Quote Originally Posted by GA ANGLER View Post
Is 2" plastic tube or any 2" plastic lure too big for crappie?

Thanks in advance.
Not hardly, no.

I caught a Crappie on a 4" plastic craw, and I've seen a Crappie caught on a 1oz Spinnerbait.

Also had a friend of my fishing partner tell us that he was catching Crappie on 3" twin tail grubs, a week before we went down to fish that lake. We didn't have anything that big, so we threw 1/16oz Roadrunners & caught fish.

People catch Crappie all the time with crankbaits, the body of which is generally 2-3" long (not counting the bill).

I use 1.5 to 2 inch plastics for most of my Crappie fishing (casting, trolling, Spider Rigging). A buddy of mine uses 2" plastic bodies on his jighead, then adds a large minnow on the hook (Spider Rigging). If you consider the lead head of the jig as another 1/2" of length, then you can see that the overall length of the baits can be from 2" to almost 4". And we both are subject to catching Crappie that aren't much longer than the baits we use .... including crankbaits

Fish don't know how big "they" are, they're just concerned with getting their big mouths around whatever edible critter happens to present itself as an easy target/meal, or one that excites them into a reaction strike.

... cp