Minners Vs Jigs... And the winner was

I got to witness jigs out catch minners yesterday. Not saying anything other than "I witnessed it on this one occasion".

Yesterday afternoon, from off the pier at Overcup landing, I watched as two gentlemen were fishing side by side and pitching to the same brush top, under a cork, set to similar (if not exact) depths. One gentleman was using a Bobby Garland bait, the other was using minnows. The Bobby Garland bait caught fish, after fish, after fish while the minnow was fruitless. By fruitless, I mean for the :20-:25 minutes that I watched the Bobby Garland probably caught 12 or more fish and the minnow caught 0.

That goes to show Bobby Garland baits are better that a man with live bait in a bucket.:biggrin

The minners were probably stale.

Evidently the guy using the minners was stupid, to see the guy next to him catch a crappie every two minutes while you were there, and not start using jigs, or just maybe he didn't have any jigs....which was also stupid ....but maybe he was just stupid....:scratchhead
Nothing against minner fisherman, I'll use what ever the crappie want, I'm not that hung-up on one bait....:fish

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Originally Posted by crappie cowboy

Evidently the guy using the minners was stupid, to see the guy next to him catch a crappie every two minutes while you were there, and not start using jigs, or just maybe he didn't have any jigs....which was also stupid ....but maybe he was just stupid....:scratchhead

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no....he just had stupid shiners...LOL....

Thats just how it is sometimes

I bet he had a batch of ugly minners

I like to use minnows sometimes.But often as not I can do as well or better with jigs.But one thing about it....if you don't have the right jig and presentation then you have no chance of out fishing minnows.

Were they guaranteed to catch fish or die trying ? I'd return them to the bait shop .:Rofl:Rofl:Rofl

Day in, day out, I'll always take some minners unless I ever go with Nimrod. [emoji4]

I have no explanation for it but I found it interesting to say the least. I also found it interesting that when I first walked onto the pier I was talking to two guys that claimed they had been there since 3:00. (I got there about 4:30). I was only there to look at the lake level and water clarity, I wasn't there to fish. The two guys that I was talking to said they hadn't seen a crappie caught while they were there, and I believed their story as their buckets were dry and empty. But, all at once, without justifiable cause the fish turned on for this one particular guy. He hadn't changed anything... They just all of a sudden "came alive" for him ! It was strange and interesting to witness.

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Originally Posted by Minners N Jigs

I have no explanation for it but I found it interesting to say the least. I also found it interesting that when I first walked onto the pier I was talking to two guys that claimed they had been there since 3:00. (I got there about 4:30). I was only there to look at the lake level and water clarity, I wasn't there to fish. The two guys that I was talking to said they hadn't seen a crappie caught while they were there, and I believed their story as their buckets were dry and empty. But, all at once, without justifiable cause the fish turned on for this one particular guy. He hadn't changed anything... They just all of a sudden "came alive" for him ! It was strange and interesting to witness.

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Crappie have been known to turn on and off suddenly . He may have found where they stacked up , fish could have moved in , possiably just turned on and become active . Some folks fish same spot the same way everytime. They might fish a few minutes and leave blaming the fish , weather , or something else. When most days it is the fishermen not putting in the effort to find em and present bait they way the fish will respond to . Sometimes fish even go nocturnal it seems just like Deer do .

I think Creekslick is right, they had to be real ugly minners. I always ask the man for the most handsome minners...:fish

The next day, it could be the other way around. I am a jig fisherman, but sometimes minnows will work. I use Crappie nibbles for my minnows, they work great.