First Bucktail Crappie Nite Jig

[azslabber]

This is the first bucktail crappie jig that I have ever made.Hitting the lake tomorrow afternoon and spending the nite with the lamps in the water.NOT going to buy any minnows this time,depending soley on jigs and grubs.Anything small gets connected to a flathead rod as bait.What do you think,Catch or no Catch?lol.They have been hauling in 30 to 40 pound flatheads and 17 to 18 inch crappies over there,can't wait.Jig head is 1/8 oz. with a size 1 sickle.

[revtoby]

nice jig...where you fishing??

[azslabber]

Bartlett Lake,Arizona.P.S. Don't tell anybody,lol.

[PBUG2009]

catch.....

[azslabber]

Good,lol.I need a bigger wider tackle box for these guys.

[Squall Line]

Let us know how the BLACK WIDOW works.

[STUMP HUNTER]

Good luck with the jigs night fishing. I have to have minnows at night It will take a lot to wing me off em nightstalking but have got down to only jigs long lining.

[azslabber]

I do have a cast net though,lol.

[fish_4_all]

They look good to me, under a light in clearer water they should work really well. I think a tinge of chartreuse might be killer under the lights especially if you are attracting some baitfish. Some flash might make a hit too.

[hays47]

Actually at night is when I prefer to use my jigs. Now this is in northeast Ohio and as I have learned over the years . Each area and even down to each lake may have a different best bait or technique to slay them.

Thats why I am more partial to the darker colors. If that bucktail slays them stick with it. If not try a black rabbit jig. I palmer the zonked rabbit strip forward leaving about a 1/2 to 3/4 " tail past the hook. Sometimes I tie in a little flash sometimes not. they all seem to work well long as they are dark.

Crappie see ok at night not great like walleye but still good. The palmered jigs move a lot of water for their size and give a bigger profile. Thus making it easier for the crappies to see at night. The palmered jig also have a shad-like profile and that helps also as shad are a major food source here.

I usually start with a minnow head jig and prefer the crosscut over the straight cut for palmering. Usually tie on the smaller minnow heads 1/46 and 1/32 for early season night fishing, then the bigger heads 1/16 and 1/8 for summer and late fall as minnow fry grow over the season. An attempt at the old " matching the hatch. While the " thump " is addictive try watching mister slab come up on the edge of your submerged light and inhaling your jig right at the surface.