Black jigs

[CrappiePappy]

Now I know why I keep going back to minnows when crappie fishing . Minnows just come in one color.

Uhhh, no ... actually they come in several colors & hues/shades.

[hdhntr]

good information on black lures. on t hill they will be biting and then right before dark when you think they should be moving into feed they shut down. will try black jigs more at that time. tho my go to jig is black and chartreuse anyway, tho i have been using lot of blue and white there. the local crappie guru's use that quite a bit.

Academy has had quite a few of Mr crappie lures marked down quite a bit FYI, even to .48 yesterday but many were .98, which i loaded up on plus rattling jig heads. picked up 12 foot mr crappie rod for less than half off, plus a 7 foot fuji graphite rod for dock shooting. plus bobby garland baby shad.

[hdhntr]

i know some say they don't see colors but we all have had situations where you change colors and suddenly they turn on or your boat partner is killing them and you arn't till you change to that jig, so have to believe they do see color IMO.

[scrat]

So now you tell me I bought all the colors of the rainbow in grubs, tubes, and crankbaits for nothing. Went I could have just bought one pack of gray baits because fish only see gray. Now I know why I keep going back to minnows when crappie fishing . Minnows just come in one color.

Uhhh, no ... actually they come in several colors & hues/shades.

You are right CrappiePappy I was just using a little sarcasm:rolleyes: as I too have a addition to buying artificial baits and in all colors in fact I bought a few more earlier this morning that I just could not live without. I will say that fish know enough about what looks like bait(food) or they would be full of everything that is in and that falls in the water. Just saying I have never cleaned a crappie full of black sticks,leaves,or rocks.

[CrappiePappy]

Scrat .... I figured as much. I wasn't "correcting you" as much as I was "playing along".

IF you'd have asked me back when I was a young boy, Crappie fishing with my Grandparents, I'd have told you that a white jig was the only color you needed to catch Crappie with ... and now I carry almost 8lbs of tackle, and ain't used a solid white jig in decades !!

[NIMROD]

Crappie sometimes feed at night . Like it was said just silhouettes against the light above . I am really not buying into all these colors . Light and dark . I even tried fishing unpainted jig heads with no plastic on it . Still caught Crappie , but just an experiment . I would not advise using it on a regular basis . Presentation more important than color IMO .

[RLR]

I've had a lot of success with black/dark colored jigs fishing heavily shaded areas such as large boat houses that block out a lot of sunlight.

[hdhntr]

very interesting discussion guys, made me rethink a few things. will say as I did earlier at my lake they usually shut down hour or so before dark when i am on a dock in 10 foot of water. but heard from barry at Crappie U that full and new moon do stimulate crappie stayed later at my dock while full moon rising and danged if they didn't turn on right before dark and caught a load of nice fish two nights in a row. bought some black maribu jigs to try more experiments and will move to the shore in shallower water before dark or at dawn. used black/pink jigs that seemed effective as light faded

[daverb]

Then why don't they just make monochrome jigs, every shade black to white?

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[hdhntr]

I am hdhntr and I have a problem. I can't help but buy every color imagineable of crappie jigs when I see them on sale, whether I need anymore or not. just so satisfying! I NEEDS my crappie jigs.