Quote Originally Posted by tackleboat View Post
Since getting L. Scope I have changed my way of fishing a lot. Thought I’d share, I know some and maybe most will reject my conclusions. Here goes!! I use to fish 1/32 jig always and it was tough when fishing deep. I finally switched to 1/16 to speed up the drop. Catch Rates didn’t suffer. Back in the winter I was fishing spooky schools and couldn’t get close so I switched to 1/8 so I caught more. I have continued to use 1/8 about 80 percent of the time. I have watched how crappie react to the bait enough to remain confident in using the heavier jig. Very few are caught on a falling jig, they like to follow before biting so the heavier jig doesn’t hurt. The heavier jig is better on deeper brush because you can get multiple cast in the same time you’d wait for a 1/32 to get there. The heavier jig is way better on windy days. Less bow in the line and can feel the bite better. Conclusion is try a heavier jig, doesn’t hurt and has several advantages. You might find you like it.


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Nice post and yes I remember when you just fished 1/32nd and still catch crappie. There are times when different jig weights will do better. Now I am talking about casting single pole or vertical fishing. Black Crappie are more finicky than a white Crappie. I have fished both in different States. Top of brush pile even only 10 feet down sometimes a heavier jig works better. If fish are aggressive they prefer a faster retrieve over the brush pile a 1/8th will give you that staying horizontal adjust above them. Sometimes the jig weight will match the mood they are in.

I know I most likely stay longer on a brush pile then I should but I get the thrill of breaking the code. I really need to go to the stumps and laydowns more to get the bigger ones.

You are right Doug when we first talked about Livescope and I should get it to learn more and thanks for drilling in my head. The learning is so much fun.

Now and then I still fish old school drop a buoy and cast past the brush and retrieve over the brush pile without livescope. Thanks again for the great post.