From now to the spawn. If you had to fish one style and one jig or lure, what would it be? You minnow guys, take 5. lol
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From now to the spawn. If you had to fish one style and one jig or lure, what would it be? You minnow guys, take 5. lol
1/32 oz, white, marabou & chenille
Single polling wood on a lake that contained black crappie. I would use a Southern Pro 2 inch tube jig in Nimrod color.
(purple and chartreuse) With a Litewirehooker slide in jig head. But in reality I going to stay home until Feb 15 th or so.
I'd be using a 1/16oz ballhead weedless jighead with a 1.5" Panfish Assassin Tiny Shad (color appropriate to water clarity). I'd be casting to deep blowdowns , along cliff walls, under deep water docks, or around concrete structures (like bridge piers) in water depths that reached to a maximum of 30ft deep.
This would, of course, be done only after a thorough scanning of these types of spots likely to be holding a school of Crappie. It would also depend on the current conditions, above and below the water, as well as the specific lake (since not all the lakes I fish would have all four of these types of cover).
Crappie Magnets,all colors catch fish are Jeff would not make it.On 2 & 4 lb SOS line.watch his videos.
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Single pole vertical jugging 1/16 oz. Blue/purple hair jig.
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3/32 jig blue and white Missouri tube would be my choice
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My take five minutes is up. Minners.Quote:
Originally Posted by jay the baptist
1/16oz round unpainted jig with a 2" shad bait in true color- black over white.
One choice? Those countless Plano boxes full of jigheads and plastics don’t get to play?
Ok, it would be a 2” Bluegrass Panfish Assasin.Quote:
Originally Posted by ET Fish
I’m going with Cane Pole & taking minnows.
I would spider rig with my 3/16 jig with a bluegrass joker tube OR cajun cricket joker or slabalicious.
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I would choose a 1 1/2 tube filled with crappie nibbles,second choice would be the same but in 2 inch length.
A Bison colored 1/64 ounce Trout Magnet on SOS 2# test line...or some Japanese made 1.5# test line.
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1/16 Jighead with 2.5" junebug/chartreuse curly tail grub dipped in Slabsauce. :highfive
Casting I would use a 1/32 head in whatever you have the most confidence in on your local waters. If I was vertical jigging, like Pappy I would find deep water showing fish. Standing timber would be best for me. I used 1/4oz brushguard jigs and different tails, some 3". Braided line and brushguards are important. Braid transmits the slightest touch, and the brushguards keep you out of MOST of the stuff that will steal a regular head in record time. Deadstick seemed to work best for me, with an occasional 1 or 2 inch drop of the rod tip. Raising the tip the same amount didn't produce the same results, they preferred it to fall and would strike it HARD!
I also used to fish a bridge post that produced very well. A 1/8oz ball or minnow head and a BGBS in blue thunder and opening night was the ticket there. You had to watch the graph to find out where they wanted it. Sometime it was just off the bottom and other times it was 3 to 6 feet. My personal best came there on 12-12-2011. I had 12 fish that were just under 18lbs and a 2lb 9 1/2oz black crappie. In 3 hours. Go outside of your comfort zone and try different things that might not sound right to you, and you might get a pleasant surprise.
One pole. 1/24oz jig with BG monkey milk fish brush and laydowns.
If we had open water to fish during the cold months of winter, the No. 1 choice would be:
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Cast it out and let it hit the bottom. Then slow roll it back to the boat. Black crappie love this custom tied (skiptomylu) horse-head.
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Originally Posted by Locator79
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These fishes came off a 1/16 number 2 wire hook with a monkey milk bgbs spiked on tail with garlic spray. Proofs in da pudding.
That looks good enough for me to eat!Quote:
Originally Posted by Crestliner08
Jim
1/8 ball head BGBS in Monkey Milk fish slow on the bottom in water 50 degrees or lower.
I would use a thermocline lures pearl ice tadpole on a 1/16 pink ball head ,day or night ,deep or shallow, open water or cover ......but that is just me .....:biggrin
Vertical jig using 1/16 pink jig, chartreuse tube.Quote:
Originally Posted by jay the baptist
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Interesting. Casting and vertical jigging rules. One spider rigger. No slip float mentioned. common threads are 1/16 weights, plastics and the color blue with something else.
Thanks guys, that was fun reading.
"MERRY CHRISTMAS" everybody!
Bgbs in the patriot color on a pink head .
1/32 or 1/64 oz unpainted lead head; 2 or 4lb test fluorocarbon leader, 8 lb test braid (2lb diam.), 2" or less tubes, my own spoon minnows (straight, thin-tail grubs), feather jig tipped with something live.
I just don’t know ,I can’t pick just one ,because it wouldn’t be fair to my other jigs sorry [emoji52]
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1/16 Jig head, black/chartreuse tube filled with crappie nibbles. Single pole dipping or casting.
1/32 tube-shaped orange head/peacock herl body/pheasant tail jig.
And a 1/16 orange ball head/pink estaz body/green chartreuse marabou tail under the peacock herl jig (to get it down to the strike depth quicker).
Channel ledges, brush and docks near. 1/32 oz. BGBS-Blue ice
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Double 1/16 char heads with popsicle and acid rain curly tails 80ft behind the boat at .5 or .6 to get em deeper. Longliner for life!
Drag the portable shanty out of the garage, load that, an ice auger, a bucket of minnows, a heater, a bucket of ice rods, a vexilar and a thermos of coffee in the truck, drive to the lake of choice, load all the gear into the shanty and drag it 1/2 mile to the fishing spot, drill lots of hole till I find the perfect spot, get everything set up for the 2-3 hour window at dusk when the crappie bite best. Reverse the order 3 hours later.
Oh, I use a lively emerald shiner on a # 10 treble under a slip bobber or a jigging rapala tipped with a minnow head
Spartannation, you forgot the sunscreen. lol
That sounds more like a workout that a relaxing fishing trip.
Bless your heart.
You guys get to fish in much nicer conditions than I do I guess, no way I would consider a 1/16 as my only choice from now until the spawn. Probably couldn't pick one head color, body style, or color but would definitely be vertical jigging the heaviest jig in my box around wood cover from the river channel all the way back to the spawning flats eventually. Probably something like this 1/4oz jig for the wind and current on Kentucky/Barkley that is inevitable if your like me and fish whenever you can fish.
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