Spoon jiggin

[Les Young]

I'll be off for two weeks starting next weekend & am planning on trying spoon fishing with livescope myself for crappie, smallmouth & striper on Cumberland if nothing goes wrong to keep me from it.

[Yak Fish]

I've also done well with a baby Little George tail spinner on winter crappie. I think they're 1/8 oz and have a real slow fall, but the vibration and flash is the deal this time of year. The baby Little Georges are kind of hard to find these days. I've bought several on ebay because I can't find them anywhere else.

Jim

[thill]

Little Georges are one of my absolute favorite baits.

We use them in saltwater for mackerel, but a lot of other stuff will hit them. I usually lose them to toothy fish like mackerel and bluefish, they rarely live too long. I actually made a plaster mold for lead-casting thei bodies. It was a lot of work, but I could have them when needed. Then I found a bunch at Dick's on sale, and I haven't needed anymore for awhile, but I think I'm getting low. I need to search to see if they still have them for sale.

[Les Young]

Jim Hester makes some great tail spinners among all kinds of other things.

[DWILL]

I use the cotton cordell spoons. Larger sizes for whites and stripes. I have used super-small spoons for crappie, usually a Kastmaster. When talking blade baits I'm a Steelshad guy. Going small on them is key using them on crappie.

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[Yak Fish]

Cotton Cordell's Little Mickey Spoons are deadly on crappie too. I couldn't remember the name of them, so I had to look them up. They're sold in pairs and are money well spent.

Jim

[skeetbum]

I’ve used blade baits deep jigging along with other offerings. The hands down best was one I found ata sale for .50 and sanded and repainted. Pearl white with a pink spot on the bottom front and a hint of chartreuse along the back. Worked great til I left it in a tree, best I’ve ever tied one and I’ve tried a big mess of them.

[Kevin22]

Jigging spoons are very underrated for crappie, a papermouth can eat a big ol spoon

[Ketchn]

lil georges will ruin sand bass , never tried spoons or blade baits for crappie myself
but a sand bass guide once told me about an underwater hump he ketched several big slabs off of with a slabbing spoon in the summer time.