Color and size

Got the info on Bandits. But lets get some info on favorite size and colors of Flicker Shads. Paul and I were out today and the question came up. Starting to do a bit of this trolling for crappie thing and looking for tips. Only good tips.:biggrin

Flicker shads are awesome and I fish with whatever colors are on sale......Menard's sells Flicker Shads stock up and get the 11% rebate

I like the # 6 best but fish the little 5 when pushing and 7 late fall. Like Lil baby what ever happens to be on sale. Keep an eye on MillsFleetfarm site. They run some pretty good sales at times. Also look at the Storm Smash Shad. Very similar bait works good also.

I use about anything...
But mainly flicker shads in the 9 to 11' depth.
Natural in morning and bright colors later in the day.
Just seems to work for me.

I catch way more crappie on the bandits than the flickr shad. I run them in the same spread and most times they never get touched while the bandits are catching fish.

Arkie 350s for me

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Paul and I ordered some of the 350s yesterday from Grizzly jig.

Berkley Flicker Shads - Color Chart | thenextbite.tv

Some really nice exclusive colors

This may be stupid question but I'm going to put it out there anyway, I'd bet someone else is thinking about this too. I haven't ever pulled crankbaits for crappie before but the more I read the more I want to. My question is this, are you guys using the full size crankbaits or the smaller sized ones? I know I've seen Bandit 100, 200 and 300 in two different sizes.

Most of the lures being used are in the 3" range. Some of the flicker shads are longer. When I was up north we called it trolling and I remember some lures 6" long catching a crappie. We were looking for walleye but the crappie bit them too.:twocents

So it's basically presentation, getting the bait in front of them. If you're saying 3" or 6" baits then they'll hit a mini crankbait if it's in their zone.

Never used one pulling cranks. Let us know if you do.

It may be a while, I don't have the gear or the rod holders in my boat. I have about a dozen crankbaits in various colors and sizes but that's about it.

Used size 5 flicker shads in fire tiger in local lake to get the crappie and gills. Size depends on how deep you want to troll. We use mainly fire tiger and black/gold. Those will catch anything. The northerns and walleye in Canada loved them.

There is a utube video about using a bucket for spider rigging. We used them in Pauls boat and they worked just fine for pulling used one rod longer than the other to give them space to spread out but I think you could get by with just turning the bucket for the right angle. When we were experimenting we just held onto the pole used one each. Just google to find the bucket. Inexpensive way to find out if you want to get more involved with it.

Thanks, I'll give 'er a look.

I use 5 or 6 or what ever is on sale flicker shad,,,also I use bandit 300 most of the time, and shad raps,,I always used shad raps till I discovered bandits, Now a Mississippi buddy paints up some arkie baits and his home made stuff ,,and I use them,,Ole Scottie V. I have also trolled beetle spins with good results.. if they hungry and your in there spot,,bam.

That's what I'm thinking beagle, you've got to get it to them.

I really like pink or red.Most luck from those 100ft back