Quote Originally Posted by veritas524 View Post
I hit the marina today and I'm completely flabbergasted. I got skunked. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong, but it's clearly something as I watched over 200 fish get pulled in right in front of me by literally everyone I could see. I'm pretty sure I'm the only person on CJ today that put up a goose egg. The bait shop was out of minnows, so I fished jigs all day... Most on a 1/16th oz head, various colors. 1.5" baby shads, "2 grubs, tubes, etc... Fished under a float from 4-7 feet with a twitch/slow retrieve. I lost one right as I was bringing it up to the rocks, but other than that I can't definitively say I connected with anything. What am I doing wrong? I've never been so frustrated in my life!
COLOR...FULL SUN you need White or Chartreuse, best is a Chartreuse jig head and white body with a Chartreuse Crappie nibblet.
CLOUDY...if white and Chartreuse aren't working, use a shad color...Keitech has a Shad color that is dead on! Dark colors also contrast and work, my favorite is black/blue.

PACE...you can not burn a bait...they are looking for a easy meal. SLOWWWWWW. Twitch and let it sink, then slowly retrieve.

CAST...They are on the bottom, cast as far as you can, let it go to the bottom and sit..then start your Pace.

I'm using 1/8th oz jig heads made by Crappiedreamer with 1/0 sickle hooks and a 3" or 4" Keitech Easy Shiner....this gets to the bottom faster and stays deeper on the slow retrieval.
Big fish get the pick spawning locations, usually in 10 feet of open water away from smaller fish and gills. They will but up to a large rock or structure to help protect the nest. Small fish get the crap spots and are normally caught close to shore in the rocks.
After the spawn, I will use the 3.3 and 3.8 inch Swing Impact Fats, and 2.8 Craws.