Posted today:
"Use crappie Tubes you don't have to worry about tying jigs. They work great. You can get them in different colors. Red head white body for example. Good color 1-1/2inch."
Tied jigs work better IMO.
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Posted today:
"Use crappie Tubes you don't have to worry about tying jigs. They work great. You can get them in different colors. Red head white body for example. Good color 1-1/2inch."
Tied jigs work better IMO.
Where was that posted?
Hair and feathers have better action but don't have the lifelike feel of a tube.
They each have their place.
Like them both (pastic and ties), favor ties.. Like curly tails also.
"They each have their place."
im with these guys there is a time for everything
Let the fish decide.I carry and use both although I prefer the hand ties .They have better action and are more durable.I've caught over 300 fish on a jig I made before I retired it.It's pretty chewed up but if I tied it to my line now it would catch fish.How many can you catch on a tube,10?
my friends call me the king of break off :rolleyes: :D so if im just fishing virticalor in a boat ill use my hand tied jigs but if im moving around or bank fishing ill use tubes
hey jjj
we would sure like to see a pic of a jig that has caught 300 crappie.
we could all copy it if you did not mind.
thanks
Tubes??? Ain't that sumthin they used in car tires a long time back?? :)
I caught at least 300 off one of Skip's jigs last year. I used the same one for about 3 weekends in a row during the spawn. I caught so many on that one jig it was crazy. I finally broke it off on a fish I was trying to lift into the boat. I retied every so often but got lazy with it I guess and got a weak spot in my line and broke it off. It was his texas craw color.
by the way, the paint was almost gone off the head and the tail was missing about half the hackle I started with.
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Originally Posted by JUNGLEJIMJIGS
Very true. Hand-tied will last longer, but you pay for that durability. Tubes, on the other hand, are dirt cheap. Bass Pro sells a package of 40 for $3.
How many hand-ties can you buy for $3? ;)
How many hand-ties can you buy for $3? ;)[/QUOTE]
That's why we tie our own. :cool:
My jigs have never fallen apart, but then I tend to lose jigs real quick. I think the longest I've kept a jig was around 3 or 4 days at the lake.
Here's a jig that caught a bunch of fish. On this trip I brought home 98 bluegills, 26 Crappie, 3 bass and one red fish. Threw back twice that many. Keep only the males. This jig had been used on a previous trip to also land a big bunch. I retied after a couple dozen fish.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IM000541.jpg
Here are the fish caught on it, enjoy
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IM000537.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IM000534.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IM000533.jpg
"gene"
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Originally Posted by OKSTATEjiggy
Touche. :D But many don't.
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Originally Posted by OKSTATEjiggy
Same here. Snags are the enemy. I shudder to think how many of my jigs are decorating underwater trees! :eek:
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Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"
That is one nice mixed bag of fish! :) Congrats!
Now that's what I like to see. Catchin em is the fun part but I sure would'nt want to be the one cleaning all them. I bet that was some tasty fish frys.
how about Paddle Bugs and Puddle Jumpers .. You are missing something if you don't try these. ofcourse use nibbles and Paste.. but that's a givin
Well I only use hand tied hair jigs that i make for my self and customers. It's not that big of a lost and they last longer than plastic. Hair or maribor has a great deal more life like action while in the water than plastics do and there for you will catch more on hair type jigs than plastics during those hard bite times.
Have not see anyone mention that when the water temp is below 50 or so the soft plastics don't do as well as they do when the temp is above 50. Still above or below I use my hand tied jigs like 98% of the time even though I have probably as may pounds of soft plastic as anyone. Lots of mine are bass worms and such, but plenty of crappie soft plastics as well.
Just wish I would learn that no matter how much of the soft plastic I buy I will not use it hardly at all.
Skip
I try my jigs 1st, if they don't produce, then I will use tubes, and if that don't work, I hate to admit it, but I will go to the bait shop and drown a minner or 3. If that don't work, start over and go thru the routine again...
My thoughts on it, Anyone can catch fish on a store bought tube, not everyone can tie a jig and catch fish on it.
Besides, feathers digest better than plastic. :cool:
Tell Me ! I ate have a chicken last night didn't keep the hackles ! to greasy !
I usually use tube jigs more so than hand tie ones. I try the tubes 1st, if that don't work, after like 20 or so different colors of tube jigs that I have in my box, then I would fall back to my hand tie jigs.
But, I usually lose them in rocks or brush piles so I just pour my own jigs.
I tie my own since, crappie are picky at times when they do not want tubes.
I use my tied jigs and tube jigs and also the best of both worlds my tube n tail jigs. Its all fun, creative , and they all catch fish. I am always looking to make and try the next one. Its all part of it.