Okay remember you ask, lol!
I am going to talk Spring and maybe Fall if you have the right spot to longline. First let me start using spring water depths and I believe the main crappie hold out in something like 6' to 7 1/2' water depth and some go in to the very shallow water to lay their eggs, but then back to that holding depth. So I try to fish where the most are and then it's a matter of color and how clear or stained the water is. For this lake and my personal way to help make it easier I use the 3' down as my clear or stained depth. So if I can see my jig 3' or more down the water is clear and less is stained, but then also how stained?
With that in mind I have a number of jigs I use depending on this 3' test. Now if I can see my jig 3' or more down I really like Silver/Silver/FL Blue or Silver/Blue/White, but their are more that I like too.
Then if I can not see it 3' down I am going to Chartreuse/Blue/Chartreuse or Chartreuse/Black/Chartreuse and again there are others too.
Then lets say it rained yesterday or last night hard and now our Clear water is super stained and you can see the jig down maybe just one foot or less, then I want my jig that is Flame Red/Chartreuse & Black/Hot Orange!
There are some that I feel may work in both the first two, clear and stained I like a Silver FL Yellow/FL Blue and feel this will work maybe in both? See picture for some of these combos.
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Couldn't find the Silver/Chart/FL Blue fast enough to show it, but when you get some Chartreuse Crystal Antron that is not so much the Green Chartreuse, that is the color!
I failed to mention the Flame Red/Kelly Green/FL Yellow jig, but it's a darn good one too!
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