First time tie

[waxnslabs]

Lakes do differ from what size they prefer. I know most of mine are probably about 4 inches after I tip it with a shiner. That's a large bait, but it doesn't slow them down. Also I don't troll cranks but a lot of people I know do and catch a lot of fish and huge ones at that. I use a 1/4 oz jig head and am sold that a larger bait will catch just as many if not more, along with more quality. Sometimes you gotta take articles with a grain of salt because a fish isn't going to not hit a lure because it's not just the right size. Most shad are way larger than jigs so they have no choice as to what they eat at times.

Here's a prime example: This came out of a 14 inch white crappie, about the average size for this lake. This shad is 3 inches long x 1 inch from back to belly