Reply With QuoteI just try to have small and large baits at all times. Sometimes they just want something small. I don't try to over think it.
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Maybe you just aren't fishing around the largemouths much? I always get a decent amount of largemouths when fishing 1-2" panfish baits. Always fun when fishing 2lb line!Originally Posted by Alphahawk
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I just try to have small and large baits at all times. Sometimes they just want something small. I don't try to over think it.
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I downsize in jig weight but not necessarily in size because the colder the water temp the slower the retrieve needs to be in my opinion. I can retrieve a 1/16 oz jig slower than a 1/8 oz jig and still keep it in the depth that I want fish it in. I feel that slower retrieve means more strikes in colder water. My two cents worth.
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I've always heard the shad are large in the winter like you, however I was catfishing last week and caught a bunch of 2-2.5" gizzard and threadfin shad in my castnet. I think a very slow bait is more important in the winter than a tiny bait.
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After November, I rarely fish any baits over 1/32 oz. seems like up in my area we catch more and bigger fish this way. I still keep a pole rigged with a bigger jig but they just don't produce like the smaller baits do.
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This has been a good thread to read. Much like any of the questions many have asked in the past, it seems the answer is still the same.
Q. <Insert basically any question here>
A. Find fish. Try this, try that. What worked yesterday may or may not work today. What's "generally the rule, today requires the exception.
Understand thats at a not a slap at anyone who answered. It seems that's the reality and the reflection of the often times fickle temperament of crappie !
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Fish in plenty of waters with a ton of large mouth. Trout Magnet is great lure, but in my fishing......5-6 days a week.....unless weather is unbearable...it just won't produce many large mouth. If I want to catch them then can switch to a Slab Magnet....but if any other fish is biting I prefer not to target large mouth. For me 2# test and UL fishing is the only way to go. I fished 21 years in Persian Gulf and Red Sea........throwing lures to fish that had never seen lures. We called it catching instead of fishing.....tons of fish from 20-70 pounds...and sometimes bigger. It was a very enjoyable 21 years. But all I ever thought about was getting back home to retire one day and fish for Gills and crappie. Now I am living the dream. Life is good!
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