Strangest bait on which you've caught a crappie

Hello all! I was fishing a local farm pond for bass this evening with a 4 inch Stik-O (Bass Pro version of a Senko) in a junebug color. I was catching a few but not killing them by any means. I had a bite, set the hook and when I reeled it in it was a rather large crappie- probably 14 inches. I had no idea a crappie would bite the Stik-O or a bait that was 4 inches. Definitely an unexpected catch. So I got to wondering what was the strangest bait on which you've caught a crappie? Thanks in advance for sharing your tale!

Caught a catfish on some chewed bubble gum once as a kid....never forget that!

I've had them eat a 1 oz flippin jig with a jumbo pig before.

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Originally Posted by SlabJiggin

Caught a catfish on some chewed bubble gum once as a kid....never forget that!

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Pink Zote soap will work on those catfish at times.

Caught a big Black Crappie on a 4" Gene Larew Craw ... "worm fishing" for Bass.

Had a buddy catch a big White Crappie on a 1/2oz white spinnerbait ... Bass fishing (same lake).

Caught them on Rebel Wee R's (crawfish color) while trolling for Hybrid Stripers, too. (different lake)

... cp :kewl

Multiple 10 to 12 inch black crappie on a 5 1/2" Rebel original minnow with blue back and silver belly. Fishing spawning crappie right against the bank and cypress knees.
"gene"

large ones on a white spinnerbait....but it happens so often I really can not say it is strange......

Big Black Jitterbug while Bass fishing ~10:30pm full moon used to love watching Bass doing their "Jaws" maneuver when they would come up to take the bait.

piece of worm on a bream hook under a cork seems strange to me, but we pick one up like that sometimes.

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Originally Posted by BuckeyeKdog

Big Black Jitterbug while Bass fishing ~10:30pm full moon used to love watching Bass doing their "Jaws" maneuver when they would come up to take the bait.

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I love that bait.....it has been around for at least 60 years.....I have several and still use them.....had one when I was a teenager.....

Zoom baby Brush hog and one day I caught about 40 on a one once rattle trap that was the only size they would hit tried smaller with no sucsess that day

Largish swimbait. I kept feeling bumps and could not figure out what was going on. She finally got enough of it to get the hook.

Vienna sausages once when we ran out of shiners.

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Vienna sausages once when we ran out of shiners.

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Caught a few on popping bugs while bream fishing , never saw that before .

I caught one years ago when I was bass fishing on a Lucky 13

When I was a kid I went camping in a tent with my Uncle at Phil's Landing at Saline and caught on Heddon Spin Fin with a bucktail (not made since the 60's I think?) which is the era we were there. But, that was the easy part, only had 2 between us and we had been dropped off for the trip so no wheels. Being desperate I took the top out of a soup can folded it in half and made an "S" shape out of it, then took a hammer and nail and made a hole in each end then took a treble hook and attached to the rear and my fishing line tied in front and actually caught a couple of slabs on it!!!! What ever it takes, right? <*{{{{<<

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When I was a kid I went camping in a tent with my Uncle at Phil's Landing at Saline and caught on Heddon Spin Fin with a bucktail (not made since the 60's I think?) which is the era we were there. But, that was the easy part, only had 2 between us and we had been dropped off for the trip so no wheels. Being desperate I took the top out of a soup can folded it in half and made an "S" shape out of it, then took a hammer and nail and made a hole in each end then took a treble hook and attached to the rear and my fishing line tied in front and actually caught a couple of slabs on it!!!! What ever it takes, right? <*{{{{<<

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Those were the good old days......reminds me of some of my camping and fishing trips when I was a kid

Caught some on crickets before. Thought that was strange. At least to me

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Caught some on crickets before. Thought that was strange. At least to me

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that happened to me last year on mermentau

My brother, gone fishing, caught one once on a roach he caught crawling around in the boat... I witnessed it from the back of the boat, failing to get them to even nibble on a tube jig!

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Originally Posted by FSH4FUN

When I was a kid I went camping in a tent with my Uncle at Phil's Landing at Saline and caught on Heddon Spin Fin with a bucktail (not made since the 60's I think?) which is the era we were there. But, that was the easy part, only had 2 between us and we had been dropped off for the trip so no wheels. Being desperate I took the top out of a soup can folded it in half and made an "S" shape out of it, then took a hammer and nail and made a hole in each end then took a treble hook and attached to the rear and my fishing line tied in front and actually caught a couple of slabs on it!!!! What ever it takes, right? <*{{{{<<

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old saying.........."necessity is the mother of invention"........

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Originally Posted by bleedingduck

My brother, gone fishing, caught one once on a roach he caught crawling around in the boat... I witnessed it from the back of the boat, failing to get them to even nibble on a tube jig!

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actually, that is not strange to me.....back in the 50's....when I was a teenager....we actually bought roaches for bait....had to be the wingless kind tho......we would sometimes put out roach traps around the house and catch the ones that had wings....then my Dad would cut the wings off because the roach would not sink.....still worked....caught everything.....but boy, did they stink.....and when one got loose in the boat...look out....not fun when it crawls up your leg....but, all that was normal to us back then.....oh, we also used worms, crickets and shiners....

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Originally Posted by prefers shiners

actually, that is not strange to me.....back in the 50's....when I was a teenager....we actually bought roaches for bait....had to be the wingless kind tho......we would sometimes put out roach traps around the house and catch the ones that had wings....then my Dad would cut the wings off because the roach would not sink.....still worked....caught everything.....but boy, did they stink.....and when one got loose in the boat...look out....not fun when it crawls up your leg....but, all that was normal to us back then.....oh, we also used worms, crickets and shiners....

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And that's where I draw the line..... I'd fight wasp off their nest to get to the larva before I tangle with a roach....

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And that's where I draw the line..... I'd fight wasp off their nest to get to the larva before I tangle with a roach....

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these days, me too..........

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And that's where I draw the line..... I'd fight wasp off their nest to get to the larva before I tangle with a roach....

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x a million:Rofl

I am not scared of anything...but a dang roach. I can't even step on them and if they are on the wall above about head level where they can fly at me, I am GONE!

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x a million:Rofl

I am not scared of anything...but a dang roach. I can't even step on them and if they are on the wall above about head level where they can fly at me, I am GONE!

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bunch of wimps.....:biggrin

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Originally Posted by prefers shiners

bunch of wimps.....:biggrin

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if the only thing they are biting is cockroaches, then I ain't fishin
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Originally Posted by Duck Butter

if the only thing they are biting is cockroaches, then I ain't fishin
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:hesaid

the end........

One on a buzzbait

Me and my dad use to catch catfish on Ivory soap. Worked really well!

Got into a a mess of large females on beds on Caddo Lake and caught 25 or so on 1/2 oz spinnerbaits fire tiger color... we were bass fishing and the it broke out into a white perch whacking.

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Got into a a mess of large females on beds on Caddo Lake and caught 25 or so on 1/2 oz spinnerbaits fire tiger color... we were bass fishing and the it broke out into a white perch whacking.

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Welcome to the forum Wigeon......and thanks for the report....next time you have a report, start a new thread to give your report.....that way, more folks may see it.....

I apologize that was not a report...that was my respon to the strangest bait I caught crappie on.. just thought it was unique that I caught multiple on such a large spinnerbait

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Originally Posted by Wigeon

I apologize that was not a report...that was my respon to the strangest bait I caught crappie on.. just thought it was unique that I caught multiple on such a large spinnerbait

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That's cool....no apology necessary......sorry if it came across as a reprimand....I love to fish a white 1/2 oz Boo Yah Colorado blade spinnerbait...... I have caught lots of sacs on a white 3/8 oz willow leaf spinnerbait.....and you are right, that catch was pretty unique....thanks again ....

The Buzz bait is impressive

I've gotten about half a dozen sacs on the ole topwater plug over the last few years. Every one of them was +12".

Well from back in my bass guiding days in the late 1970's we use to fish with a Black Marabou jig with a black worm tail so a couple years back I wanted to play some so I tied up a 1/4 Oz Black Marabou jig, hooked a worm tail on it and went out off my bulkhead and can't out a little ways thinking I may get a bass for kicks. Well I got a hit and set the hook, it was a 12" Crappie and I was a bit surprised, but then I pitched in just in from of a big willow I have on my bank and bang another hit and another Crappie, LOL!