The infamous White out

Yeppers a white out , sometimes it is what it is ……
I hit a spot I like and of course there was locals there and to be sure I was watching them ketch fish from the bleachers :banghead
I tried the 2 baits i was sure would get bit to no avail . The one guy was boxing fish pretty well and tossing a few back as well and the other guy was hanging in there to.
Then there was me just going what the heck yawl ? i want a bite too. :Rofl
So after a bit the one guy says you know ……..there was a fella yesterday that was really hurting fish here with just a plain white jig …..i said that aint no surprise for sure and put one on myself after he prodded me a bit more with some numbers the guy whacked midday with it .
Then as it often happens my luck turned around and the gears started to turn in my reel as i hung fish after fish .
Now mind you i donated them to them guys and slung fish so well that even when the one said when and the bite was over ,he had to stand there and watch as the fish I continued to sling fish that got larger and his box got fuller .
So as always it could be the simple things you are missing ,in this case just a plain white jig was the ticket .
Go figure :crazy:
and to be sure KABOOM is the word

Some days they will only bite one color. Those are some good looking fish

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Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

Some days they will only bite one color. Those are some good looking fish

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that particular spot produces what i consider to be the healthiest white crappie i see in these parts . The fish are quite often built similar to an east texas black crappie in that they are tall and real thick with nice girth on them even in the summer months when fish are often slimmer on other lakes around here .

Dang. Shoulda slapped on some slabsauce to get'em to bite earlier on. Betcha that mighta helped.

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Originally Posted by Slab

Dang. Shoulda slapped on some slabsauce to get'em to bite earlier on. Betcha that mighta helped.

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i was wearing my crappie.com hat and thunk that would a done it all by itself bro …..silly me :Rofl

Good uns!

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

i was wearing my crappie.com hat and thunk that would a done it all by itself bro …..silly me :Rofl

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Well, maybe it just took'em a while to see that hat! :highfive Next time, belt and suspenders.....Crappie.com Hat and Crappie.com SLABSAUCE!!!!!! :ThumbsUp

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Originally Posted by Slab

Dang. Shoulda slapped on some slabsauce to get'em to bite earlier on. Betcha that mighta helped.

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The "sauce" comes in white??? [emoji3]

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Good deal, white is a great color with a pink head. I use nibbles sprayed with Slab Sauce for the ultimate scent! -- to me anyhow!

Wow! Nice catch for sure.

I don't think in the short time that I have been a member here that I have ever seen only one jig in your pictures. Usually there are a few different colors in the pictures. Cool post.

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I fully agree, KABOOM is definitely the word!!

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Originally Posted by franklin fisher

I don't think in the short time that I have been a member here that I have ever seen only one jig in your pictures. Usually there are a few different colors in the pictures. Cool post.

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brother I pitched what they ate the previous 2 visits with great gusto , I just could NOT get one to take either jig color I used on my last visits there , orange chart and blue chart
but to be sure a little ole snowball with a pink jighead made the day turn around FAST

Some sweet slabs there, congrats.

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

that particular spot produces what i consider to be the healthiest white crappie i see in these parts . The fish are quite often built similar to an east texas black crappie in that they are tall and real thick with nice girth on them even in the summer months when fish are often slimmer on other lakes around here .

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Sat on a stump flat with a bunch of other boats, could see the fish on the electronics. Only one boat catching anything. It was one of the colors of Baby Shad i did not have. Some days they are just fickle

I don't know...color to me is and will always be secondary to lure shape, size and lure action - both in design and how an angler imparts it. White is for sure a color that works for most soft plastic shapes when fish are found, but many other colors would have worked that day.

Lure shape and spike tail quiver Ketch used slowly and methodically were by far the biggest reasons fish were caught. Recently I switched to a blunt rounded tail 1 1/4" grub rigged on a 1/16 oz unpainted ball head jig and caught fish of different species 10:1 to my partner. Before that, I was using another grub design and it did okay but not nearly as good as:
https://i.imgur.com/QIm4gHX.jpg

Right place and the right lure(s) worked the right way - gets it done. JMO

(modified) Definition of superstition: a belief in causation (why anglers use certain lures and colors) leading to certain consequences of an action or a practice (IE catching fish) based on such a belief

Now, I can't prove why the design and addition of glitter to the above lure catches fish, but hey, IF IT WORK, IT WORKS! Using certain lures in certain colors may prove to be based on a simple belief that since they caught bunches of fish, they must be the only ones one should rely on in certain situations or even a majority of the time. Many of us that vary lure designs and colors on the same outing and catch fish on many of them, reduce the reliance on superstition (unfounded belief) when choosing lures but rather on past and present evidence to the contrary.
(Note: the lure shown caught crappie, perch, sunfish and bass on the same outing as did four other designs in different colors (based on my color superstition).

Ketch provided us with one color and design that caught fish, but I'll bet his skill using that lure was far more important.

Again, right place /the right lure(s) worked the right way - gets it done !
JMO

Confidence plays a role in jigging no doubt