Article: Bait size what is too big? by Nimrod

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I use 1/4 oz jig heads in winter and 3"-4" baits. I love big wasshoppas in the winter.

Some good information, I'm sure you had fun learning this, thanks for taking your time to post this

With living up north were Crappie run on the smaller size i generally use 1/16 oz

I agree with cricket george about using bigger baits in the winter. Like you said I've found big bait when I cut some of these open. I've also caught 3 to 4" crappie on 2" curly tails, so based on that the big ones should hit up to 6" baits easy. If it wasn't so expensive I would fish with shiners! Thanks for the article.

good read

Good article, I'll have to a try A bigger jighead

I'm new to crappie fishing but I have just discovered the truth in what you said. Today, fishing Overcup, I caught a heavy 17" fish. When i got to looking a it, it looked swollen..... Well, it was. When I filleted it this eve I opened its stomach and it had not 1, but 3 2 1/2-3" shad in its belly. Easy to see why he swallowed my 2" Midsouth with 1/16 oz. head with no problem !! Not sure why.... He shoulda been stuffed already !!

Completely agree with you. I regularly fish 1/8 oz heads with the occasional 1/16 oz thrown in. I read about folks that use 1/32 oz. and even smaller heads, and I guess they work, since they're written about, but I've never had the inclination to use something that small. Heck, even bream manage to get their little mouths around the jigs I use.

In winter I always rig one pole with a 3in Storm pre rigged shad. If those fish will swallow a bandit 2/3in plastics won't slow them down.

Thanks Nimrod. You are always willing to share.
DP