Thread: Crappie story in the Topeka paper

Friends always call friends when the bite is on. I called Marc last Thursday afternoon and within a couple hours, we were putting em in the live well of the ol 'Blue Heron'. Here's the link to the story he wrote.

Column: The spawn is on | CJOnline.com

"A favorite tactic for Roberts now is to use a spinning rod and reel and pitch an ounce jig near shore and slowly retrieve it. If the shore is particularly rocky or brushy, he likes to suspend his jig with a small bobber placed about a foot above it."

Hey...big baits get big fish...and the bobber is the size of a baseball.

When you are a writer...never know what the editor is going to change or cut. Marc probably had 1/8 ounce and the number got cut.

I had an editor at a magazine run a graphic of a 5 inch paper graph strip upside down. Heard about that for several years.

However one time at Wilson I was jigging a 1 ounce jig with a 4 inch tail for Stripers and caught a 10 inch Crappie.

Just for fun...might have to see what would happen with an ounce jig on those slabs...hmmm...if it catches a slab...I will post a pic complete with jig.