Thread: Crappie gorging on Shad

I have caught quite a few large crappie in MS.and the fish were full of 3-4" shad.That being said. They still swallowed a 3/32nd pony head sickle w a large willow blade,a large Southern Pro tube with a good size minnow on the back. Especially in early spring when the fish have started moving shallow and are getting ready for the spawn.They hit this large offering like a bass.Even this little fellow with part of his body missing hit a large minnow in stained water, 15' deep.The fish in the 2nd pic I caught off a dead willow tree, along a secondary ditch leading into a creek arm 12' deep with the jig minnow combo that i described.Some time they want it small and some time they want it big.You just have to let the fish tell you on any given day or lake.