advise needed

[biskitboy]

rookie here,
I am getting real quick hits like they hit and then instantly spit the jig out, using 1/16 and 1/32 lead with panfish assassin and 4 lb line .dont use minnows. fish seem to be hitting on the drop any tips?
thanks a lot for the help.

[scrat]

[CrappiePappy]

If you are getting a quick series of hits, it's likely a Bluegill or other specie of Sunfish.

If you are getting one quick hit, it's likely a Crappie. But, if you are waiting to feel the fish pull on the rod, you're waiting too long. The instance you see the line jump or go slack (and you know the jig is not on the bottom) ... set the hook.

Since you say they are hitting "on the fall", I have to assume that you are casting (or possibly shooting a dock). If so, be a line watcher and not a "rod feeler". Hold your rod up at the 10-11o:clock position, so that the line from rod tip to water surface has a slight bow in it. IF the line does anything that you or the wind doesn't cause ... set the hook. Don't wait for a second hit or to feel the fish pulling down on the rod. You may or may not "feel" the hit, depending on the sensitivity of your rod, but the line will always tell you that you've had a hit.

A Crappie will come up behind or below the jig and suck it in ... that's when you get the line jump (commonly referred to as a "tic", "tap", or "thump")
When a Crappie comes towards the jig and sucks it in, but their momentum takes them beyond that point .... that's when you get slack line.
These are the most common indications of a Crappie hit, but there are others .... so, in any case that you are detecting line movement, it's always the best idea to immediately set the hook. Waiting to "feel" the fish pull on the rod tip gives the fish time to reject the offering. Be a line watcher & set the hook within 1sec of any line movement, and you'll be sticking a lot more fish.

[Oldnewbie]

Thanks for the info

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[biskitboy]

Thank a bunch!

[doggone]

Some people have an odor on their hands that is part of their chemistry that is offensive to fish. Using fish scents or crappie nibbles can help negate this effect at times and get fish to hold on longer.Under certain conditions and times of the years crappie bite extremely light,sometimes almost not noticeable. I have seen them bend the very end of the pole so slightly you have to be paying close attention. I have seen them barely move a float down or up just barely perceptible....usually in winter...but sometimes when they are just in a funk.

[Frank Cecil]

I agree with Scrat except I mostly use pink.

[wicklundrh]

Pappy beat me to the punch!!

[crappie flash]

Hard to beat anything with pink in it or on it

[CrappiePappy]

Hard to beat anything with pink in it or on it

And/or Chartreuse !! I've been using blue/char - purple/char - solid pink about 90% of the time over the last few years, and been catching fish.

Blue/char = tube (Mr Crappie Thunder Tube)
Purple/char = stinger shad (Slabanator Jigs)
Pink = marabou Road Runner (custom made by Skiptomylou)