Thread: Bluegill / Shellcracker Bug

ToddRod, Chucktx, KCBrown ... I took a stab at making my own, and here's the post : http://www.crappie.com/crappie/diy-s...nd-bugs-2.html

Everything I used is shown in the picture in my post. The only thing I had to buy, that I didn't have on hand, was a pkg of needles. I found them at Wal-Mart, in the craft section ... but, the only pkg they had that had a needle with a big enough eye to put a piece of rubber band or tube tail into, was a multi-pack that had a "Sack" needle. The "Sack" needle was all I needed ... and works great. Its tip is "pointed" & not beveled, so it pushes thru the bodies, rather than cutting/slicing thru ... & also it's less likely to cut/slice ME, too Rofl Thumbs Up

... cp

very cool, that is what i had pictured in my mind............thanks!

Do you fish them under a cork?

Attachment 67819These are tied using hopper foam. Something you can try as well.

how long do the legs hold up i would think after a few fish they would be torn off

How does everyone fish these?

used one like the critter attach to a betle spin was dark green with 2 yellow streaks down the back in NC back in july in a farm pond .3 of us cought over 50 in about 2 hours . kept 40 of the bigger ones for a fish fry .

Check with Snake River. He makes the jilly jelly bodies. Run rubber skirt material through them for legs.

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/jig-t...more-bugs.html