before and during the spawn, which is nearly upon us. To feed that energy they will bite anything that moves and practically try to jump in the boat. You should have no problem catching 'em for the next couple of months. It will make little or no difference what color, size, shape, ect you are using....just as long as they can see it. Just find a crowd and throw anything out there. The spawn is my least favorite time to fish because of the crowds of sometimes fanatic and rude fishermen who have been waiting all year for the chance to catch Crappie. I hate having to park a quarter mile down the road from the ramp after waiting in line for 45 minutes to launch the boat and I absolutely will not fight the crowds on the water for space to fish....preferring the open water on the edge of the spawning grounds to catch the females comming and going. Boat traffic will be unreal....you will think your in the middle of a bass trournament. Right after the spawn is over is another matter.....the Crappie will be extremely tired, exhausted and thin as a razorblade with eyeballs. They will be much harder at that point to trick into biting and that's when the "sport challenge" of catchin'em comes back into play. That is when the seasonal fishermen will pack their boats back up until the next years spawn and the hardcore Crappieholics will start having the water to themselves again.

I LOVE crappie fishing in the summer!

The hotter the water, the more they must eat every day!
Plus no folks on the water!

But still... Hair, Plastic, Rubber, Minner,
They don't know the differance.

Crappie eat silverish/whiteish shad. That's what they live on.. The eat them every day. !!EVERY SINGLE DAY!!

Is there any reason you shouldn't be able to catch fish on a silverish/whiteish jig daily? Or.. A live minnow?

I hear folks say "Yea.. They wanted jigs today not minnows"
Whatever..

Originally Posted by luvpt

Crappie expend a huge amount of energy just before and during the spawn, which is nearly upon us. To feed that energy they will bite anything that moves and practically try to jump in the boat. You should have no problem catching 'em for the next couple of months. It will make little or no difference what color, size, shape, ect you are using....just as long as they can see it. Just find a crowd and throw anything out there. The spawn is my least favorite time to fish because of the crowds of sometimes fanatic and rude fishermen who have been waiting all year for the chance to catch Crappie. I hate having to park a quarter mile down the road from the ramp after waiting in line for 45 minutes to launch the boat and I absolutely will not fight the crowds on the water for space to fish....preferring the open water on the edge of the spawning grounds to catch the females comming and going. Boat traffic will be unreal....you will think your in the middle of a bass trournament. Right after the spawn is over is another matter.....the Crappie will be extremely tired, exhausted and thin as a razorblade with eyeballs. They will be much harder at that point to trick into biting and that's when the "sport challenge" of catchin'em comes back into play. That is when the seasonal fishermen will pack their boats back up until the next years spawn and the hardcore Crappieholics will start having the water to themselves again.

There are plenty of places to fish without a ton of people if you just venture out...JMO. I prefer those places.

Originally Posted by JigginPoleJoe

Crappie eat silverish/whiteish shad. That's what they live on.. The eat them every day. !!EVERY SINGLE DAY!!

Is there any reason you shouldn't be able to catch fish on a silverish/whiteish jig daily? Or.. A live minnow?

I hear folks say "Yea.. They wanted jigs today not minnows"
Whatever..

These people that still say the crappie are about to start biting crack me up. Someone at work asked me if the were biting yet, I told him that they dont stop biting and he looked at me kinda funny. He then asked my what time of day they are biting and I told him whenever they get hungry.

Originally Posted by JigginPoleJoe

Look man..
I piss off a lot of people because I speak my mind!
I am arrogant, this I know.. It's not right but hey.. I'm an ******* and I don't deny it!
But it does not change the fact I spend ALOT of time on the water and I catch ALOT of crappie and some good ones at that.

That fish can not tell if that is hair, rubber, plastic, metal, wood.... Etc.
They are predictors, if it seems to be food they will hit it.
During the spawn, when the males are guarding, if it crosses the line they will hit it!
This is far from rocket science!

Look at all the people using different poles, jig heads, tubes "all different shapes and sizes, colors", minnows, spinners, bobbers, tight lining, trolling, jigging.
We all catch fish! It's simple!

If they can see it they will hit it. "If they are hungry OR guarding a nest"
The warmer the water, the more they must eat that day... That is a Fact!

I have much to offer folks but I am for the most part too hot headed.

If you know you are an arrogant ***** then why do you continually act this way? Speaking your mind is one thing but being an horses behind on basically every other post you make is another.


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