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I have had success panfishing with live bait but now I want to take it up a level. This year I want to target them with via artificial baits. I am looking for pointers on best presentation methods using artificials that I can start out with to get me over the hump. Ever species I changed over to artificial with I took my lumps before I got into them again. Just looking for some assistance to kick start the fun.
Thanks in advance,
LC
Use to fish with a 1/64th or a 1/32nd roundhead jig (#8 hook) with a 1' curly tail or the same size with a tube jig.
Fly patterns tyed on lead head jigs works pretty good too...
Lots of fun on 2lb test.
Add a crappie nibble to your jig and you will wear them out. I just throw the jig out, let it hit bottom and then reel it in, The bream can't stand it.
Almost any small jig is a great bream bait. I agree with LedHed on the size. I never go bigger than 1/32 and usually go with 1/64.
Tipping the jig with bait will often help.
Lindy Little Nipper
Heres a link to the little nipper. Tie at the bottom of 2 lb test line a foot up tie a drop shot type of small hook and bait both with a gulp 1'' alive minnow bait. Then for a float fixed line float to proper depth.
I really like the new Itty Bitty swimmer by Bobby Garland
1.25" Itty Bit Swim'R | Bobby Garland Crappie Baitsfs
been desperatly seeking the Itty bitty Slab Slayer
1.25" Itty Bit Slab Slay'R | Bobby Garland Crappie Baitsfs
like em on the itty bitty jighead or on these in 1/32
Bass Pro Shops Round Head Spinner Jigheads | Bass Pro Shops: The Best Hunting, Fishing, Camping & Outdoor Gear
either pitched out and count down and slow roll or under the smallest cork I can get to just float em.
How do you fish in snag filled water ? cork/float ? do you use the crappie nibbles with sparkle ? someone must use the plain ones but have never seen it ! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by trypman1
I use Trout Magnets...1/64 ounce jig head. I will use a Trout Magnet body on a jig head as big as 3/32 with a #8 hook if the depth calls for it....takes a long time for 1/64 to get down 30 feet. I have tried tipping with Nibbles and other things....not sure if it helps or not.....catch just as many without as I do with them...so hard to say. Whatever lure...jig....you use, keep it small and use light line...2# test. As for getting hung up in snags that is just part of it. There is one way you can cut down the times you will snag is to use a light jig head with a #12 hook...if you can find them. The #12 hook will get hung up some but it will really cut down on hang ups. Almost 100 percent of my fishing is done with UL line and rods. You will find that when you start using micro jigs you are not only going to catch Gills and crappie....you are going to get into a lot of Smallies and Spotted bass too. Those specie love small baits.
Regards
Like everyone else, 1/64th and 1/32nd oz jigs is where I start. I like beetles that are either predominantly black or predominantly white. I use 2 lb. mono, but 4 lb. works fine too. In less than 4 ft. of water I often suspend the jig under a bobber and reel as slow as I can bear. They often will hit the same suspended over deeper water. My favorite method is a simple slow retrieve close to the bottom without a float. I also like to fish tiny crankbaits with a steady retrieve. I have never tipped my jigs, so I can't say if or how much that helps.
Small weighted flies work . There is one called a Rockhopper that friends use and works even better tipped with Crappie nibbles . I am not a fan of nibbles but Bream love them .
1/32oz marabou Roadrunner ... tail hair trimmed to half way between the hook bend and the longest hairs (as they come in the package).
Second to that would be the "No Name Lure" : no name lure, Fujita, John Fujita
Word of caution on the No Name Lure : leader is 2# test ... connecting thread is 2# test cat gut ... hooks are tiny & lure is tiny, so it's easy for very small fish to inhale ... take extreme caution when removing hooks from fish, whether caught deep or in lips, because the leader & connecting gut are easily broken.
... cp :kewl
I got one thing for you...
Take this jig in 1 3/4" size in black comet color.
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Put it on a plain 1/16oz round head jig....and tip it with a chromaglow chartreuse nibble. Dry out the nibbles just enough they are just barely firm,I usually just lay out a few beside me while I'm fishing and keep tabs on them.If they start to get too dry I move them back in the bottle.You will figure it out.
Cast and retrieve it over "fishy" spots to just skim over the top of it,whether it be grass beds,brush,rock ,riprap,flats,points,anywhere fish are congregated. during the spawn fish it nearly dragging it on the bottom through beds on spawning banks.
Use light spinning tackle and 6lb line and a good casting spinning reel.
That's just scratchin' the surface of what you need to do....but your gonna catch some fish on this...and if you fish in good places and figure out the technique your gonna catch a lot of fish
I mainly use pony heads 1/32 size with slider heads . One inch black is my favorite but Attachment 225446Attachment 225447Attachment 225448Attachment 225449Attachment 225450Attachment 225451Attachment 225452Attachment 225453Attachment 225454any curly tail helps slow the fall . I use the count down method till I find what depth they are holding . I was told to fish meal worms on a carolina rig and was wondering how this would do in stumps ,ect . The guy told me to just reel slow like worm fishing for bass . As far as artificial many will tell you that redear, shellcracker, mongrel, strawberry bream (all same fish, southerners have many names )will not bite artificials . They are using a jig to heavy . the fall rate is more important than color ! jmo
Thanks all
1/16 oz or 1/32 oz ball head jigs with #4, 6, or 8 hook depending on grub body length.
If fishing shallow - 1/32; if fishing deeper - 1/16.
Curl tails are okay, but note the straight thin tails and prong tails in the pictures. With those tails you can move the lure ever so slowly and the tail quiver gets everything that swims excited.
4 or 6# test more than adequate to allow best lure action and less line bow. Mono is fine.
Light action rod a must !
Fan cast around the boat or from shore and move until you find concentrations - lures are the best search baits on the planet.
Slow with rod twitches or pauses in the retrieve can not be emphasized enough!
The above advice is for ages 5 years and older. Ask my six grandkids !
I use a drop shot rig..lake i fish has weeds on the bottom in 30ft of water..gin clear..works very well to keep your bait just off the bottomQuote:
Originally Posted by eagle 1
agree with Gulp Alive 1" minnows..flat out work
Give these a try as they work well on panfish.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/jig-t...95-kiss-lures/
I've had good success on chartreuse Trout Magnets. The Crappie Magnets (which are bigger) didn't produce big numbers due to the size (1/32-1/16 oz jig head) while I use the 1/64-1/32 oz jigs for the trouts. Bright colors work, as well as Sho-Nuff, Chartreuse w/ black, Charteuse w/ orange, white, and pink.
Other than those, I sometimes break out the Northland Tackle 1/64 oz small fry fluke tails or the Slurpies tubes.
tiny works best it seems to me ....we use 1/64 number 8 jigheads and assorted plastics that are around one inch
and you can save a little cash by using the cheap brand of nibbles from walmart instead of real gulp brand crappie nibbles
bream are real good at stealing bait off the tips of hooks as I am sure you are well aware of
a little bit bigger baits will still ketch em though...
I used a 1/32 number 6 on this one of a few today :cheers2