1/32 oz. number 6 hook jighead

[Ketchn]

I struck up a conversation with a fella crappie angler at the lake yesterday . He asked me as I wind milled them crappie fish if I was using a 1/16 with a number 4 hook . I said no sir I am using a 1/32 oz . number 6 hook jig . He said something to the effect of WOW that's a small hook for crappie and I replied this ….
Have you seen me lose a fish I hooked yet ? Short of the whopper that broke my line ?
I am always amazed at how some of the hardened crappie anglers think you have to use a big hook , he even went on to say I should try a sickle hook , I told him the first jig that got broke off was a number 6 sickle and the second one I tied on was regular ole store bought j bend number 6 .
Now mind you he had a fancy something er other rod with a little fly reel looking thing on it and 65 lb braid and presented the bait like a true crappie fisher person ...but ...
I explained to him at spots that get ridiculous amounts of pressure from crappie anglers it is often they key to working the fish over even when like he said they are not biting midday !
Besides the fact that all kinds of fry are abundant right now , this jig has a very slow fall and very subtle action .
So the next time you think they are not biting , try downsizing your presentation , if I used a 1/16 I would have done poorly for sure and I had 2 in my pocket and larger plastics as well .
As we approach warm weather and post spawn fish and loads of fry in the water , its a great idea to mimic what is likely the diet . Low energy required food sources are the key to survival in the world under the surface after a long hard workout in the shallows .
In one hour at that spot I managed somewhere in the area of 25 fish and about half were keeper size .
KABOOM is the word yawl and I promise this aint no fish story
p.s. the fish were holding around 10 foot deep on the down current side of some brush in around 14 foot of water and the takes were mostly VERY light . slack lines and or jig wont drop . only a very few bit like they meant it .

[BobC]

Great story and real nice fish. Kaboom was the word!

[longhunter]

nice ones for sure...

[trypman1]

Good post and pics!

[Tiger]

if you are saying you have never lost a crappie that you have hooked, your credibility is reduced

[Schmoopie]

if you are saying you have never lost a crappie that you have hooked, your credibility is reduced

That isn't what he said. He said "Have you seen me lose a fish I hooked yet ?"

Let me ask you a question. Did you ever see that photo of the world record largemouth bass I caught? No, you haven't... because I didn't catch it . Fishermen don't lie, we simply phrase things in such a way that you hear things we didn't say... (or y'all all lie. I don't, but y'all do).

[Redge]

How deep were you catching?
It takes a long time for a 1/16 to get very deep! Not sure I have the patience for it but I'm gonna try some.

[Noodle rod]

Nice job, and I agree completely about the drastic downsizing when vertical jigging summer.

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[Ketchn]

How deep were you catching?
It takes a long time for a 1/16 to get very deep! Not sure I have the patience for it but I'm gonna try some.

Similar to the lake I visited today at around 10 foot deep or less on presentation.
Alot of the fish at another lake were acting just like those ,around 8 foot down the jig stops sinking.
Today was about stupid good with that same jig and presentation about 75 miles away.
1/32 ..
KABOOM

[skeetbum]

I second the KABOOM with a smaller hook. Many have fallen to my #8 sickles.