Bad jigs ?

[Yak Fish]

In February of '72 (I was 11), my buddy & I caught crappie beside the the dock we were fishing off of with jigs we made with a streamer hook that we'd crimped a split shot just behind the eye and added a 1" long strip of bologna in the bend of the hook. Just dragging it slowly about a foot off the bottom did the trick. He sacrificed his sandwich for the greater good. We couldn't catch anything with my PB&J.

Jim

[NIMROD]

Have you ever bought jigs that would not catch a fish ? I took a bet that I could catch crappie on a 4 inch piece of red yarn . Doubled and tied it was about 1. 75 long . Took 5 minutes to catch one .

No such thing as a bad jig as long as it has a good sharp hook . Crappie use their mouths to test things as they have no hands , Tiny brains and just feed by sight . If it looks like possible meal they suck it in but can easily spit it out . I have proved more than once you can catch them with bare unpainted jig heads . Many fishermen swear by colors or baits and switch several times till they catch . My theory is they must be presented a bait they can see and right presentation . Many times if one fails to move I put a bait on them as many as a dozen times . Not even changing baits but using same one . Last week I took fancy seats ( Scott ) livescoping where some fish took over 10 tries in muddy water to react to a 2.5'' orange/chartreuse glow tube .