New to site, 1 question

[crappiefishin]

I'm new to the site and fairly new to crappie fishin but i can't get enough of it!:D

The place that i fish doesn't produce to well but when you do catch them they are lively and put up a great fight, plus they are beutiful fish.

My one question is what lure have you found to produce the best?

Thanks

[Bob # 1]

I'm new to the site and fairly new to crappie fishin but i can't get enough of it!:D

The place that i fish doesn't produce to well but when you do catch them they are lively and put up a great fight, plus they are beutiful fish.

My one question is what lure have you found to produce the best?

Thanks

Welcome to the forum from Indiana

The best lure or bait is what ever they hunger for that day.
Their taste will change from day to day.

One day they want jigs, no meat, then the next

PS
The coffee pot is on

[albiechaser]

for me its a 1/8 round red head with a 2"white curly tail fished supper slow. (4#line)

welcome to the site

[CatFan]

I have fished for days at a time where I could limit with minnows and couldn't buy a hit on a jig, and I've seen it exactly the opposite. Usually depth is more important than anything else. Most days, the "wrong" color will still catch fish, but maybe not as many as another color, and the fish may favor minnows over jigs or vice versa, but put the "perfect" bait at the wrong depth and you'll be having beanie-weenies for supper instead of fresh fish.

[crappiefishin]

Ok, thanks everyone, i have actually never used minnows for crappie, when i'm targeting them i usually use trout lures and i found this one that i had a lot of luck on but then, after i saved it from a bull frog, a turtle swallowed it...so that lure is no longer...

but again thanks

[skiptomylu]

From Toledo Bend Texas!

I make sure to have a good selection of type jigs, colors, etc. and lots of my own. In the spring I really like Roadrunners so I hand tie them for my self and once summer sets in I probably use more hackle tails on my jigs, but still have the marabou around. Not much of anything I know of has better action than marabou. Lots use hair jigs, but for me my choice is feathers.

I changed weights too and spring mostly 1/32 and late spring I add 1/16. Once summer gets here I mostly use 1/8 & 1/4 for the deeper water and they also help in the wind.

Also in the summer day or night I use a jig on bottom and a minnow above that like 12"-18".

Skip

[DKR]

Welcome from S.C. to C.c I use minnows & jigs the most for crappies.

[AtticaFish]

I fish several different small lakes and reservoirs from 20 to 250 acres..... I have a different go-to lure for each lake. One shallow stained lake is micro (1/64-1/100 oz.) silver chenille jigs. One 30' deep super clear lake is trolling shad-raps or #7 floating rapalas. One I fish nuthin but minnies or wax worms.

Keep switching up till you find what they want, if you fish trout, match the hatch works the same way for crappies, just keep your eyes open to whats in the water. BTW.... Welcome from Northern Ohio!

[Arkie John]

Welcome to the forum. If you 'Just can't get enough of it,' you have come to the right forum. As for the favorite bait, each fisherman has their 'go to' baits. I like tube jigs in red/white; red/char; black/char; blue/white; white/char; all tipped with crappie nibbles or minnows depending upon the bite.

Actually I like live bait when the bite is tough. I rig a 'drop shot rig'; a bell sinker on the end and 18" above the sinker a loop knot w a crappie hook & minnow and another 12" above, yet another hook & minnow. That's just me.

May recommend Ken Sutton's book? Query the archives and you will be able to come up with the info needed to get it. It's just a great book on crappie fishing that will arm you with the basics. Again, welcome aboard. Be sure and share your trips with us. <><

aj

[Fatman]

Jigs and minnows, one day they want one then the next another, then the next a combo of both. And then sometimes no matter what you throw they won't touch it.

Ya just gotta find what they want.

Fatman