Bowl Games, School Colors, and Crappie Fishing

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12-31-2018, 08:42 AM
USMA65

Bowl Games, School Colors, and Crappie Fishing

I make no apologies.......I'm a footballholic (college), that is.
Also, I'm an old man now, so I naturally love crappie fishing.
So, I got to asking myself, what if my jigs and cranks were my school colors, what kind of success would I have? Didn't go to college, no problem. I have a friend who lost his mind a few years ago and had a gaudy Big Orange "T" indelibly etched into his left biceps, and he never went to that school!
My thesis is that if you fished with your school colors, you would be a better fisherman, because you would be a perpetual optimist......unless you too have that same "T" on yourself, your car or your shirt (hat), in which case you would be guilty of unrealistic expectations. I also think that this "system" would be as good as any to predict bowl game winners, the national champion, or whether so lunar tables are all their cracked up to be.
So what would your jig look like?
Mine would be Black, Gold, Gray.........11-2 thank you!!! Crappie? Results to be determined.
12-31-2018, 10:21 AM
Locator79

Don't know about catching more crappie. But I will say BEAT PENN ST..... GO CATS!!!!

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12-31-2018, 10:30 AM
CrappiePappy

If I fished with my HS colors, it would be Blue/Gold (Henry Clay HS Blue Devils).

If I fished with the college colors, it would be Royal Blue/White (UK Wildcats). While I never attended UK (college), I worked for 45yrs at the UK Med Center Hospital.

To be quite honest, I don't use jigs with either color combo, and quite frankly I don't believe I even HAVE any of those color combo's in my arsenal. But, I'm pretty sure that if I did have/use those colors I'd probably catch Crappie on them. :kewl
12-31-2018, 10:50 AM
armyman

My colors would be orange/white....UT. Don't think it would catch crappie though....have never seen a jig like that any way!

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12-31-2018, 11:02 AM
tlefire

Mine would be crimson and white (UA)....wouldn't catch fish though.

All the Crappie hold up signs saying they want us, but they really don't. :biggrin
12-31-2018, 12:24 PM
ET Fish

I ain’t fishin’ with no orange and white lure (my alma mater)! If’n We have to fish with school colors, I’m gonna enroll in a school with some chartreuse in the mix!
12-31-2018, 01:21 PM
Herewego

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My colors would be orange/white....UT. Don't think it would catch crappie though....have never seen a jig like that any way!

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I just had to look at some of my old stash and found these. Don't remember ever using these before or solid orange.
I use a orange color jig head with plastics.Attachment 326057

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12-31-2018, 01:38 PM
armyman

Herewego, they might even catch a crappie! They would prolly do better job catching than the orange football team does winning!!:RoflThanks for the post!
12-31-2018, 01:51 PM
USMA65

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Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

If I fished with my HS colors, it would be Blue/Gold (Henry Clay HS Blue Devils).

If I fished with the college colors, it would be Royal Blue/White (UK Wildcats). While I never attended UK (college), I worked for 45yrs at the UK Med Center Hospital.

To be quite honest, I don't use jigs with either color combo, and quite frankly I don't believe I even HAVE any of those color combo's in my arsenal. But, I'm pretty sure that if I did have/use those colors I'd probably catch Crappie on them. :kewl

But didn't I read somewhere that you had settled on blue/white color when using DI ? Obviously constitutes scientific proof of my thesis!
;-)
12-31-2018, 02:30 PM
CrappiePappy

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Originally Posted by USMA65

But didn't I read somewhere that you had settled on blue/white color when using DI ? Obviously constitutes scientific proof of my thesis!
;-)

:Rofl .... Indeed I did !! (even if the shade of blue is more in line with certain ACC schools) :biggrin
12-31-2018, 03:41 PM
Slabprowler

Lots of crank baits with the Big orange color they produce very well ! And if you have a orange and chartreuse jig body ! Or hand tie ! they want catch fish just send em all to me ! :biggrin
12-31-2018, 06:56 PM
armyman

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Originally Posted by Slabprowler

Lots of crank baits with the Big orange color they produce very well ! And if you have a orange and chartreuse jig body ! Or hand tie ! they want catch fish just send em all to me ! :biggrin

Nah, Mitch, I fish orange/chartreuse a lot, and I catch fish....but ain't never seen an orange/white jig. Still doubt it would catch fish!nonono
12-31-2018, 08:19 PM
"D"

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Originally Posted by armyman

Nah, Mitch, I fish orange/chartreuse a lot, and I catch fish....but ain't never seen an orange/white jig. Still doubt it would catch fish!nonono

You could win, I mean catch fish with orange/white, you just need the right coach, er I mean fisherman......
12-31-2018, 08:34 PM
ET Fish

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You could win, I mean catch fish with orange/white, you just need the right coach, er I mean fisherman......

Next year is our year....I mean to catch crappie on orange and white. Don’t believe me? That’s ok, cuz I’m getting sick of saying it every year. Good colors for a casket though, cuz you will be let down.
12-31-2018, 09:10 PM
Slabprowler

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My uncle bless his heart Wanted it to be the last that let him down!
Attachment 326077 He was always a big time Tennessee fan!