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    Is 2" plastic tube or any 2" plastic lure too big for crappie?

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    Most of my jigs are 3"

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    Just right most of the time. Like county I fish a lot of 3 in baits. Them fish eat bigger shad than that.
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    Thanks a lot. I am just learning about jigs. Looking at Strike King tube as this moment. I hope these tube work. I fish at stain/muddy water.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GA ANGLER View Post
    Is 2" plastic tube or any 2" plastic lure too big for crappie?

    Thanks in advance.
    Not hardly, no.

    I caught a Crappie on a 4" plastic craw, and I've seen a Crappie caught on a 1oz Spinnerbait.

    Also had a friend of my fishing partner tell us that he was catching Crappie on 3" twin tail grubs, a week before we went down to fish that lake. We didn't have anything that big, so we threw 1/16oz Roadrunners & caught fish.

    People catch Crappie all the time with crankbaits, the body of which is generally 2-3" long (not counting the bill).

    I use 1.5 to 2 inch plastics for most of my Crappie fishing (casting, trolling, Spider Rigging). A buddy of mine uses 2" plastic bodies on his jighead, then adds a large minnow on the hook (Spider Rigging). If you consider the lead head of the jig as another 1/2" of length, then you can see that the overall length of the baits can be from 2" to almost 4". And we both are subject to catching Crappie that aren't much longer than the baits we use .... including crankbaits

    Fish don't know how big "they" are, they're just concerned with getting their big mouths around whatever edible critter happens to present itself as an easy target/meal, or one that excites them into a reaction strike.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GA ANGLER View Post
    Thanks a lot. I am just learning about jigs. Looking at Strike King tube as this moment. I hope these tube work. I fish at stain/muddy water.
    Take a look at the Southern Pro Umbrella tubes.
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    Most of my plastics are 2".

    I don't know that size matters that much though, I watched a 9" bluegill hit a 5" wacky worm when fishing with my cousin last month. I don't know how that gill though it was going to eat such a big worm but it tried! Crappie have pretty big mouths so I would guess up to a 4" body would probably still work depending on how big the crappie are that you're targeting.

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    I've been catching fish on 2" plastic grubs on 1/16 jig heads pretty good to the point they have been out fishing minnows. Yesterday I caught good on strike king triple threats, Tennessee shad and black chartruse. This morning I ordered 10 packs of 50 2" grubs of various colors from Southern Pro. Very similar to strike king at half the cost. I'm building my confidence up to get away from minnows, especially this time of year, all together.
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    Is black body/blue tail a good colors combination for muddy/stain water? My thought is since those two is dark color, thus more visible under water.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GA ANGLER View Post
    Is black body/blue tail a good colors combination for muddy/stain water? My thought is since those two is dark color, thus more visible under water.
    In my limited experience I would think so but I like a little chartruse some where in with my dark colors.
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