microbial disaster time

[Ketchn]

Yes ladies and gentlemen ,sure enough sooner or later these here microbes floating around will cause a disaster !
Case in point ...
Article 1 ,section 27 .......
When you hit a public dock with 4 people fishing on it and 2 of the 4 people have only 2 crappie each in their possession its going to be a chess game to figure out why they have not managed more fish when you are pretty sure there is a herd right under their feet .
Now mind you 6 foot apart to keep any microbial things from possibly floating over to the next person is a must as we all know .
But .....who says you cant try a microbial size bait to make it interesting ? I will tell you this and I wont name the baits but 2 of the 4 were using 2 different big name crappie plastics and the other 2 were using minnows .
I pitched a bit with a standard size like the other folks and managed a few . I thought maybe if I went down to a stupid tiny small offering them there fish looking at all that regular stuff might have a change of heart , you know it could happen.
Well as strange and unbelievable as it sounds , the fish got duped and the slinging of crappie began in what i consider the way it should be ....EVERY PITCH !
They wanted that there tiny bait falling diagonally at about 6 to 8 foot down in 12 foot off water . Now here is the trick , you must be very patient as a 1/64 number 8 handtie wont hardly sink on 6 lb mono , but if you watch that line really close and very occasionally bright it tight to check for resistance ....you could ....here it comes yawl ....
KABOOM
p.s. i got thank you sir several times, for fixing them buckets and baskets with more interior decorations
AND oh btw ...the weather report , kinda drizzling off and on and cloudy and semi warm if that matters

[BobC]

Nice! I’m sure the other fishermen were glad to get contributions to the take home bucket!

[z520tom]

Small micro jig flies work very well if one has the patience to do so as you just proved. Grizzly Jig made its name by selling their 1/80oz jig. It has caught 1000's of bluegill and crappie.

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[BuckeyeCrappie]

Thanks for sharing

[ichabod]

that jig worked but it is one ugly jig.

[Ketchn]

that jig worked but it is one ugly jig.

a thing of beauty is always in the eye of the beholder my friend .
my wife and myself about got into an argument when she wanted that one

[ezgoing]

I love fishing 1/64th oz jigs but hate waiting for them to drop. So I now add a drop shot above the jig to make it fall faster. Since the jig falls faster than the drop shot I stop a few feet above the crappie and allow the jig to continue it's slow fall toward them. This often triggers a bite.

Plus the drop shot makes it easier to track my jig on livescope.

[Ketchn]

the letting go down slow as molasses in December will get it dun

[Chuck Adams]

That’s is 1 pretty jig!!!!


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[Ketchn]

wife likes the colors , i like the ketch rate , dont care for the flared out bucktail ,but the fish seem to think its just fine