Lure size vs fish size.

**GRIZZ** · 10-23-2010, 03:03 PM

A topic I'd like some input on from you guys is your experience catching crappies over 2lb's on larger lures. I occasionally catch nice fish while fishing for walleyes and bass with larger lures and I have used larger lures specifically for crappies which cuts down on dink catches, but I haven't had any extraordinary success with larger lures. I have caught a few nice crappies using a 4 inch Spro BBZ-1 and look forward to trying it in AR where more uber slabs swim than here. What about you?

One more thing. I purchased a baby BBZ-1 and have been a bit disappointed in it. Has anyone else used these? http://www.youtube.com/user/TeamRipp.../1/-PnkLso6wkM

**ScottV** · 10-23-2010, 04:18 PM

The past 4 months or so I have been trolling crankbaits for crappie. You do still catch a few dinks, but the average size is bigger using larger baits. Just my opinion.

**Locator79** · 10-23-2010, 05:31 PM

95% of the BIG fish I catch, come off baits 2" or less.

**"G"** · 10-23-2010, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by ScottV

The past 4 months or so I have been trolling crankbaits for crappie. You do still catch a few dinks, but the average size is bigger using larger baits. Just my opinion.

Your right and some of those crappie swallow the whole crankbait.

**shipahoy41** · 10-23-2010, 06:36 PM

I primarily use a 1/16 with 2 inch tail for everything. Have caught from 10 inches to 2 1/2 pound crappies on it.

**skeetbum** · 10-23-2010, 06:59 PM

I asked a guy in wal mart once what he used for crappie and he answered DT16's, 1/2oz white spinnerbaits, 6" plastic worms. Like some of us, he caught them as a by product while bass fishing. Like Shipahoy sez, 1/16 and a 2" tail catches anything. I do have some Arkie Beavers that I use for weeding out the dinks. Smaller fish don't hit big baits as readily, but they will at times.

**Nightprowler** · 10-24-2010, 05:53 AM

Some lakes seem like downsizing to 1/64 or 1/80 is the key to the bigger fish. But showing them something different also gets the big boys attention.

**cache22** · 10-24-2010, 08:19 AM

Try to match the hatch...... whatever the forage fish may be, that's the size to put fish in the boat. Bigger fish is location, location, location I think!

**NIMROD** · 10-24-2010, 10:38 AM

Here on Nimrod the Crappie like large baits alot, but they also feed on large Shad alot too.

**beagle man** · 10-24-2010, 10:45 AM

I have trolled with a bandit 300 with a 1/4 oz. jig trailling and caught big crappie on the jig. now when I say big I mean 12 in. cause on stockton we have bigger than 12 just not a lot of them, I have caught big crappie in mississippi on 3in minnows and big crank baits, also caught big crappie on 1/32 jig. who knows

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