Crappie Nibbles/Bites

[smoothlures]

Anyone use these? I got a little jar today, may try them tomorrow. What's the best way to use them? Tip jigs with them? Do you use them by themselves with any success?

[catchafew]

I fish with jigs and nibbles only. Just tip the jig and hold on. Today my wife and I fished for three hours, caught 74 and brought 32 home.

[smoothlures]

That's a lot of fish. Do you cover the hook point with the thing on a jig?

[shadow]

I never really used them before I purchased a bait pump but now I wouldn't leave home without them! You just pump up your jig and HANG ON! Works great for me.

[catchafew]

I fish with solid body jigs on a collar jig, just thread the nibble on the hook til it touches the jig.

[gonefishing]

On hair jigs set a few out to let the get a little harder then tip your jig.
If you use tubes there is a thing called a bait pump and it works great or
just tip they the same way as the hair jigs.

[Sharecropper]

Crappie nibbles work great. I prefer the Berkley Power Baits. They seem to work better if you let them sit out for 10-15 minutes; they dry out a little and stay on the hook better. Just my 2 cents worth.

[pvcnut]

You might want to try the bait pump. You can read about it on baitpump.com. I have been using these for about a year now with tube jigs and they are great. You only have to re-bait about every 4th or 5th fish.

[jlaughlin72]

When I use hair jigs, I normally don't use Crappie nibbles, but when I am using hollow body plastics I use the bait pump that I bought at http://thebaitpump.com/
Like the others said, you only have to pump it every so often and when you tip the jig with the nibbles they are good for one hit.

[joejv4]

I just started using them this spring and they seem to help. I've casted to a spot w/o one and nothing, then cast to the same spot, used the same retrieve with a nibble on and got fish.

Gonna use them from now on. I use tubes and all I do is put it on the hook at the bottom of the "J". I suppose getting it up into the tube would be good - ala bait pump fishing, but haven't gotten around to getting one of those yet.