went today tried 4 rods with sliders 4 rods with curly tails bout 50/50 what do y'all like I know Monk uses curly tails and I know a guy that uses sliders
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went today tried 4 rods with sliders 4 rods with curly tails bout 50/50 what do y'all like I know Monk uses curly tails and I know a guy that uses sliders
i like the action with curly tails more.
Curly tails for me.
Sliders for tightlining and curly tails for long.
I agree with Jack. Those paddle-tail sliders are good while going slow tightlining, but when I crank the speed up, curly tails seem best.
I like casting sliders, but curly for long lining. Although there was an occasion I was longlining where fish were only hitting tubes, which have pretty much no wiggle whatsoever.
I really like the action of the Bobby Garland Strollers. Combination of curly and paddle tail. They aren't very durable, though. But, man, what action. Garlic scent, too.
I agree with everyone I like the curly tails better more action :biggrin
I like them both, long as a minnow is on the hook!
I use hand tied jigs for minnowsQuote:
Originally Posted by jrc62
Acid rain curly tail jigs from Monk's caught these crappie. Top fish, 14.5, bottom two, 13.5 (board is 14"). Caught several more on the acid rain Monk's minnow.
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I also use acid rain along with many other colors
Tube jigs. Work best for my style, except they pull off the barb after a while.
I think the right depth is most important, then a color they can see. Shape doesn't matter. Action is also not that important unless it creates a more visible bait, like a little glitter in it to get some flash. Jig bites are reactive, sometime slow, sometimes immediate-- they don't know what they're eating, just eating what they see.
I agree with Chief. I think if you locate fish and get something near their mouth, they are going to bite. The crappie I have cleaned the past few days have had lots of fat in them, which means they are eating good.
And GOOD EATIN, too!Quote:
Originally Posted by JordanLimit
I use water temp as the guage for which plastic I put on the back of my jig. When I start back titelinin in the winter, I've done best with a maraboo/rubber jig with a minnow. this is when the lake first starts warmin after its winter low. I troll very slow, .2-.4mph an stop an sit still alot. When the water temp stabilizes over 50, I start flatlinin RoadRunner heads with Slider grubs glued on. I'll troll at .7-1.2mph with a slow "S" pattern so my jigs speed up on the outside an slow on the inside turns. The "thump" of the Slider draws more strikes in the dingy water I'm usually fishin then. After the water temp gets to the mid 50's, I've found the Kalin Triple Threat on RR head to out fish any other offering. I'll start castin Slider grubs on Slider heads when they start spawnin on the laydowns an bushes. This is the 4-wheel drive jig that will go just about anywhere. After they spawn we start catchin a lot under docks an for this the best combination I've found is the Bobby Garland Baby Shad on a 1/16 oz ball head jig. It skips better than any I've tried. When they move to the brush I use FishDocs World Famous Bucktail jig almost exclusively for the rest of the yr. I've not run up on a plastic tail that can beat it very often...
I like the curly tails