Quote Originally Posted by deserteaglexxx View Post
New to crappie fishing and my buddie called to ask me to go crappie fishing this year instead of going to canada. The guys we are going with have been to KY lake/blood river for the past 8 years and are rubbing it in already how they will slauter us fishing. We will be there from April 5th to the 12th. I would appreciate any help you guy's can give me, I don't know what jigs to use live bait ect. Any tips what kind of jigs and rigs. Thanks
it would depend on where the fish were, at that time.
If they were in the shallow brush - I'd use a minnow under a slip float, and fish right down in the bushes (buck brush/button bush) in 2-6ft of water (depending on claity).
If they were in the deeper brush/wood - a 1/16oz weedless jighead w/tube would be my choice ... cast over and retrieved slowly aross the tops of the brush. Elec Blue/char - blk/char - pink - chartreuse w/sparkles depending on water color.
If they were still moving into the shallows, or cruising the pea gravel banks - 1/16oz chartreuse Roadrunner (marabou) or solid pink Roadrunner (if you can find one) cast across the gravel banks & flats adjacent to the banks with shallow wood/brush.

You might also want to read thru this : http://www.kdfwr.state.ky.us/navigat...vPath=C101C552 Lots of good info, maps, water level & weather related info that you can compare to whatever the conditions are when you're there.

... luck2ya ... cp