Most ridiculous lure?
what's the most ridiculous thing you ever saw a crappie caught on?
Many years ago, had a man in the boat with my Dad and I, he was even
less a fisherman than Dad - he asked me for a lure to "get to the bottom
of this here lake" so I tied him on a 7/8 oz "magnum hellbender" remember
those? Folks used to troll them for stripes. Anyway, he pitched it out, and
said "this ain't no good, it floats!" So then I tie him on one of those huge
double-bladed buzz baits, HUGE. He starts slow rolling it in, and pulls in
about a 1 1/2 lb crappie. If I only knew then what I do now - we could have
probably loaded the boat right there with the right approach, but didn't have
a clue - all I studied as a kid was bass fishing. I guess it is true, at the right
time during the Spring, they will hit a baloney sandwich if you hold it too
close to the water...
Shoals Area Crappie Association