Upgrading your equipment

In an effort to keep up with the Jones ez .....
I started feeling compelled to upgrade my equipment .....
next gen whatever and best of the tricks in the trade .....
all my buds and them fellas that guide and do tourneys are doing it ....
so why not lil ole me .....
wasn't exactly sure how a crappie ketchn fella on the bank could achieve such a feat ....
so I put my mind to it ....
don't wanna get left in the dust you know .....
best I could come up with was this ....
a smiley face on my float and some eye dots on a plastic ....
without further ado, let me present my new almost free upgrades ...
you could take it serious and ketch lots of crappie ....
or you could just ketch lots of crappie ....
the choice is yours my friends :highfive

Compared to the price of a Livescope setup you're way ahead of the pack in your thinking once again my Friend.

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Originally Posted by Rojo

Compared to the price of a Livescope setup you're way ahead of the pack in your thinking once again my Friend.

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I used a fine point permanent black marker bro , the actual sharpie expensive one ....this ain't no fooling around my friend :Rofl

Man, now I gotta go buy Sharpies to keep in my tackle bag... Thanks Ketchn! :Rofl Thousands of baits to add dots to eyes.

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Originally Posted by Rojo

Compared to the price of a Livescope setup you're way ahead of the pack in your thinking once again my Friend.

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Man, you can say that again! Fun times!
Bob

What is the name of that plastic , I used to have some like that,

Mo

Your and artist too? Sheesh…….:Rofl

I don't worry about the other guys!! LOL although I have still resisted the plastics game!! I've looked at some rods BUT I don't want to take out a loan!! LOL I do just fine with the ones I have although They haven't gotten a lot of use in the last year and a half.

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Originally Posted by mozingo1952

What is the name of that plastic , I used to have some like that,

Mo

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Them is just for hunting BIG fish bro , my avatar fish bit that bait in that color.
They are not making it in that color anymore is what I think I heard
He may not even pour them now ,,,,not sure
Crazy Angler crawlrz….
He used to have one color in that bait called blue oyster that my pb black crappie bit as well :highfive
2 short antenna 2 longs legs and a fat body ….sort of soft plastic
Especially deadly when they eating large bait

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Originally Posted by mozingo1952

What is the name of that plastic , I used to have some like that,

Mo

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Them is just for hunting BIG fish bro , my avatar fish bit that bait in that color.
They are not making it in that color anymore is what I think I heard
He may not even pour them now ,,,,not sure
Crazy Angler crawlrz….
He used to have one color in that bait called blue oyster that my pb black crappie bit as well :highfive
2 short antenna 2 longs legs and a fat body ….sort of soft plastic
Especially deadly when they are eating large bait

I use neon permanent markers on some of my soft plastics as well as some hand ties. Crappie don't eat just bait fish. I've caught crappie with their belly full of little crayfish. That color of crayfish that you added eyes to reminds me of a soft shell crayfish in moulting stage, everything eats those.

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Originally Posted by JUNGLEJIMJIGS

I use neon permanent markers on some of my soft plastics as well as some hand ties. Crappie don't eat just bait fish. I've caught crappie with their belly full of little crayfish. That color of crayfish that you added eyes to reminds me of a soft shell crayfish in moulting stage, everything eats those.

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way back when I wanted to be "pretty good" at ketchn crappie I gleaned information on every lil detail I could find on them, a fella named Robert at Crazy Angler befriended me and taught me things I was totally unaware of about them.
we had many long discussions at different times of the year on the where to and how to and some of the tips and strategies he gave me to ketch them are priceless .....
one of the things was the crawdad scenario/situation , he told me when the crawdads hatch out late spring, the young often climb up to the tops of brushpiles and the crappie just eat them like a kid in a candy shop .
he EVEN poured special heads that went with them baits , I never cared for the jigheads much , but that body was the real deal for sure.
crappie eat a variety of things and in some spots food items for them are often overlooked .....never say never is what I learned right quickly.