They dont always hit on the fall. Some days, the side to side thing is the only thing that will get them to bite. Many, many times, I have been jigging Cypress trees without much luck, then decided to slowly move the jig away from the tree and WHAM!!! It looks like a bug or some other critter has fallen out of the tree, settled towards the bottom and is trying to swim away. Your presentation has to look natural. Also, dragging your jig over brush will pay off big time too. Lots of times, they wont even bite until the jig bumps a branch or Slides over a limb. As my grandfather used to say, "If you aint gettin hung up, you aint Crappie fishin." Some days, the deadstick method works well. On those days, they will eye your jig for 30 seconds or more before they bite. If you are lucky enough to catch em on a day when they are on a reaction bite(biting on the fall,) focus on weight more than color. On those days rate of fall is the most important factor, use a Fasnap so you can quickly change weights/jigs. In other words, you will have to change your technique from day to day, experience is the best teacher. Eventually, you will figure out all the different tricks that work on your lake. Then its just a matter of figuring out which one they want on a particular day. Hope this helps.


C.J.