Slabs with T.H.E. Jig

[crappiekeith]

Went this mornig & we now have 20" of ice.Took a few ,here they are..We used the 100th oz.


This is a new guy to T.H.E. Jig & a spring.

Proof is in the pudding or in this case video..

[crappiekeith]

Boy is the ice getting thick.It's almost 3 feet now.
The fish are getting tougher & tougher to get.
Sandburr & his buddy Vince came up today for a run at the Horn.Vince was new to a spring and T.h.E. Jig
They left by noon and had a nice batch of crappies.



Here are some newly tied jigs that I have been using out there.

Here you can see a fish moving up to my jig at about 7:30 on the screen of the FL-8.

Here are a few of the slabs I caught.


There was this rental house next to me and they wanted to see how I was fishing so I went into their house for a little show & tell.
Here are 2 that I caught while teaching these fine folks the way of T.H.E. Jig.

Here is another friend ,Jim who fishes the same way as I.

and last but not least my good friend Rick with a nice gill and a slab crappie just prior to packing up.

[herb]

Way to go guys!

[camofish]

Holly smokes, those are some awesome crappie photos and video, it would take all night to watch all those great videos, thanks for sharing.
Few of those vids looks like the ice was thin, but your last post said you have 20" of ice now.
Thanks for sharing, and those jigs you got there are 1/100th oz, do you use those with a split shot, looks like it, and do you use the 1/80s and 1/64 jig much. Thanks again, great looking fishies.

[CrappieMagnet]

Yeah them guys are slaughtering them crappies with CrappieKeith's handtied jigs!There's nothing wrong with a systems that works,and his works.:D

[Flathead]

Hey Crappie Keith & Magnet,

I was out today with my neighbor from 2:00 til 6:00 and both got our limits. T.H.E. Jig does work, and no meat.

Take care,

Flathead...

[crappiekeith]

Yes I do use a split shot.The trick is to not have it too close to the jig,say 14-18 inches away and it needs to be the small ih size or smaller then the jig head as the sonar will loose the signal.Then you are pumping up the gain to read it which cause a lot of arrant signals that you do not need to read.

I like to go with 64th's or 80th's ,but it nice to have that 100th when they are tough to catch.

Today is Sunday and we pounded 2 limits out in no time.The pressure was dropping which helped.
I'll post some more pics and a video as soon as it downloads into my photobucket.

thanks for the kind word CM & Flathead.
I am glad to see that the schooling a few weeks ago is paying off.
So how is it not having to go buy minnows?

[Flathead]

Minnows??

I don't understand-HA HA!! Who uses those things?

Minnows= COLD HANDS

Flathead...

[crappiekeith]

Hey Flathead,
I took your post from Catch-n & brought it here.
Thanks for giving me the O.K.




As told by Flathead....
It started in 2000; I worked with an outdoor guru. When ever we headed to the lake or river, he would always SMOKE me.

To him, a depth bomb and the arm length is the way to fish and find depth or to us "SONAR"

It didn't matter that he used 12lb line on an old (broken) summer rod with the backbone of a 2X4, rigged with a Zebco 202 that did not work. He would just use the old, hand over fist method, of days of old. He would put down a "Beach Ball" sized bobber and a huge jig and still. You all know the guy that can get fish and does it like a Caveman (sorry Geiko commercial guy & family).

Well Caveman Jim, welcome to the Sonar, spring bobber, and T.H.E. Jig!

He had 2 holes, each with an "Ice Buster" bobber and Demon size 10/8 jigs (my rods and fishing setups before). He brought his equipment but had not updated them since the last time he broke the line/s (would have to retie them). He loaded them up, one with a minnow and one had a spike.

He said, "Do you need a minnow"? I said I don't need meat. He said, "OKAY”!!

In less than five minutes, he was Stunned!!! Regardless of the depth, I could see and fish the whole water column using sonar. If I see a fish come in and suspend above my offering, I could reel up to them, which is impossible to do without sonar and using a bobber. He did not want to put a flasher down to fish (I brought both of my sonar units); he said it scares the fish, knowing that I had one in my hole. He did keep asking, (What depth are you getting them).

Some people are not willing to keep an open mind. I was wondering if the trip to fish with Keith was a 100+ mile waste, myself.

I would not have had the confidence in T.H.E. Jig, if I had not had the opportunity to fish it with Crappie Keith. He knows what he is doing and conveys (teaches) it well, if you are willing to listen and/or observe. Keep in mind that I went thinking, “I know how to fish a spring bobber, what could he know"!!!! Keith has changed my fishing style. (For the short time I spent fishing with Keith, I tried to absorb as much information as I could).

I went to the lake without minnows, spikes, wax worms and still have the confidence that I will take fish. More fish than I usually did in the past.

To sum up our trip- 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm (3 1/2 hours)
-Rush Lake
-30 FOW
-Suspended fish from 18' to the bottom

Caveman Jim- 13 Fish, using meat, 2 lines and bobbers

Flathead- 45+ Fish, using a spring bobber and T.H.E. Jig (one line was used)

Please, do yourself a favor. Take this opportunity to change your fishing, and CATCH-N!!!

Thank you for the knowledge/lesson,

Flathead...

[bttmline]

Oh may gosh, I can't stand you guys!!!!!!!!!