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Just checking to see if any of my fellow members need a refill on there patch. Anyone went back to the dark side? We are taking applications for pro-staff members. Please list all your credentials and qualifications!!! Pro-staff position will include lifetime of free minner patches. New colors and patch sizes coming soon!!!!!
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I don't mess with minners. They just attract gars.
:deadhorse I been off minners so long , I don't even need a patch. :biggrin
Best way is to go cold Turkey!:twocents
Give me jigs or break my poles.:popcorn
I am very interested in grasping the concepts of jigging---any good advice.-----my problem is I have so many jigs--need to narrow it down to a few colors and types.
Minnows is hard to keep alive in summer------
Any help or advise is appreciated in advance.
send me a pm and i will try and help!!!! i only use minner's spiderriggin and use a jig pole a lot!!
He just said he wanted to use jigs not minners meathead lol. U Wanting spider rigging help or single pole help?
If you want verticle jigging help let me know. First you need a good quaility Graphite jig pole like a Ozark. I use 12' jig poles but length is a preference and many perfer 10 or 11' poles. Second is some good jigs like Southern Pro plastics or Meatgetter hand ties. For verticle jigging I use big heavy (1/8 oz) jigs on light line (6 or 8 lb test). This helps maintain a tight line to feel that thump! I fish mostly sunken cover , good gps and electronics is a must unless you fish visable cover. My best advice is to fish with a fisherman a few times that is a successful jig man. He can teach you more in a few outings than you can learn on your own in a year.
Back water are ya spidering or single pole fishing. Different technique totally. Good info nimrod.
I encorage all you Jig Only guys to become more versitle and become both a Jig and Minner master. Part of your crappie.com training is to realize when a minnow will help, like clear water, dead of winter, clear bluebird day after a front and increase the profile of your bait for those big spring female slabs. Trust me there will be a time when you jig only guys will wish you had a minnow in the boat. Word Up!!! LOL
is the patch an animal rights kinda thing lol lol
Been using jigs for over 35 years, bought minners once and the bucket full turned over backing the boat down the ramp, minners every where....... would rather go home lightly skunked than use them things....... like what someone up above said, ozark rod and southern pro tubes......... been using them southern pro 's from day one......... and still they are only about 5 cents each........ minners here cost $1.75 a dozen........and them loud battery operated minner mizer drive me nuts......... which takes only about 5 minutes........
I got some extra strength patches for ya CP. I haven't bought minners in over a year and half now and until they slack off on them jigs i cant see fooling with minners. A time and place for them but since becoming proficient with jigs just haven't found a need for em. You know CP we slammed em in my boat with jigs last year. Every person that has fished with me has caught plenty of fish on jigs and even when fished side by side some guys have wished they didn't have minners to use up. Just saying in the river and smaller lakes I haven't seen a need for em. I am waiting on meathead to show me them ssippi crappie that like minners.
quit telling people your fishing in the river and tell the truth that you only can catch fish in them couple of barrells !!!! go fish some real lake's spiderriggin your jigs and see what happens!!!!! you will go hungry !!!!!!!!!!!lol
If you dont believe me and Jerry, ask them boys from TN about minners, the Bunting's, Westerbergs, Midsouth man and Conway. You jig only guys are only hurting yourself. It's sad... but true. With all the money you guys spend on this jig and that jig what's 5-6 dollars for a half pound of number sixes going to hurt you. A jig tipped with a minner is the most deadly fishing bait in crappie fishing. Word Up!!!
SAVE A JIG...Tip It WITH A MINNOW. LOL
I feel I do alright and don't spend much either. In last 1/2 dozen trips I've lost 1 Meatgetter hand tied , 2 unpainted jigheads, and maybe 4 plastic tubes. That's less than two bucks worth of tackle for 6 days of fishing. Minnows @ 6 bucks x 6 trips would be 36 bucks plus lost tackle. I feel as long as I can catch fish on something like a Meatgetter jig or umbrella tube without minnows. Then why go to the trouble and expense?Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePro
I have caught over 6100 fish since february on jigs, no minners, word up ;-). I will stick with what works here. Like i said when meathead invites me to fish ms when he is catching em on minners i will fish with him or beside him with jigs and see what happens. But for around here in the barrels and river the jigs work well without a minner.
i think your calculator has a short in it !!!! that's 274 day's that a avg!!!22 per day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lmbo !!!!
I mostly use jigs too, but im not afraid to throw a minner on if i need to. I see most of you jig- exclusive guys posting about slow bites from time to time. Thats when adding a minner can make the difference.
(C.J.)
I have heard it said, breaking a minner addiction is the hardest thing in the world. Some people are just to weak to quit.
They can quit they just need a good support program. Maybe an intervention is in order?
Ill buy a minner or two from time to time but there has been times that I poured out a couple dozen b/c the crappie were turning their nose up at em. I also heard a minner sammich with a fiew squirts of lewzanna hot sauce aint too bad lol
I never use minners. I rarely catch lots of fish. The temptation is strong, very strong!!
You notice he said caught not kept? I bet I've caught over 10,000 on Nimrod Lake alone this year. :twocents The year ain't over and still no minners, but a pocket full of Spanky's and Umbrella Tubes.:biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by meatgetter
Nimrod some people never learn. Meathead cant count that high lol. Yea that is caught per my journal and not kept. Meathead has probably killed half that many minners though this year he he he. Never kept more than limit of people in my boat but I can say Nimrod we would be pretty close if I shared my numbers. Not bragging just a fact. No minners needed for me. I keep records to know where and when the bite was on in the past with other relating factors. The idea of an intervention meeting was great. We can buy some minners and release em while at the meeting.
i was in hip boots and now puting on waders your so full of ---- !!! i know you if you caught it you keep it ,don't matter if is 8in long or what kind in went in your bucket!!!!! i have used minner's bigger than some of them dink's in your bucket.lol there's just know hope for you,three year's ago you did'nt even know what end of the pole to tye a jig on now your a professional crappie expert!!! i wish i could have been as smart and learn to be as good as you in just three years of fishin!!!!lol stick a fork in me i am done!!!!!!!!!!!
They will never learn Jerry...It's ok we tried to lead them to water...but sometimes you just cant make the horse drink.
I ain't no expert lol but i show put CP in the right direction last summer spidering baaaawwwaaa. He just wont admit it. I can say i know the river though he he he. Been crappie fishing long time and used to single pole a lot and even got minners every trip. Just put what i was shown by Luvpt and blue thunder and applied it to lakes i have fished. I put my own spin on the way i rig and hooks i use and it works for me. I am not bashful about getting in cover just ask Nimrod. he couldn't believe i spidered in some of his piles lol. This summer i took on the challenge to learn the river here close to home. Done pretty good at it too. Nobody shown me the river just like some people who fish a body of water and learn it instead of waiting on the phone to ring with a report ! To each his own, don't be afraid of the non minner side of spidering lol, now spare the minners lmbo.
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I single pole fish unless I am in a hot spot than I go to as many as 2-3 poles.------My boat is set up with rod holders but not spider rigs.-----Around here we fish the stumps in the oxbows and the river. I try to fish in the creeks when I can get in and out of them.
I am stockpiling brush so I can build a few condo's in the open water.
Thanks for all of the information.
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I really did not want to bust anyone's bubble but I agree with the concept of using minnows. Many will say they catch bigger Crappie on minnows than they do on jigs. I know on minnows I have caught some Hoss's.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePro
I need to become a jig crappie man before I can compare the two but I have used minnows on jigs with success.----
Minnows are very hard to keep alive in the heat and ice will help until they hit the water and they are dead in a little bit, so from this standpoint, I want to be a master of both styles or all styles that catch Crappie.
I use to be a Catfish man only---Crappie fishing is a sport I had to be taught by others and reading articles to learn about their habits and where and how they migrate and spawn.---Than I had to spend a lot of time exploring the waterways to find those just right spots.
Now I am in the process of bringing them to me at my spots-----I hope----The Game Wardens I have spoken with are very helpful and they do encourage assisting the spawn through habitat as well as the Corps of Engrineers.
It is amazing what you can learn when great fisherman post their idea's on this forum. Crappie.Com and the guys on here have made a great bit of difference over the years.:biggrin
MY GOAL IS TO BECOME A CRAPPIE MASTER, since in my old age, I now have the time to fish instead of working.
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Originally Posted by CrappiePro
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you can lead a mule to water but you can't make him drink !!!!! some folks are just to hard headed to change ,then wonder way they don't always catch fish and then they will say "well they was not biting today " !!!!!!!!!!!! i hope all you jigholics keep thinking that way.
Crappie are glutens, they like large meals, a jig and minnow combination is hard to beat. However a large jig is also a big meal for crappie, so I can see both sides of the fence and it is equally as green on both sides.