Originally Posted by
crappster
Anyone target crappie with bigger shiners in hopes of targeting bigger crappie? I have been able to catch large shiners in several locations here in south georgia and have been able to catch bigger crappie than normal with these guys. I was fishing at a time when I was only going to catch smaller numbers regardless of what I was using, but ended up catching some bigger than normal crappie. Just wondering if anyone else has had this experience?
I seem to have more luck with the smaller shiners in the winter. Seem the fish slow down a bit and I guess a smaller shiner doesn't appear to be much work to wolf down. In the summer I'll go with mid size to large shiners if I use them at all.
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