Color is one thing - lure size another

[ezgoing]

I like small jigs. I have caught a lot of crappie on 1/64th jig heads. Unless it is a windy day or water is being released through the dam I don't use anything larger than a 1/16th jig head.

Yet I have friends who only use 3 in chartreuse curly tails on a 1/8th jig head and catch crappie so I am not sure how much of it is just angler preference.

[DockShootinJack]

I like small jigs. I have caught a lot of crappie on 1/64th jig heads. Unless it is a windy day or water is being released through the dam I don't use anything larger than a 1/16th jig head.

Yet I have friends who only use 3 in chartreuse curly tails on a 1/8th jig head and catch crappie so I am not sure how much of it is just angler preference.

I also believe on pressured fish a slow fall helps also keeping the lure in front of the fish longer

[ezgoing]

I also believe on pressured fish a slow fall helps also keeping the lure in front of the fish longer

I use a split shot around 6 inches above my jig. The split shot proceeds the jig down so that when I stop the line from dropping the jig does a slow swing down from the split shot. I've watched a lot of crappie hit it on that slow swing.

[SuperDave336]

I also like and believe in small jigs in both profile and weight. 1/16th jig is my normal size. I hardly ever use heavier unless conditions require so. I do sometimes use lighter but it depends on conditions.

[Spoonminnow]

"Seldom catch Gills on bigger baits but I know lots of short stikes on cover here ain't Crappie"

It doesn't take long to figure that small sunfish are nip'n at the tails in which case I downsize in body girth and length. This one 1 3/4" on a 1/24oz jig.


But when I'm into 9" sunfish, foot long long yellow perch and 14" crappie like yesterday, by far the best grub is larger in size. Big fish react to big lures much of the time and even small fish will strike them.


Talk about a jig weight in between 1/16 and 1/32, it's the 1/24 oz with hook size to come out 3/4 the grub body length - no more/no less. Just enough to get down faster and cast a nice distance, but work nice & slow at any depth. Since most fish were caught in 7', I waited till the lures were mid depth or shallower when I caught fish nearer the surface. (Felt I little sorry for the shoreline anglers and a few boaters staring at me catch fish after fish...but only a little LOL)