What was happening when you find out that your lure was pull half way down the jig ho

[crappie wrangler]

I couldn't tell you what is pulling your tube down. I will say that crappie do that to me often even the strike that feels like a perch yields a crappie most of the time. I will give a tip on what to do about it without changing jigs. Assuming you are using a tube jig you can remove the tube and rotate it 120 degrees and put it back on the tapered hook. In doing this the same tube can be recycled 3 times before it gets where it won't stay on the hook.

[parfume4]

I couldn't tell you what is pulling your tube down. I will say that crappie do that to me often even the strike that feels like a perch yields a crappie most of the time. I will give a tip on what to do about it without changing jigs. Assuming you are using a tube jig you can remove the tube and rotate it 120 degrees and put it back on the tapered hook. In doing this the same tube can be recycled 3 times before it gets where it won't stay on the hook.

I see. Thanks for sharing


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[wolfhnd]

I noticed today that if the crappie nibble at the tube and pull it down I couldn't get a hookset until I pulled it back into the jighead. Sometimes if they are more aggressive it doesn't seem to matter. Tubes are still good lures just depends on what the bite is like I'm guessing.

[spartannation]

A trick I've used while ice fishing, if the fish are short striking, is to drop the rod tip slightly for about a two count on the first thump then set the hook. This usually results in a hook up. I'm thinking the lack of tension lets them suck the bait in farther and start to turn away, most of the time the hook is buried in the upper lip. I tried it last fall while crappie fishing in Louisiana, using a 12' jig pole and 1/16 oz jig and it worked there as well.

[NIMROD]

I'm one that believes you can not set the hook too fast . Crappie inhale a bait no nibbling . But only time will teach you which is a fish and which is cover your bumping .

[parfume4]

I'm one that believes you can not set the hook too fast . Crappie inhale a bait no nibbling . But only time will teach you which is a fish and which is cover your bumping .

So far you are the only one mentioned that you can not set the hook too fast. For the lure being pulled half way down, many times I felt the thump but not nibbling. I suspect that this thump is crappie while I set the hook too fast. This is especially the case that I fish with lake fork lure which has impounded strong garlic smell. I suspect that crappie won't want to spit out with the feeling of soft body of lure and the taste of garlic


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[ibmack]

i agree with nimrod, i don't think you can set a hook too fast on a crappie bass drum or catfish.

[crappie wrangler]

I also don't think you can set the hook to fast when using artificial bait. As far as I understand how crappie feed they don't run a bait down and attack it like a bass ( except during the spawn when protecting a nest) but rather swim up and pop their mouths open creating a "vacuum" in the water and suck the bait in. That is where the thump comes from. There is an awful lot of video out there showing this procedure from crappie. That would be why you can't set the hook to fast when using artificial bait.