quality of crappie baits

[Speckalator]

I fish a lot of jigs, both crappie and smallmouth, and prefer a jig without a barb and the softest plastic baits. Glue is your friend. But I've seen the vid by Richard Gene about making weed guards. If you have time this will work fine. I try to use a single wire weed guard on any jig fishing when the need arises. If I have time to make up jigs I'll be fishing.

Cheap unpainted ball head jigs for me for crappie. A good hook file comes in handy too even with a weed guard.

[z520tom]

I have on many occasions fished a hand tied chennile and hair or hackle tails the entire day catching at times my limit of crappie on one jig. I couldn't do that with any of the many plastics I own. I have fished a lot of plastics for crappie quite successfully. Not trying to talk down plastics.

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[Speckalator]

I fish a lot of jigs, both crappie and smallmouth, and prefer a jig without a barb and the softest plastic baits. Glue is your friend. But I've seen the vid by Richard Gene about making weed guards. If you have time this will work fine. I try to use a single wire weed guard on any jig fishing when the need arises. If I have time to make up jigs I'll be fishing.

Cheap unpainted ball head jigs for me for crappie. A good hook file comes in handy too even with a weed guard.

I made a boo-boo. Do want barb on hook just don't want collar with bait keeper

[Ketchn]

collared jig heads will kill even the toughest of plastics really quickly .
limits tackle and constant pursuit make the toughest I have seen but as mentioned less tail action .
a bud I know that makes some baits uses a saltwater formula plastic that is soft and durable .

[SuperDave336]

limits tackle and constant pursuit make the toughest I have seen but as mentioned less tail action .

Yes Limits Tackle is another very good durable bait. Sorry I forgot about them earlier.

[Ketchn]

I hit 57 fish with a limits tackle plastic last week ....just a quick fyi
and its going to the water AGAIN in a few

[SuperDave336]

I hit 57 fish with a limits tackle plastic last week ....just a quick fyi
and its going to the water AGAIN in a few

KABOOM! and we need pics!

[Ketchn]

look at the expectations post , same bait different rod and day
only 24 on that visit on that one of those baits , but i got lucky and got the jig back after a fish broke me off at the spool .
grabbed the line before the fish realized what happened ...

[Srongchoo]

Bonehead soft plastics are the toughest I've found and I seem to catch just as many fish as softer plastics. In shad body profile, they are pretty much all I will buy now.

Another good bait that I've had great success with has been the "Beaver Bottom Baits". They are still very soft but don't split and will stay on a jig well, but keep in mind they are not a shad body profile if that's what you're looking for. As far as toughness goes, again my vote goes towards Bonehead.

[dbowling]

slabanator shad bodies and trim barb on jig down, then super glue.. Bobs jigs are also great order from both. Super glue works wonders on longevity of jig bodies.