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What size do you like for crappie a few weeks back i ordered 2 pounds of 2 to 3 inch shiners from local shop and done well with them i ordered some more went today and picked my order up and got a bunch of 3.5 to 4.5 inchers the shop said i get what minnow man brings im not real thrilled right now will a crappie hit a 4.5 inch shiner:dono
I prefer smaller minners. 1.5 inches
oh yes they will eat those! use shad that size all the time.
I used both sizes tues we had better luck on big ones bigger fish
You might not catch as many fish, but I bet you catch more quality fish. Bigger bait, bigger fish is what I have always been told. Of course, I have seen that not hold true, but for the most part it does.
I think it matters but I am more along the lines of what size the bait fish are at the time. Early, I prefer larger then post spawn like 1 - 1-1/2 and get larger from then on. Bigger baits often result in bigger fish but fewer fish. However, this year in my area I think its going to be anything goes because nothing holds true forever and the inconsistent weather has the fishing unpredictable.
I like 2"ones for tipping tube jigs with. It seems to weed out the peewee specks.
An I wish I could get them big ones to run my lines
I was catching crappie last fall with 4" shad sticking out of their throats. I think a crappie will eat anything it can fit in its mouth, judging by the 6" fish I catch on crankbaits every year.
i would agree with that, cubs. i have caught 12" crappie, through the ice, with 4" gills in them!
Well much to my surpise my son and i fished with them big shiners today during tourny on salamonie my son caught tourny big fish at 1.75# a 1.2# and 1.5# on 4" shiners
thats awesome smokercraft! make sure you post the pictures, of all the huge slabs your gona catch this summer. :ThumbsUp
1.75#
nice bag, wtg.,..
If you don't mind what water depth were you fishing and what was the fish depth. I'm curious if it was the same pattern that produced the larger fish on Raccoon yesterday.
that a good ? ans. right after sat. tournament...
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Originally Posted by foolfishin
That will cost you 2 ISM memberships lol :) :) l havent made up our mind if were fishing tourny next week
We were not beating the banks like everyone else was
Msg sent foolfishin
now thats a "money picture" lol nice!