Decided to try twister tails this year and trying to decide on make and size. I am leaning towards MrTwister tails 2" size. Any opinions about these tails? Thanks, Pop
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Decided to try twister tails this year and trying to decide on make and size. I am leaning towards MrTwister tails 2" size. Any opinions about these tails? Thanks, Pop
One of the very best crappie fishing days I ever had was fishing white 2" Mister Twister jigs in clear water of a lake in northeast PA. Don't remember the name of the lake (near Beach Lake), but we parked over a sunken tree and could see the school below. Must have caught and released a hundred good crappie that day. Haven't done a lot of crappie fishing in recent years, but I'm pretty sure Mr. Twisters would still work great for crappie.
Been fishing "twister tails" for more than 40 years now. I've caught everything on them from crappie to pike. One of the best artificiials to come down the pike. Still effective today. Select your make by trial & error; that is, buy a small bag and try them to see which has the best tail action at the slowest speed. That's the ticket, right there. They will all catch fish, but if you find one that you can truly "slow roll" and still has a good tail action, you're golden.
Are you fishing 2" tails? Thanks, PopQuote:
Originally Posted by Crestliner08
I live in NE Pennsylvania, so that's good to hear. Thanks for the info. PopQuote:
Originally Posted by Cricketcage
I use southern pro hot grubs in 2 inch. Any kind of color combo's you can imagine. They also are sold in bigger packs at a good price. Monk's crappie on here has them as well as grizzly jig's. Have been using for years. Mr twister is also good.
Don't use twister tails/curly tails very much (ie "rarely ever") ... but, if I wanted to start using them, I would try the Slab-a-nator Jigs Slab Twisters: http://www.crappie.com/crappie/-memb...-crappie-jigs/ ... because I'm already using the Hot Rod (carrot shape) and Shad (stinger shad shape) and Deuces Wild (twin dongle tail shape) with much success.Quote:
Originally Posted by pop
Snakeriver........any colors you want, @ a fair price. Bob's Jigs.
All the twister tails will catch fish if you got them in the color they want that day. I always have twister tails in my spread.
Tails are as addictive as buying crankbaits.
I have had a preference of Big Bite for a number of years. Now, I only use theirs in a few select favorite combos for different lakes.
I prefer to purchase the majority of my stuff for crappie from site supports of crappie dot com. Lots of great guys that work really hard to produce cool products
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I like the Southern Pro 2". Bleeding shad; black chartreuse and firecracker chartreuse are my favorites. The best tail action is with Kalins but they are very soft which makes the tail wiggle at a very slow speed. Another color I really like is the Kentucky Lake Killer have fun and fish them on a Road Runner head.
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Southern pro grubs have a thin tail which has more action at lower speed and are easily found. Colors I find are regionally different but they have a large spread of colors.
Mostly 2" these days for crappie. I've fished 2's, 3's, 4's and 6's, for various species at various seasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by pop
My favorite right now is the all white shadpole curly tail. The tail turns with very little movement.
The new Crappie Commander curly tails are supposed to swim at 0.3 mph. They gave out sample packs at Grizzly during the power trolling seminar. I aim to give test them out soon on the spider rig.
I like the 2'' split tail Mr. Twisters but wish they had more colors.
I use the Arkie 2.5" XL Pro Curltail Minnow with pretty consistent success. I like the bigger profile of the body and evidently so do the crappie.
Jim
I've only been in the area twice in my life. My dad had relatives in Narrowsburg, NY and Beach Lake, PA. My uncle Joe wanted to go fishing, so we went to some public access area with several small lakes and rented a boat. I rowed the boat and the three of us had a whale of day when we found a huge school of crappie in a tree that was in about 15 feet of water. You could actually see the silver flash of a strike below the boat when we swam one of the white Mr. Twisters over the top of the branches. Unfortunately, it was a long time ago and I don't remember any details. The time of the year would have been mid-June.Quote:
Originally Posted by pop
I love twistertails. I think they are one of the most versatile artificial lures out there. In fact, if I had to choose only one artificial to use for the rest of my life, across any fishing situation/species/environment, I'd choose a twistertail fished on a lead head jig (with obvious variability in respect to size, weight, and color). I'd echo what others here have already said: not all curly tailed jigs are created equal. Minute differences in tail design and composition of the soft plastic material can have an effect on the "swimming" action of the tail. It may take a little experimentation to find a brand you like. I generally look for a brand or model that produces the most active swimming motion in the tail with the least amount of action imparted from me. That translates into good tail action at very slow retrieval speeds. If you find one you like (more importantly, that the FISH like), stock up!
I tried to use these last year and was very disappointed with their lack of action. Just my experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quackrstackr
I used to use Luck-E-Strike twisters in black/chart and white/chart but they stopped making them. They were so cheap and so effective! I'm still hacked about that! Luckily I found a local store with a bunch of them in their bargain bin so I bought em out last spring.
My favorite twister tails today are Fle Fly Go Go minnows and Arkie Pro XL minnows. They are almost identical other than their color availability. Action at slow speed is as good as I've found anywhere.
Arkie 1.5" Curltail Minnows and the 2.5" XL Pro Curltail Minnow. I started using them last year and have done well.
I figured if they actually swim at 0.3 that they wouldn't be much count very much faster. The tail probably turns into a straight out stick.Quote:
Originally Posted by callmecamo
So how often are you using curly tails for spider rigging
In my experience, the problem is just the opposite. You've got to burn them through the water to get the tail to do anything. Remember, sample size of 1 package here. Maybe they changed them, maybe not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quackrstackr
I'm a big FF Go Go Minnow fan with a Road Runner head.Quote:
Originally Posted by callmecamo
I agree with CrappiePappy about grub tail design. I use curl tail grubs maybe 5 % of the time, but only one design that like Skeetbum said,.Quote:
a thin tail which has more action at the slowest speed
Mr Twister curl tail grubs were the only grubs I used for years, but I found that I caught more fish at the slowest retrieves using lures that had the best subtle action at those retrieve speeds. The width of the Twister grub is to wide and the tail too thick for anything except a moderate steady retrieve or vertical drop. The tail attachment is too wide IMO:
https://i.imgur.com/w9ldP56.jpg?1
Compare it to a Berkley a PowerBait Ribbontail Grub where the tail attachment and tail width in general are thinner:
https://i.imgur.com/zemsbJO.jpg
(The above is actually a hybrid grub using the grub body from one grub and the tail of a Power Grub Ribbon Tail by Berkley. Berkley's current Power Tail grub is no different actionwise than Mr Twister.)
The tail whips back and forth versus the Twister Tail that flutters like a flag. I've by comparing the two in the same water, that the above design works better for me.
I have a ton of Mr Twister tails and improve their action by making the curl tail into a straight tail similar to the ones on the right:
https://i.imgur.com/fi2hqTZ.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/O3l9zWk.png?1
Now I can retrieve it very slowly with a few rod twitches or subtle changes in speed and get the best subtle action possible which get me more fish than the original design.
Even the design below - a carrot shaped tail like those made by Slabinator - works better than curl tails:
https://i.imgur.com/UY8BLY0.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/Kqd4TEp.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/PGs9y1H.png?1
Thin paddle tail worms also do well in a 2 3/4" size:
https://i.imgur.com/m12Z0Fo.jpg?1
Sorry to hear the bad news about your dad. I went through the same thing with my parents.
Interesting experience Spoon. Seems like about anything will catch a fish under the right circumstances.
At times yes, most times no.Quote:
Originally Posted by callmecamo