WAY to complicated

Crappie ketchn is all to often WAY to complicated .
The list of you have to have to ketch them gets longer daily.
So keep in mind this about that .
All to often we get into ketch up …….yes I said ketchup
ketched up in you must use this or that to get bit
or if you don't have this or that its not gunna end well
this boat , that graph ,this rod ,that reel ,that line ,THIS jig ?
Well to be sure THIS jig is pretty simple and hurt them pretty well right off the shore .
My bud wrapped a red/orange pipe cleaner around a number 6 ballhead no paint
NO scent added NO nibbles and just dropped them .
He said to me and I quote "I just made a huge joke out of my tackle bag " :Rofl
he presented them in a falling back to him pattern in 25 fow yesterday
his best of the trip was slightly over 2 lbs .
So as you troll along thru the pages and pages of what you need to ketch a crappie .
remember this , it don't have to be WAY to complicated to go ketch dinner .
KABOOM is the word yawl :highfive
p.s. 20 mph north wind ,bluebird day and high barometric pressure
go figure right …..rotfl

My “kabooms!” have been more of a mild “pop” lately. Now I gotta go buy pipe cleaners!

That's outstanding and infuriating at the same time lol good job!!!

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Most of us overthink things, human nature. Good diy option too, nice fish.

Reminds me of the time a fellow used a piece of mop! That was Ernest Patty from Texas.
I’m with Skeet, we are great over thinkers!


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mopping them up was the title of that one …..:Rofl

Lotta truth there. Good post!
Bob

I don't overthink my live minnow under slip cork. Only thinking is sliding the bobber stop sometimes.

That reminds me of my first jigs, I used pipe cleaners and feathers off of an feathered boa held together with sewing thread. They worked just fine. My vice was a pair of vice grips held in a vice.
"gene"

If you want to stay with basics you just use a hook, a minnow and a weight with a cane pole. If you to complicate that rig you add a float to it.

But it is hard to find the crappie suspended 40'-50' deep in 70' of water with that rig. rotfl

I'm old and started out way too many years ago using a cane pole I cut and worms I dug up out of the back yard. I mainly caught catfish from the river. I prefer the current complications even through it usually takes me a year to learn how to use each new piece of equipment I buy. :Rofl

This thread reminds me of the "rebirth" of sorts that I personally had about twenty years ago when I decided to get back to the basics of fishing and quit listening to the multitude of manufacturers whose goal is to catch fisherman and make BIG $$$$$ from it. I have been spending much of December and January going through what I can only describe as a HUGE conglomeration of fishing gear that I've accumulated (and been storing) over many years of fishing... and laughing at myself the whole time as I went through bag after bag of baits and spinners and the like... when I realized just how little of the stuff I actually ever really used... or will likely ever use to catch fish.

After going though what I will describe as a "Fishing Tackle Culling Process" I was able to put together three good sized tackle boxes with some pretty good stuff that I gave away to neighborhood kids to help get them fired up about fishing. The real deal about fishing is: (1) Fish where the fish are; (2) go with the basic light and dark colors and actions that are basic to enticing fish to strike and (3) As Richard Gene so often says: "go fishing whenever I can, cause it's good fer me."

One day you can catch'um on a bare hook there next you better have an assortment of colors to find THE ONE they will hit.....LOL
Tell'em Nice Catches.....

How many times can you reinvent the wheel? Lures are made to catch fishermen more than fish. But I still see something every year that I've just got to try. Once in awhile someone comes up with a bait that is different and works really well.

Oregon slabman- said it all.

They eat whatever lloks good to them

Anybody got the info on the cheapest place to buy pipe cleaners yet.[emoji38]

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I'm out here dragging my boat from one body of water to another. I have three different jigs tied on three different jig poles. I'm trying to figure out if fish are scared off by hi-vis line. On and on and on and on....

You're buddy is cathin' em' on friggin PIPE CLEANERS!!!

Hilarious.

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I'm out here dragging my boat from one body of water to another. I have three different jigs tied on three different jig poles. I'm trying to figure out if fish are scared off by hi-vis line. On and on and on and on....

You're buddy is cathin' em' on friggin PIPE CLEANERS!!!

Hilarious.

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he is fairly dedicated and goes quite often , I have another buddy that once used Swedish fish and did well .
some find it entertaining some not so much , but in the scheme of things its really easy to go over board trying to ketch them is my point .
and yes KABOOM is the word :highfive

Always figured it was hard to reinvent the spinnerbait every year.

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Sure going to save me some money at Grizzy Jigs this week. I wonder what colors they have in stock??

Just stop by the tobacco store and stock up on pipe cleaners

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I got a box full of stuff and now I've got to go buy pipe cleaners! It's hard keeping ketched up.

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The real deal about fishing is: (1) Fish where the fish are; (2) go with the basic light and dark colors and actions that are basic

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Anyone who has read my many posts have seen photos of a huge assortment of lures stuck to fish lips. This was meant to emphasize the simplicity of lure choices where so many are equally adequate to provoke fish to strike. The reasons fish strike them may be complex guesses, but the plain fact supported by photographic proof, is that 1. fish are stupid impulsive animals and 2. easily provoked using basic shapes in motion - what anglers refer to as lures and presentations. The example of a jig hook with a pipe cleaner wrapped around it that caught fish is a perfect example.

There are many complex reasons given why fish strike manmade objects - none that matter or that are provable. Simple is as simple does and that's all any angler, regardless of age, needs to know.

KABOOM

Pretty neat report! True enough, you can "get by" with a very small selection of baits. However, isn't it part of the fun to see what will or will not work? I have way too many jigs. But it's what I enjoy. :)

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Most definitely!

Catching fish for the most experienced on Crappie.com is a no-brainer: present the right size lure and lure design and Bang! - fish on! The reason retailers sell so many different new lures in so many colors is the variety apart from the usual hohum lures anglers have relied on for years. It's secretly hoped by many that new products will prove exceptional - even though in most cases new is really not new nor improved.

Even lures I modify are meant to continually add to an ever increasing variety just to see which designs provoke the most aggressive strikes from the most fish species. Sure, I could cast only my spoon minnows and catch fish every outing, but where's the fun in that !

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The thrill of the THUMP. http://crappieforum.com/smf/Smileys/...t/peepwall.gif

Seem's like complicated is the only way that works for anything anymore. I'm coming 74yrs and when I was a kid, we'd grab a fishing rod with some kind of unknown line on it in some unknown test, a can of worms and go catch fish. Today I need to know what kind of rod I have, what reel and must know line manufacturer and test. Worms just don't work anymore, today I need the latest in lure's presented right to fish found on my fish finder. Of course it goes without saying that old wooden row boat from the 40's and 50's will limit me hugely! Good fishing boat should start at about 20K!

I wonder if a crappie would bite on a piece of worm? Shoot they hit hooks wrapped with a pipe cleaner! And how about those catfish? They eat hotdog's and kool aide!

BTW, this is my spoon minnow design discovered after seeing the film of plastic left on a spoon I used to stir hot plastic. I occured to me to cut it into the shape of a minnow and dip one end a few times to thicken the body. Now all I use is a glossy floor tile to pour the film, pour again beyond the thin part, cut the shape with a box cutter blade and dip the thicker part for the body to hold the jig. No mold needed. Anyone can do it.

https://i.imgur.com/BKaZka1.jpg

The thin tail quivers even under a float and has caught over 1000 fish and seven fish species since its discovery. But as I said, I could catch fish with it anywhere I fish - (I always keep a few on hand in the color shown) - but for me variety is the spice of fishing. As long as I feel the thump using other designs and lure types, I can idiotically believe at that moment in time how smart I was to having fooled a poor dumb fish that was never fooled to begin with.

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Actually simple is as simple does. All the toys we buy can't guarantee more fish caught. I have a 10' row boat, trolling motor and oars. Using that plus a $20 rod, $25 reel, cheap braid and jig heads and I can catch fish in the shallow lakes I visit anytime I fish them. Sonar is nice, but once I know depth and structure areas, I may as well leave it home. (Of course I do have a 2 GB mp3 player to listen to my favorite tunes while I'm in the process of find fishing. LOL)

Going on 71 doesn't limit me in the least - except maybe knowing what day of the week it is.....:dono

Hobby stores ... fishing is a hobby after all [emoji106]

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I've got pipe cleaners right beside my chenille.

I am ready to go.
(KISS principle: Keep It Simple Silly)

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Seem's like complicated is the only way that works for anything anymore. I'm coming 74yrs and when I was a kid, we'd grab a fishing rod with some kind of unknown line on it in some unknown test, a can of worms and go catch fish. Today I need to know what kind of rod I have, what reel and must know line manufacturer and test. Worms just don't work anymore, today I need the latest in lure's presented right to fish found on my fish finder. Of course it goes without saying that old wooden row boat from the 40's and 50's will limit me hugely! Good fishing boat should start at about 20K!

I wonder if a crappie would bite on a piece of worm? Shoot they hit hooks wrapped with a pipe cleaner! And how about those catfish? They eat hotdog's and kool aide!

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Amen brother

Several years ago a group of fishermen took a dare of catching a crappie on a jig of choice but the body was a piece of red yarn 4 inches long . Tie it /cut it however you please . Everybody caught a fish day one . Get's back to it's what "we " like , not the fish .

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