I've used minnows only for crappie fishing about 1-2 times a year so I admit not knowing much about crappie fishing. For the first time ever I started using crappie jigs this week after watching some videos. A couple of days ago, I ran across a video of someone using a crappie jig with a bobber. He was slow reeling and twitching with a bunch of success so I decided to try this a couple days ago in our neighborhood lake which is full of crappie.

Bobber, crappie jig and slow reel with a twitching netting me 30+ in the past two days with a 10"+ average. I caught several at 12". I'm crappie HOOKED. The first day I caught over 30 but catch and release because I have never cleaned a fish before. Again, more videos and decided to keep my catches and clean them for the next two times out.

I had no idea of this method or style of crappie fishing. Pretty darn cool. Yes, this week was a bunch of firsts for me using a jig, bobber and cleaning fish.

I've joined the forum to learn more. I can see there is plenty of reading here.