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    With the water up in the 80s the Gill have headed for deep water. We have been using a drop shot rig(slightly modified) with good success. I use a easy clip instead of tying the lure to the line.
    We have a lot of small Perch in our lakes and they can ruin a lure in a short time. The trashed lures can be replace without retying the rig.
    Components: # 8 aberdeen Hook, ultra medium chenille,kip tail or rubber hackle tail material. I went to the tail materials as feathers do not hold up as well.Name:  IMG_4652.JPG
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    That sounds like a really good idea. I would love to locate the big ones here after they spawn it's 25' to 35' of water and this is a huge lake, lol! The big ones here spawn in like 11' of water where the medium and smaller sizes spawn in shallows here.

    I also like the flies your using.

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    Very similar to the perch rigs we use here in the fall when gills stack up in deep water. Nice lures/flies.

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    Has anyone used this for Crappie with any success?

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    We use this jig for crappie here in Iowa after the thermocline fades in the fall.

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    We tried the rigs out this afternoon and they worked well. We boated over 100 Gills along with 10 mid sized crappies.
    A lot of 7 & 8 inch gills; the crappies went 10 inches. The best gill went 9 inches all were C&R.Name:  IMG_0207.JPG
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    The rubber and kip tail lures held up nicely and showed little or no ware
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    Good job, I want to try and find the big ones here, but will have to do some reading before I try. I know they are here because I got into them one time a long time ago, but that morning we got 42 and the smallest was 3/4 pound and the largest was 1 3/4 pounds. That I want to do again, lol!

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    Quote Originally Posted by skiptomylu View Post
    Good job, I want to try and find the big ones here, but will have to do some reading before I try. I know they are here because I got into them one time a long time ago, but that morning we got 42 and the smallest was 3/4 pound and the largest was 1 3/4 pounds. That I want to do again, lol!

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    This is a versitile rig: you can fish deep water or use a lite weight and fish the shallows with a float. The rig can be slow trowled ,jigged or used casting.
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    Very good rig and fish pics, Thanks.

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    Great idea and setup.

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