baits to use in winter, ( cold water favorites) for crappie

[glasseyes]

I generally use small ( 1/32- 1/64 ) hair jigs with weighted bobbers, but have heard some do well on plastics. I just would like to broaden my selection of weapons to see when the bite stops or slows where I fish if something different might help. I make my own jigs and of course I have favorite colors but even they don't work 100% of the time so I'm asking the experts.

[Crestliner08]

I'm no expert, but I love fishing tiny marabou jigs under a bobber in water temps <45 degrees. However, I've had a great deal of success with plain, straight tailed plastics, retrieved slowly along the bottom. Bobby's baby shads are a great example. Very effective this time of the year.

[genec]

I am from NC and I fish a bait I make near to bgss and that style I use year round ,reel slow and jig overtop of brush sometimes not moving bait ,other times jiggle,they will hit it if you keep it slow and natural

[DroptineJoe]

Small Rapala jigging raps and jigging shadraps usually nail the big slabs for me in cold water!!!

[windstone]

minners in sippi

[chaunc]

4mm tungston with plastic tails.

[Luvfatslabs]

Minnows and Bobby Garland shad

[NIMROD]

I USE THE SAME JIGS ALL YEAR, MAYBE HEAVIER ONES WHEN i FISH 40' OF WATER DURNING THE EXTREME COLD MONTHS. PLASTICS WORK FINE BUT SOME TIMES HAND TIES LIKE MEATGETTERS SINK EASIER THAN PLASTICS WHEN FISHING DEEP.

[Donald@CrappieLogic]

a hand tied hair jig is best in winter time in my opinion

[glasseyes]

Thanks for the replies, kind of what I expected. I like the hand tied jigs myself but I do have an assortment of BGshad baits . Interesting I didn't see mentioned the Bluegrass color and around here I seem to do better on it , at least in a semi clear water.