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I've heard that these work great for crappie and panfish too when you tip a jig with them. Used them for the first time yesterday and got 2 strong hits that completely sunk my cork but no fish either time I set the hook. Seems like the fish are just hitting the nibble maybe?? But seems like it would have to get the hook too?? Opinions are appreciated!! Not sure if the gills or the crappie were hitting it. It was almost dark. Thanks a lot. I was using them to tip a trout magnet.
IMO, tipping a jig will often lead to fish nailing the bait/nibble and missing the jig. That's one reason I don't tip as much as I used to. Tipping really helps sometimes, though.
Yea. That's what I'm saying. I thought that's what it seemed like was happening. That was the first time I'd tried tipping.
I have found that tempering the PB so it is like a piece of soft leather helps keep the bait on the hook. The bait is really to soft as it comes out of the jar. Fish bump the lure and knock the soft bait off of the hook.
If you are getting pull downs and no hook ups try a smaller lure/hook combo.
I have used power bait summer and winter for years with good success.
used the 1" gulp minnow (smelt) tipped with the nibbles and caught 2 bluegills this evening; thanks guys
i look at crappie nibbles kinda like american express i don't leave home without them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it's a minner bucket in your shirt pocket . not near as messy .
yeah it's great stuff, I use white ones on hair jigs to catch crappie and bluegills, seems they need it to be in the water long enough to start dissolving alot of times before they take it.If I am missing fish then I'll start letting them have it longer before I set the hook seems to work .
Never had any luck withthem-But- reading the posts here will give them another try before trashing them.
I double rig jig tipped with a minnow on bottom and jig tipped with a crappie nibbler on top and her was the result
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If your getting hits but missing fish....go to bigger hooks. I use 1/8 oz. jigs with 1/0 sickle hooks....this larger hook has improved my catch rate and every fish is hooked solid in the roof of the mouth If I don't tip with a minnow....I have a crappie nibble on.
Never leave home without em. I do like to "temper" them in the sun to toughen them up a bit. I use the white on cloudy days and neon chartreuse on sunny days.
Nibbles can make or break a day on occasion. Used them on ice jigs, tubes etc. Noticed one day on a clear lake, I could see the crappie run right up to the jig and then stop. Tried tipping with a wax worm and started catching again. Other days, do not get bit without them. Laying them in the sun for awhile definitely helps them staying on. I usually use smaller (1/64th) jigs with the glow chart. color.
Possibly good advice for crappie, but bluegill (the forum we're in), not so much. Going to a 1/0 hook is a surefire way to miss 99.9% of all bluegill that bite one's jig - the way to go when missing fish is a smaller hook, #8 or #10.Quote:
Originally Posted by "G"
Agree with tnpond on the smaller hooks for gills. Seems like you don't have as many misses with the smaller hook and nibble.
I dont crappie fish without em!
They are always in my boat. Especially Chartreuse ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by wademaster
I carry 5 or 6 jars with me at all times, only because the bumbs I fish with dont always have them heck sometimes they dont even have enough line on their reels to reach the fishs lol..............might be time for new fishn buddies I dont know lol
x2 on never leaving home without them..I keep some in the storage of my boat.
Bugman at SimplyCrappie.com has designed a great skirt for using the nibbles..calls it the Pick Pocket.
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Let me know if you need a new fishing partner. Been wanting to fish in Il. Lol
Never feel the need for them Crappie fishing. Have used them on tiny jigs for Bluegill and did just as good with them on a bare hook. If I don't use bare jigs it's live worms.
I truly believe in using scents such as Nibbles.. However there is a great product out there called Juiced up Baits that comes in a spray and a gel.
I guide crappie fishing trips and always use Juiced up Baits in my jigs and even live bait.
Either way you can't go wrong using a scent.
I've got a jar full of chartreuse ones but probably don't use them like I should. When I do I always put them out in the sun for just a few also. It helps them stay on a little while longer anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by swampdonkey78
I never really used them until this year, a friend of mine turned me on to them. Now I don't leave home without Em'! Chartreuse of course!
If you like nibbles then you should try Stubby Steves. Works better, stays on hook for a long time, doesn't make a mess in your boat, and they now have chartreuse ones.
Try working a little cotton into your nibbles.Make you up some when your bored.The cotton helps some with the scent staying on the hook.
I never leave home without em' I have caught bass,catfish,bream and crappie with just nibbles on a #4 hook. I slip 2 of them on at the bend and just cast under a float. My jigs are always tipped with them as well. I only use the white and chart colored ones never bought any of the pink ones.
If you guys are as insane about "NOT" getting crappie nibbles in the carpet as I am, then here is a little tip to help curb the situation a wee bit. We use tube jigs almost exclusively on both regular jig heads and roadrunners as well. I purchased 2 of the 65ml animal syringes ($1.75ea) from the feed store, trimed off the outer skirt that the needles screw into so that the little nozzle where the fluid exits is exposed.
I fill it with nibbles and place it upside down on my knee and place the tube jig on the end and fill it till it pushes itself off. I can usually go several fish before I need a refill and it sure beats the $25 they want for the name brand screw type injector. Only catch is you need good fresh, soft nibbles or you can rejuvinate some older ones by placing in bowl and add a wee bit of warm water and make a paste.
Works like a champ and they come in a plastic holder you can put them back into when done and keeps things fresh till the next time.
Peace and Tight Lines
CS
I use nibbles with a little anise and make a paste of the nibbles. Push the plastic jig into the paste and pull it out
and cast. Lasts longer and panfish can't knock the nibbles off the hook.
Try leaving your crappie nibbles out and let them get a little dried out before putting them on the hook. Fresh ones will dissolve in the water pretty fast. I've dried them with my wife's hair dryer in a back room. When she got back in the house she got her nose up in the air and said she could smell something. You should have heard her howl when she opened the door where I had them out. Whoeeee!
Thank goodness, she has a sense of humor. By the way, they did work good. They will continue to harden up so don't dry them out too much. Leaving them outside for several minutes will work too.
Love trout magnets & like to tip them with a piece of a worm.
I fished for shallow bluegills last week with a Flu-Flu type feather jig under a small float. The jig turned out to be nothing more than a Crappie Nibble delivery system; with a Nibble on the bend of the hook, I caught fish after fish; without it, the jig had no appeal to the fish. I could tell when a Nibble had been pecked off the hook, because action stopped. These were hot fish, too; with a Nibble in place, the average wait time for a bite was no more than twenty seconds and often less than ten.
Incidentally, as a followup to a thread on a separate issue from some months ago: the jig had to hang level. If I forgot to slide the knot to the back of the hook eye, toward the hook bend, after bringing in a fish, I wouldn't get bit on the next cast, even with a Crappie Nibble on. Adjust the knot, cast back to the same spot, and boom!
I uses white colt crappie nibbles and it works well for me in California
Colt Crappie Nibbles? Googled the name and had 0 results.Where does one fimd them?
I've been using Berkley® Gulp! Alive!® – Waxies Micro Bait they're smaller but stay on better and quite often i even cut them in half. they have good scent and come in white, pink and chartreuse. give them a try.
Not a fan of nibbles but do know Bluegill will bite a bare hook with only a nibble on it.
Oh, i thread the maggot, whole piece or half rather than just hooking it on.Quote:
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