Finally found a way to reduce the dink catch

Those Southern Pro 2.5'' Tubes in Capps and Coleman or Walleye in the glow colors helps. I been putting them on 1/4 oz heads and catching fewer dinks. That big jig easier to keep up with when verticle jigging too! This morning I only caught 62 according to my counter they sent. I kept a limit of the better fish and released about 6 more over 10''. 26/62 is better average than most trips using smaller jigs. Sometimes ya just get tired of the little ones hitting. Would have posted a photo of my limit but have friends wanting to cook fish tonight so I gave them away.

Good idea. Only fished Lake Nimrod once but quit and went home early due to so many dinks.

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Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

Good idea. Only fished Lake Nimrod once but quit and went home early due to so many dinks.

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Not just here , I always look at stomach contents of my fish at cleaning. Some folks would be suprized how big of bait I find. Crappie have big mouths for a reason , to eat anything that will fit.:twocents Them big Dardanelle Crappie hammer those big baits too!:biggrin

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Originally Posted by NIMROD

Not just here , I always look at stomach contents of my fish at cleaning. Some folks would be suprized how big of bait I find. Crappie have big mouths for a reason , to eat anything that will fit.:twocents Them big Dardanelle Crappie hammer those big baits too!:biggrin

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This is true for White Crappie, which is mainly what you will find in Nimrod and Dardanelle, but Blacks have smaller mouths and feed mostly on bugs and invertibrates. When targeting, Black Crappie, bigger isn't always better.:twocents

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Originally Posted by Cmj

This is true for White Crappie, which is mainly what you will find in Nimrod and Dardanelle, but Blacks have smaller mouths and feed mostly on bugs and invertibrates. When targeting, Black Crappie, bigger isn't always better.:twocents

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Good to know since as far as I know the river I fish is predominantly blacks. I say this because my buddy and I have just started crappie fishing and have yet to find white perch. I requested large minnows because I thought that was the answer to bigger fish but didn't catch but one. This forum is full of useful information! Next time it will be crickets and wigglers!

Good job!!!

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Originally Posted by Crappie Kat

Good to know since as far as I know the river I fish is predominantly blacks. I say this because my buddy and I have just started crappie fishing and have yet to find white perch. I requested large minnows because I thought that was the answer to bigger fish but didn't catch but one. This forum is full of useful information! Next time it will be crickets and wigglers!

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Crickets will work, but you are likely to catch more Bream on that than anything else. I would recommend small hair jigs tipped with a wax worm.

Thanks for the good information. I will put this in the memory bank. Lord know that I need all the help I can get.

Great job Nimrod and great info everyone thanks for sharing!

Still trying to figure out how to increase the dink catch here, but still good info for the big fish catching people.

Can I get a demo of this for a small fee?:biggrin

Nimrod ... We used bass minnows on SPYDER rig and pulling Bandit 300's and caught the best mess ever on 7/6 ... I agree based on my catch ... Bigger is definitely producing a bigger catch

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Originally Posted by Cmj

Crickets will work, but you are likely to catch more Bream on that than anything else. I would recommend small hair jigs tipped with a wax worm.

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Thank you. I will try both and see what happens.

Attachment 167625just returning the favor nimble, you used this one on me a few years ago!!!!! Lol !!!!!!!!

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Still trying to figure out how to increase the dink catch here, but still good info for the big fish catching people.

Can I get a demo of this for a small fee?:biggrin

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You know there is always a spot open for my little buddy.

Greg , so full of fried fish , taters and Squash tonight it hurts to laugh. Always like to drop my fish at camp when friends show up.:biggrin

Nimrod produces as usual

You're going big, CP is going small..... I don't adapt well enough, don't change. This is just one more thing I'm learning here. Thanks to all here!!!

Conway is a totally different lake than Nimrod. Iv'e seen it many times fish on shallow timber filled lakes they will go for the smaller stuff, especially when the new shad hatch fry are born in summer. On Nimrod the dinks are so many that a bigger bait has a better chance of catching only better fish and is the case on most river run lakes. You haft to adapt to the lake situation, the season, and give a proper presentation to what the fish want...on the body of water your fishing. Let the fish speak to you and tell you what they want. To say bigger is the only way I am going to fish no matter where I am fishing... is a mistake IMO. Be versatile, learn the lakes situation and recognize when bigger just might not be better.

I was having the same problem and asked on the forum how to stop it, and got the same advice. So I tied a big jig that night for the next day. (3") I got some pictures that I can post for ya Greg, be glad to bail ol' Nimrod out.Attachment 167786

Always good info on here guys. Keep it up. I plan on contributing in the near future.