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Nope. Doesn't work at all.:D

Two different trips, by far the biggest crappie I caught was taken with a jig under a bobber. Works really well when they are shallow. I use a 12' pole and fish it about like a cane pole.

I use that method a lot. Works best for me when there is a little chop on the water. I...as CatFan did...caught my biggest Crappie ever using that method. Was fishing from the bank below Pickwick Dam today in what was sometimes 20MPH winds and that was the only way I could fish. It worked out fine.

Regards

My wife loves to fish with me but doesn't get to go as much as we both would like. Her favorite tactic is to use a slip bobber whether it be for crappie or bluegills/redears. We fish a lot of gravel banks and points with minnows under bobbers, not those softball sized things my Dad loves but the smallest we can use to get the job done. Another tactic that I have caught lots of crappie but also gills, redears, bass, catfish, you name it is to fish a 1 inch curly tail (usually white) on a pink jighead (usually 1/16th or smaller) under a small slip bobber and cast to the banks when the post-spawn for blacks and the spawn for gills is on. We usually target water 4 feet deep and deeper. You'll have to experiment with the depth below the bobber. I use a 7 foot spinning rod with 4 pound line for this. Hooking a 10 pound channel cat on this rig will make your day (or a big part of it).

For a long time, my wife would only fish with a bobber. Caught fish, but got her on jig fishing last year and she really enjoyed that!

thanks guys for all the info...reason i asked is because i am bringing my folks...they know how to pop jigs with bobbers and was trying to keep it simple but affective for them...we also use the long rods to jig for them...best of luck to all of you!

You might want to try a slower presentation as well. I know a lot the times when fish are finicky you do not have to work the float too much as wave action is enough to make them want to hit. I normally use a small slim float that is weighted at the end but if they are hitting real light, I switch to a thill float so there is hardly any resistance when they take it under. You might consider using crappie nibbles as well. I've seen times when it make a real difference.