Anybody here just using plastics/jigs?
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Anybody here just using plastics/jigs?
Not if I can help it!:biggrin
always do better with minnows/gnats and minnow .I don't have the right tools to power troll plastics .:banghead
I will use curly tails when moving from .4-.8 mph. I will use hair and feathers from .1-.5.
I don't do spider rigging but only use plastics or hand tied jigs . I have seen on my home lake some guys spider rigging in same boat one side using jigs the other side minnows and report same catch rates . This may not work all places or times . Sure can be cheaper and less trouble .:twocents
We spider rig with just plastics all the time. The other day we were tipping with minnows. Ran out of minnows and went to straight plastics. After running out of minnows the size of the Crappie we were catching went through the roof.
Sometimes I do...it depends on which lake I am onQuote:
Originally Posted by NJcrappie
I "push" jigs/plastics most all the time (3-4 pole spread) ... usually at between 0.6 & 0.8mph ... and plastics used are usually Shadpoles or Slabanator Shad bodies.
I haven't really gotten around to tipping with a minner, but I'm sure there'll be a time & place where that's necessary.
... cp :kewl
Have you ever tried slowing down pappy.....I seem to get more hits if I stay at .2 mph fall, winter, and spring.........but yeh during summer months I speed up some.
I basically just started "pushing" this past Spring, and yeah I have pushed at slower speeds ... I just always seem to end up running at those speeds, mostly for boat control & line angle. Most of my success at pushing jigs/plastics has come when the fish were scattered & suspended & on the move.Quote:
Originally Posted by "G"
I was just referring to what I've done (so far) fishing out of my boat, using my 14' long poles. I have "spider rigged" from other boats with minners, hook/sinker rig on 10' rods (back before I got my long poles), and I'm sure the speeds were not as fast as I "push" from my boat.
And actually, come to think of it, I probably should have said my speed varies from 0.4mph - 0.8mph :Doh:
... cp :kewl
Nice to hear you guys are catching them on plastics/jigs without minnows. I have no prob using minnows but getting bait is a real hop in the butt, here in south jersey. I'm gonna try spider rigging with both plastics and minnows. Hopefully laziness doesn't get the best of me and I'll try minnows too.
There is a time and place for everything from straight plastic, plastic and minnow, gnat with minnow, or crankbait. Don't be afraid to try different ways.
Get you a few 1/16 oz road runners and try mixing them in your spread with a curly tail.
All good input so far. I have always used just plastics. Yes, I have tried using minnows and tipping with minnows, even tied some gnats to try also. What I wound up with were stripes out the wazoo. 6 rods out and 5 go down in 3 seconds and not a crappie in the bunch. The tangled lines made me give it up. The minnow man doesn't like me. What I will say is to try every different type of plastic in proven colors to find what works best on your lakes. I started with Panfish Assassins in about every color there was. Then came Bobby Garland Baby shad and they did well also. I have used hand ties also but the color has to be right on or they don't get touched. One thing I learned is that black duo lock snaps didn't effect the bite and made changing colors very easy. Here in FL the stripe aren't as thick and I might try minnows again but they're really gonna have to do exceptional for me to get on the meat wagon again.
I use jigs some times but I like to tip them with crappie nibbles.
Gotta have minners ...
My wife likes play'n with them in the bucket ...
:yikes
Plus... Minners seem to make the fish hold on longer ...till she looks up from minner play'n and realizes she's got a bite ...
Rickie
I have been on a quest this year to fish with jigs and leave the minnow bucket at home, it has worked out pretty good too. I spider rig quiet a bit in Summer and have tryed to keep track of what worked best minnows vs plastics with a crappie nibble if needed and most of the time the plastic has done much better than the straight minnow. We have a 2 pole limit in Ohio but when 2 of Us are fishing double minnow rigs, you got to figure thats 8 minnows just to bait up and start! My bait guy loves Me, but I dont like Him that much so I'm using plastics more and more, My go to plastics are Bobby Garland brand but do use others.
I will say this Month I've gone back to Minnows and have found that the smaller the minnow the better this time of year.