Jigging Techniques

[OKSTATEjiggy]

Also, if there are any docks around that are over some deeper water, people usually drop brush underneath to attract crappie. I do most of my crappie fishing on these docks and do pretty good. Sometimes they will be stacked up under a dock and you can slay em, other times they just won't be there and you will dance with the dinks. To fish docks, you vertical jig. Don't confuse this shooting docks, which is done from a boat, but is still targeting dock fish. I always fish two 1/16 oz. jigs, about twelve inches apart, with two different colors. I move the jigs more horizontally than vertically, with the occasional twitch. The slower the better. You just want the marabou to breathe. Same with tube jigs, you just want the tails to move, and try to make the jig move like a baitfish.

[shipahoy41]

The way most jigs are fished, especially fishing from the bank, are by suspending the jig under a bobber at the depth you want to fish it at. that way you can move it really slowly and keep it in the strike zone. CHAUNC and others here, SHIPAHOY41 included, are masters at this and I have learned a TON of info from these guys. It is pretty simple to do, set the bobber on the line at 2-3 feet above the jig and cast it out. move it slowly back toward the cover you are fishing and wait for the float to twitch or disappear completely. Not sure if this helps, but that is what I do and it works pretty good. Good luck and good catching to you.

I'm flattered, but I am not a master at it. I'm just an old man who loves to crappie fish with jigs.:D:D:D:D The majority of the time I am swimming jigs that imitate a minnow or minnow shape under a slip bobber. I love to cast to targets like weed edges and brush. I set the bobber stop so that my offerings are swimming about 7-10 inches above the structure. When you think you are fishing it slow and swimming your presentation slow, then slow it down some more. The most important tool you have in your tackle box is CONFIDENCE in the PRESENTATION you are using. The fish will tell you whether they want it like that on that particular day. I love to cast, "swim the jig" for about a foot or two and let it just sit there 30 seconds. Then swim it a little more and let it settle in and sit another 30 seconds. The majority of your hits will come on the pause as the jig "swims" back under the float.

Sometimes I will add cod liver oil and anise to the lure as a scent and/or tip with a wax worm. Pictures of my setups are on my website. Here is one setup I troll or cast under a float.