Beautiful Go Go Minnow time

[Rojo]

Ok, please elaborate on your preferred willow leaf blade sizes. I can machine molds for modification but lack the experience fishing with blades vertically. I always catch more than I can eat so I feed others who enjoy crappie.

The current rain situation here in Mississippi is keeping the visibility low, Your thoughts on the benefit of adding a blade to single pole vertically for turbid water?

[Redge]

Nice!! Who makes that head?
Love me some gogo s.


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[Ketchn]

I use what is pictured but have no clue the exact size ,probably around an inch long or slightly under . in highly turbid water blades act as a two fold helper , the vibration and noise created and then of course the flash .
these particular versions were developed by others and fine tuned a bit by me , they raise and fall like a regular jig for the most part in a very defined motion ,not in a twisting or circling mode like other bladed baits often do .
the action is totally dreamy and even a soft bite summer fish will often just hammer the living fire out of them .
when our water was muddy I used them in a pitch and drag mode do to the spread of the fish on the flats and not holding on cover .
in really turbid muddy waters, crappie often use the poor clarity as a form of camo ,they lighten up to almost no color and roam instead of sitting down .
when the water cleared up here I drop them vertically , summer time shad balls flickering all around are what this imitation is all about .
might want to try an orange or hot pink plastic with scent added if the water is muddy and maybe even paint the heads orange or pink too ....
one last thing that might come into play in your situation is possibly an upsize to what I am using , the go go comes in another size a bit larger and you may want to run that size on a number 4 hook with a slightly larger blade

[Ketchn]

Nice!! Who makes that head?
Love me some gogo s.


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got those from Steve at limits tackle , 1/16 pill head with a number 6 sickle , he might have other version available but that is what i opted for .

[Rojo]

You Do deserve a check! Thanks for the quick response!

[Cane Pole]

I use round heads and squeeze them in a bench vice to make pill heads. Richard Williams showed me this trick.

[Ketchn]

I use round heads and squeeze them in a bench vice to make pill heads. Richard Williams showed me this trick.

seen that done myself , didn't or don't have to be pill heads , ball heads are ok as well