What retrieve(s) do you use for light jighead lures

[huntinslabs]

Slow, slower and even slower.

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[skeetbum]

One method that I found has worked well for me. Lots of folks use the pop method, which is a fast, short acceleration. What I usually do is drop the rod tip an inch, maybe a little more dictated by the fish, and continue to slow reel. What this causes is a short drop in the retrieve, a more relaxed retrieve than the exited jump caused by popping the jig. Works very well for me when they get fussy.

[Smoltz]

Use lighter line 2lb
I usually bring it straight. With pauses to let it fall a few inches.
Sometimes just a very slight twitch.
Easy to overwork a jig.
Also. I don’t work my jigs on the bottom. Crappie suspend in the water column, always stay above them. Up feeders.
That’s one key to catching them. Finding the depth there suspended at.


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