Does profile matter ?

[Ketchn]

Everyone argues and or debates about the color thing and if it matters , as we all well know.
But in many cases it appears to me profile might be more important more often than not . Case in point , pitched a while at 2 spots on the might river yesterday. Tried larger profiles and smaller ones as well and just generally played with the fish .
Both size baits got bit well, BUT the smaller profile baits wore out the crappie and the larger profiles mostly just ketched bass
And to be sure the bite was prime for crappie . but when I upsized only one crappie and lots of bass .
So do larger baits ketch larger fish , yep , but not necessarily the right species of fish is the answer
Just saying ....

[SuperDave336]

For the last couple of years I've downsized and seem to be doing better. Sure I catch some smalls but I'm catching and I like the thump, dink or slab.

[DockShootinJack]

Match the hatch

[TBass89]

Agreed Ketchn. I know for me I seem to do better once I switch to a smaller profile as well.


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[gillchaser999]

Ketching is Ketching .

[BuckeyeCrappie]

Thanks for sharing this

[Ketchn]

For the last couple of years I've downsized and seem to be doing better. Sure I catch some smalls but I'm catching and I like the thump, dink or slab.

for me . it rings true that I have seen way more crappie both large and small take after downsized baits , might be tough to use as they are tiny baits , but it most cases they seem to be the ticket to hurt big numbers of crappie.
vulnerability is on the menu when it comes to crappie and for sure a small item looks most likely to be more vulnerable and coupled with the typically slow movements a small bait possesses , it reigns supreme for the typical crappie ketchn scenarios .

[BobC]

Good info and post, Ketchn. Some good looking fish.
Bob

[Les Young]

Wednesday night i fished the crappie fluke , the jacobs 2" crappie dancer, the do-it flapjack & the fatguys ba 2" stinger tail shad which is like a garland baby shad. They all got bit but the flapjack & ba shad have a smaller profile which got bit more & caught more fish.

[Kevind62]

Profile absolutely matters. If I'm photographed from the neck up a normal lens is perfectly fine even with slight zoom. If from the neck down a wide angle lens is required with no zoom, anything less will not work. Just sayin'.