Crappie jigs are not all created equal....photo heavy
First off there are about a bunch of different renditions of my favorite hand tied crappie jig .
Most are predominantly ORANGE headed and bodied with chart tails and a bit of flash in the tail .
That said this one SK made for me last year has been to the Emerald coast in the surf and bay twice during the last 2 summers .
It isn't JUST a crappie jig …..:Rofl
One thing I know factually about the salty fish is that if you are a crappie person you best get super jiggy with it if you want them salty fisheez to hit your jig and forget about crappie presentations pretty much totally .
The surf was pretty rough compared to last year and the trying to ketch in it didn't go well for me .
I tried the bay a bit and found a few fish there ,but pinfish ruled and not much else was in the mood to play …
HERDS of flipper fish things followed me all over the place and pretty much ruined it every time they showed up .
Them dolphins hit me in the surf at first light , the bay at first light and really tried to ruin my party boat gig 30 miles off shore . :banghead
To bad dolphins are a protected species , they sure are smart animals and I am pretty sure after my recent visit to that coast they know exactly who I am and in turn see me as a victim of that fish stealing trying to jerk you off your feet thing they are so fond of …...:yikes
the good news is they only got about half my fish on the party boat and I still got to keep enough fish for some Texas style snapper tacos I ate last night :highfive
and NO I didn't try to ketch none of the big jacks in shallow water because I know what they do to your tackle and yes I did pitch a bream jig at the pinfish some as well .
Hopefully later today I will get to try to ketch me a crappie , I miss crappie
and I DO NOT miss the dolphins even a little bit ….rotfl
stay tuned , hope you enjoy the photos
p.s. made a few new friends while I was down there
