pink heads (what to do?)

[Fatman]

If you have an over abundance of pink heads try a whole bunch of combo's and see if you hit on any good ones.

Fatman

[flatfish46]

10-4 on that Fat that's how I found good color's for area water's.

[shipahoy41]

Mr. Ship,

is that for both the tail and body colors? Or would you make the body and tail the same colors, or just try all possible combinations?

Many times I will use two colors on a tail because IMHO it helps increase visability in the water. Here are some examples. Again it depends upon water clarity and what YOU have CONFIDENCE in.

Pink head - Blk chenille body - pink and chartreuse tail
Pink head - Chartreuse chenille body - pink and chartreuse tail
Pink head - black thread - black and chartreuse tail
Pink head - pink thread - pink and white tail

[Sandwich Maker]

One of my all time favorite combos: pink head, black body, pink tail.

[skiptomylu]

I have not ever been really big on pink, but a couple of springs back I was fishing a small bridge where some crappie hang on their way to and from shallow water. Anyway I was fishing one or two of other colors and doing OK, but tied on a Pink/Pink/Pink and really got after them then. So I am sold on that color at times. Here is a pic of one...

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[smoothlures]

Electric Chicken and Pink/black/pink work great. I've always had a lot of luck on hot pink, especially in saltwater.

[WiCrappie]

Pink heads for crappie are a fact of life here in Wisconsin.

Tied with a white tail (can be bucktail or marabou) it's called a "pinky" or "pinkie" jig.

Also have seen them with a yellow or chartreuse tail and can verify that those will slay too. If you don't want to tie, slide on a tiny white twister tail. Between that and the white bucktail I've filled many a fish-basket with crappies over the years.

Here's a pic of some old jigs I did with pink heads. Sorry about the pic quality.

[OKSTATEjiggy]

pics of the jigs plus the steps to tying a jig

Picasa Web Albums - Stephen - jigs

[OKSTATEjiggy]

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[skiptomylu]

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I bet they will catch you some crappie. Nothing wrong with them!

Now that all pink one will do a real job on them at times, but I am partial to marabou and hackle tails, but that is probably just my hang up. Oh and Fox tail hair, Arctic Fox will also be great.


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