When someone says they used jigs tipped with minnows,do they mean a jig with the plastic body on it,or just the weighted hook with no plastic?
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When someone says they used jigs tipped with minnows,do they mean a jig with the plastic body on it,or just the weighted hook with no plastic?
they do both....but most of the time i think they mean jig with plastic body tipped with minnow
:hesaid
I've done both ... or actually all "three" :
plain jighead/minnow
plain jighead/plastics/minnow
hair/feather jig - minnow
I do usually try and clarify which "jig" setup I'm using, but I may forget sometimes & just say I tipped my "jig" with a minnow.
... cp :kewl
Yeah I wasn't really referring to anything you guys have said. I just hear it a lot. Seems like it would make for a larger bait. What conditions would warrant this?Maybe a better grade of fish?
Adds a little flavor for finicky fish or in heavily stained water. You get both a visual attraction from the jig and the vibration and "taste" of the minnow.
I think probably some ARE "hopeful" of a better grade of fish, but I've seen them catch dinks even when using a 2.25" Lake Fork Baby Shad plastic body & a large minnow tipped on the hook. That would make the jig/plastics/minnow offering close to 4" in length .... and I've seen Crappie caught on that rig, that weren't more than an inch or two longer than the bait :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by samjoe
Crappie are opportunistic feeders, so even if they see a larger than normal offering come swimming slowly by, they may consider it too easy a meal to pass up ... regardless of their own size. They don't like to "chase" a bait, but they will "follow" one for a distance ... then make up their mind to grab it before it gets away, or ignore it and turn back to where they came from.
... cp :kewl