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Just wondering what some of y'all's current favorites might be for casting jigs for medium / average size crappie?
Interested in other brands as well, but I'm placing an order somewhere for other items and they have quite a bit of Bobby Garland products, so will likely order some of them.
TIA for any input you may have.
Baby Shad
Great trout bait, too.
I like their baby shad, baby shad swim'r and the stroller. I have some slab slay'rs, but don't reach for them too often.
The baby shad and baby shad swim’r are my main plastic then tube. I really want to try scent wiggle’r because it look good for even smaller profile and I can trim head to use with bluegill hook. Try both regular and mo’glo version.
Though I have several different BG baits, I rarely use them ... opting instead for Slabanator products (Hot Rods, Mini Rods, Shad, and the Booty Thumpers) with the Mini Rods and Shad bodies for casting (mostly) and the Hot Rods and Booty Thumper bodies for Pushing purposes (mostly). Hot Rods & Mini Rods are my go to bait for "flipping" double jig rigs with Livescope.
Baby shad and also Strollers
Another Babyshad person I have tried many other bait ( ashamed to show how many lets just say a 3 gallon tote ) but day in and day out for me they work the best. Color really does very from time of day to any other variable you can think of but my usual starting color is Vegas.
Appreciate the input guys, thanks.
Baby Shad in Cajun Cricket is a winner.
Slab Slayer and Baby shad. I like the pocket in the Slab Slayer to hold my Slab Sauce
Baby Shad. Caught more fish with that in the last year than any other two or three lures combined - crappie, gills, bass and catfish.
What style Jig Heads / hooks are you guys using w/ the Baby Shad?
I've always used standard Ball & Round Head Jigs w/ J-style hooks on my soft plastics, but I'm thinking about trying some w/ Sickle hooks.
What, no hogs ?!Quote:
Just wondering what some of y'all's current favorites might be for casting jigs for medium / average size crappie?
For any soft plastic lures, simple unpainted, bronze hook, ball head jigs - no bait grip barb. Sizes: 1/32, 1/24, 1/16 oz.; J hook sizes depending on lure size: #8, 6, 4 (8 the smallest). Threw my sickle hook jigs in the garbage years ago.
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Originally Posted by Spoonminnow
I know they are not everyone's choice, but just wondering what didn't you like about the sickle's? Do you fish alot of heavy cover?
No, I'm more of an open water angler. Never had the patience for anything but light weeds.
I/32oz round jig heads with various colored BABY SHAD, I do use 1/16th but prefer the 1/32. #4 or 6 hook.
That just about says it all. I always carry one rod 1/32 with the baby shad. The second rod has 1/32 and a Lil Hustler crappie tube.Quote:
Originally Posted by trypman1
Ball and minnow heads fro 1/64 to 1/16 and a baby’s had in a natural color does it for me most times. Opening night, double silver rainbow, monkey milk, blue thunder(I use lots of those), and crystal. Others too. When casting, retrieve style and speed makes a big difference. Just fast enough to stay off the trash.
Baby Shad no doubt
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My No. 1 would be a straight tailed plastic such as the Baby Shads, followed by paddle tails (i.e.: Slider Grubs) and then Road Runners.
I'm also not a fan of the Sickle-type hooks. I find them much more difficult to thread plastics on straight and I have have one break on me. JMO. :)
I like the double silver rainbow in the old whatever its called standard body style and sometimes the blue ice is a killer as well .
they also have a color that I dont know the name of and it looks very much like a real shad with a tint of purple in the pearl on the belly that is flat out good stuff .
and the bleeding shad has its moments in the winter arsenal as well .
My main patterns for the 2" Baby shads are pearlwhite and black with an occasional Tennessee shad. I have also caught a few on Cajun cricket (but that is a far better pattern for 1.5" tubes where it is almost as good as anything else you could try) and Electric Chicken. I always start out with the white. Also everything on black jig heads with no eyes with the 2" baby shads that would be 1/32 oz. I find I have never needed any other color; so I buy unpainted and powder paint my own. A good bake on the powder paint stands up as well as any other finish I have tried. The 2" Baby Shads match up real well with a size 6 hook.
Great info guys, keep it coming :)... always interested in seeing what others are having success with.
The waters I fish are moderately stained for the most part.
I just placed an order for some BGBS's in Pearl/Chart - Pink Pearl - BBQ Chicken - Mo Glo' screamer (blue/green flake) & Chart / Red glitter looking forward to seeing how these will work. Also found a couple of Shimano Sienna 1000 FG's that I've been looking for. Waiting on the big brown truck:cool:
Baby Shads . Patriot on a pink head , for clear water . Chartreuse and red back in stained water on a red head . :twocents
You mean to tell me BG makes something besides Blue Ice?
Haha, I take it that is your favorite Bill?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barnacle Bill
Like Bill said blue ice all the way.