But having said that, we fish for crappie using a cast and retrieve method about 90% of the time. Since we are usually fishing in 15 feet or less of water, a 1/16oz jig lets us get the jig down where we need it and well out from the boat. However, we have 1/16 oz jigs with a wide range of hook sizes.
When I'm fishing a tube, I usually use an insert jig , but a even with a collared jig with a #2 or #4 hook, there's enough hook exposed to tip with a minnow if that's what they want, because the tube collapses when the fish takes the bait. But if we're using solid body grubs, there's less hook exposed, so we'll go to a jig with a 1/0 hook. That leaves plenty of hook after tipping with a minnow, especially if the minnows are larger (we can't always get small ones).

A couple of weeks ago, we ran out of minnows, so I put one of Mike Simpson's (crappie magic) realistic minnowhead jigs in 1/8 oz size on with a plastic minnow body and got hit right away.

BTW, we've caught dinks on big baits and big crappies on tiny jigs tipped with a waxworm. I think they'll eat whatever they think they can catch. - Roberta