Trying BIG baits

[SteveJ]

Got some 4" Kalin swim baits at the local salvage store and worked on a couple, cut it down some and going to try for some BIG crappie. That's a 1/8 oz head, what you think?

[jem270]

They look HUGE to me. I am used to using small grubs though. I would like to see the hook to stick out farther. It may be the angle of the photo but I would thread the jig near the outside of the jig so the hook protrudes more. I would also think that you need ¼ oz lead because the jig may be too buoyant because of the mass.

[SteveJ]

I'm sure I will have a lot of work to do to get it right, have not been on the water yet to even start to experiment with them. I too am worried about the hooking potential with that much plastic but I'm willing to give it a try. May be a train wreck but what the heck I like trying out new stuff.

[Ken Kinser]

Hey i've caught big crappie on bass crankbaits alot so that jig should work, and should keep the little ones off your bait also good luck

[skiptomylu]

I use some that are that long and some are even like 1/32oz. The fish doesn't know how much it weighs so when I tie a jig with a long marabou it got a long profile and I catch lot of fish on that kind of jig. I something even use a 1/4 oz jig with marabou tail right now in the spring ans they take it just fine.

The little 1/32oz custom tied Roadrunners with a full marabou tail are pretty darn long and I was catching crappie a few weeks back in 2' of water and could even see them come up and hit the jig.

I don't think they make any plastic bait with the flexibility and movement of marabou.

However this is just want I do and I am sure others do something different than I do and catch fish as well.

Here is an example of one with a long tail...

[guest01]

Get you some sickle hook jig heads to try with them, They have a wider gap then your standerd hooks and would take care of any hook up problems.

[SteveJ]

Get you some sickle hook jig heads to try with them, They have a wider gap then your standerd hooks and would take care of any hook up problems.

Where can you get them?

[skiptomylu]

Where can you get them?

My jigs and crappieday's spoons and jigs use Sickle hooks.

If you just want the jig heads go to fishymemories.com

Here is one...
This is a 1/4oz jig with a #4 Sickle hook.

[rebelduckaholic]

I use a 3.25" Fin-S alot. Arkansas shiner is my favorite color. I never trim any of it. I use a 1/8 jig head with them

[caseydrew]

Sure they will hit it. They have big mouths and eat shad that big all the time.