Color of jigs

Last fall a guy took me crappie fishing for the first time. Just used a small jig of some kind, don't remember it much. Now I just like to get 1 1/2" jigs and max 1/8th oz heads. Doesn't really seem to matter what color jig I use, they all seem to work with the single exception of chartreuse, never have caught the first crappie on that color and it my favorite color for bass! I don't know what those crummy looking one's with a bunch of little tails coming out are called but they do catch fish! Got a bunch of them yesterday on one that has a green head and white tail, if I was a fish I wouldn't try to eat that! have my bet luck with auger tail's, probably because I mostly use them! Love orange or pink as the girl friend calls them and have an almost clear black with silver sparkles that is just super. But then they do all seem to work except the chartreuse one's! Anybody else that has chartreuse work for them? Just doesn't seem to matter much on color or even shape for that matter. I see picture's on here of jig's guy's are using that the tail looks like a short stick on and they work. Other than auger tails, any of these thing's have a name?

Something I noticed about the 1/8th jig is if I don't get a hit casting out fairly quick, reeling in doesn't seem to work well at all. Thinking the jig that heavy might be getting down to deep. Tried casting and dragging it back with a slip bobber set about 6' also, no luck. Probably needed more depth.

Discovered a bad thing about my ultra light rods and using slip bobber's, don't work very well! The eyelet's on the tip of both ultra light's are a bit to small and the slip knot hangs up on them. Oh well, long as I don't need very deep I can deal with it. About all I can cast well with with the bobber hanging down is right at 6' with the short rod and about 7' with the longer one. I have two more spinning rods for small mouth here that I started with that work fine. But not as much fun as the ultra light's!

I have caught fish on Chartreuse. Some of my favorites are Chartreuse and black, and Chartreuse and bone white.
I mostly use 1/32 oz jig heads and sometimes 1/16oz. I like the slower fall to stay in front of the fish just a little longer

Purple/ Chartreuse , Red /chartreuse and black/chartreuse are three of my top 6 . Gray ghost , Blue/white and pink /white are the others .

My 2 favorites color are gray ghost and chartreuse/white. Chartreuse is a great color for crappie!

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Chartreuse is one of my favorites.


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I fish stained water. Black and Chartreuse has been very good lately. I like a darker top with a light color underneath

I've went to a local resivoir here that has clarity from 1 to three feet on most days. The crappie hit Moglo chartreuse more than any other color...

I use purple/chartreuse about 95 % of the time . Works for me .:biggrin Attachment 357157

My go to is a 1/16oz Red flake and Chartreuse. I also like Silver flake and pearl, Blue flake and black, Blue flake and White, and Re flake and white.

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As for you slip not problem. Your slip not should not touch your eyelet. Try leaving a little room between your 1st eyelet and slip not when casting. This should improve your casting

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there's a saying up here, "If it ain't chartreuse, it ain't no use". I tie my own jigs using estaz for the body and marabou for the tail. the tail is about 1" past the hook bend. all tied on a gold 1/64 oz jig head. I fish this under a Thill stick float usually about 2-3 feet from the jig. The key is to know 1. how deep the fish are holding and 2. that crappie always feet UP. (I fish black crappie. I assume whites do the same) You want the jig to be always above the crappie. I have found that the slower fall rate during open water works best for me. For ice fishing, I use a Tungsten jig with a plastic waxtail or tip it with waxies or spikes.

Make's me think. I cast and retrieve jigs for crappie and sometime do pretty well. But always felt I was getting to far below them. Wondering if I got a reg bobber and put it on even or eight feet below the bobber if it wouldn't work better? I go out looking on the fish finder for them in deeper water and normally don't have a lot of luck with fish down much over 12'. Use a 1/8 oz jig to be able to cast better and just maybe it sink's to far to fast?

I would not hold too much stock in that old adage that crappie always feed up. One thing you can be certain of in fishing and that's that nothing is cast in concrete. Can't tell you how many times I've cast and let my jig hit bottom before starting a slow retrieve. And I've had a lot of success with this technique over the last few decades.

Best rule of thumb is start shallow (in whatever depth you are fishing in) and work your way down the water column until you start to connect with them. And, if you don't get bit, crawl it along the bottom. You might be surprised. :)

I'm beginning to think a lot like Crestliner. In the spring and most of the summer I didn't get out fishing much this year, and then started hitting a not far from the house. An older gent who is a regular at this spot for the past 50 year or so said,you start reeling in too soon...Let it go all the way down, and hit bottom, then reel in as slow as you can stand it...and I started catching fish on almost every cast.
//now thesearen't big fish by no means, but you can catch them right regular like. Just wish they had some size to 'em...

for crappie, I like going two-toned in jig color: dark and bright. this way it gives crappie a better chance of seeing at least one of the colors in the water clarity/light conditions. I will go with something like a black head and green back, or a pink head with a blue back. something like that.

I find that green, white, pink, red, and chartreuse are my best colors for crappie