Thread: Kaw lake archives

Ya don't know if you don't go... Thanks for the report.

Originally Posted by Crappie ciller

In 1995 the minnow industry in Arkansas alone brought in over 45 million dollars. Now I don't want to be responsible for putting thousands of hillbillies out of work and taking the risk that most of them will have to turn to politics to make a living. Historically that has not turned out well so as for me and Dennis we will continue to proudly support America by soaking minners- at least until it cools off a little more.....

I will have to make a report from Arkansas. Minner bait stands are not to be found in NE Arkansas. None that I've seen so far anyway.
Ok, back to okie minner drowners.

Went out for a bit last night, NO MINNERS, LOL only a couple of keepers, and several dinks, all came from wood from 6 to 12 fow, with a 1/8 timmytoms weedless jig and salt and pepper slimstick,, anyone ever heard of cutting up small chumk of crappie and putting on your hook for scent? I read a story about it yesterday in Crappie now mag, and tried it yesterday, never missed a bite with it on the hook,

dstreet, I have never heard of using crappie. I will have to try that when the bite gets so tuff that i'm missing a lot of bites. TC your comments are not needed. LOL

Crappie nibbles work great to add scent to a lure. I've never used them but watched some guys that did sack up a limit from the marina when nobody was catching anything.
I'm just finishing up a trout fishing trip to the white River in Arkansas. The "secret" bait the guides used was a Berkeley power worm on a long shank hook with a tiny piece of cooked shrimp to tip off the worm. We tried with and without shrimp. We caught more with the shrimp. The other "secret" bait to tip the worm with was raw, peeled crawfish tails that you buy frozen at Walmart.
The Browns preferred the crawfish.
So, crappie isn't the only fish that likes a little sushi with their meal.

Dstreet I was doing some miner soaking this summer and had a friend of mine tell me to pinch there heads off and use them that way. It fished just like a jig, that headless minnow leaves a blood trail and those fish hammer it. Jeff will tell you he prefers "papas dead minnows" lol the crappie love them. EB

Darrel- we ran out of minners 2 weeks ago with minner purists (women) in the boat so I was forced (against my will) to invent "skinnows", made by scaling the bellies of dinks and then cutting them into minnow shapes. Because dink skin is so tough they stayed on the hook well and my wife and daughter continued to catch fish, while I, armed with jigs maintained my pride but caught no crappie. Next time out I left my No Minners Card in the truck and bought a pound of "Arkansas Jigs." Sacked em. I am proud to support our neighbors to the east by soaking their jigs which have such great action too!

"Arkansas jigs" That's a good one. I have used nibbles and spray with varying results. We started using little cut strips of white perch at Sooner the last two weeks because the white perch have been TOUGH. Only managed 29 in 5 hrs fishing, and an 8lb flathead on a slab spoon. Don't see why it won't work on crappie, might hurt the pride.