Favorite go-to artificial bait

Not that there is a blue-jillion color combinations among crappie lures on today's market, making possibilities virtually endless. I have bought and tried thoasands of these to no avail. Make a longer story short, I didnt have a bit of luck using the same jigs as Roland J Orlando on the Outdoor Channel. So not all jigs and color combinations work everywhere. I just wanna ask everyone what would be your favorite jig/lure and choice of color.




I was raised using the Creme mini-tail (cause that was about the only crappie jig that Walmart sold in my small town) blk/chartreuse and pearl white, on an unpainted minnow lead head. Matter of fact still have some of these in my arsenal today. But my preference now days is Strike King Joker(blk/chartreuse & pink/chartreuse) fished on a chartreuse lead head, preferably with #2 hook.

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got to have that chartreuse :fish

If I could only use one color, it would be Bubblegum with Chartreuse curly tail.

I have only been pulling jigs for a short time. My best luck comes from Bobby Garland stroll r in chartruese with a red jighead.

Anything chartreuse or green/yellow


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Mostly depends on the lakes but its a toss-up between Black/blue and Green/chartreuse on the main lake I fish.

Blue Shiner w/ a hot pink head.

Has been a killer combo in the lakes I fish.

2nd best is Wiess Lake Killer

These two will fill a live well.

Black chartruese, or john deere green

And If you don't watch out you will have a lot of go to baits and if you get that far it is not all fishing then

Dang hobo, I have about 6 different colors and I thought that was to many.

blk/char, black/pink, blue sparkle/pink, pink/wht, sparkle red/char, blue/pearl all work at different times for me.

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Dang hobo, I have about 6 different colors and I thought that was to many.

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when you make your own you will ten to do this

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when you make your own you will ten to do this

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I'm close to border line of being in that category. I make a few jig heads of my own.....

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to meany colors and you will get confused to what is the best

lol...yeah they tend to multiply and accumulate...along with rods, reels, line, and alot of other stuff.:biggrin

...and don't get me started on pouring and painting jigheads...Round, minnow, 1/48, 1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4....

Dutch,how many jigs you reckon you got?

OMG and I thought I was the only crazy one of the bunch!:banghead

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Dutch,how many jigs you reckon you got?

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Thousands?

The collection has gotten bigger since those pics where taken.

I stock up on extra jigs, so I will always have plenty on hand. I have a plastic tote full.


And plenty of poured heads, waiting to be painted.

Sorry Firefighteremt 31750 Now we have got you confused, Please go back to one or two go to baits and we thank we the only crazy fisher men and or woman fishing

I favor blue/ chartruese for most lakes, I play with head colors also.

Black/Blue/Chart Kalin or in Southern Pro will catch fish on any lake. That would be the one if I had to choose only one. Blue/Silver/Chart Kalin which would be Weiss Lake Killer in Southern Pro would be second, which is a lighter blue than the first. Blue catches crappie anywhere that is a fact, just vary the shades of blue and the color of the heads according to water clarity and light penetration!

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I only have 1 jig box with about 15-18 different colors. My all time favorite is red head, chart body white tail with glitter. I always tie on two jigs while trolling, this one is on every rod at any given time. I have a lot of 2nd favorites. (Always 1/32)

Hobo and Dutch, I wondered if I was the only that collected lures. I have between 15 and 20 plastic boxes full of lures in my boat, plus 2 Cabelas carry all bags full of extra lures. Don't mention jig heads. I had to buy a bigger boat to carry my lures. It is great when some obscure color of lure catches a bunch of crappie when all the usual colors aren't catching anything. That makes spending 10 thousand dollars on lures worth every penny. LOL. Excuse me, I have to go order the new Kate Upton curly tail in natural color that just came out, it has great potential.