Cut Bait Crappie........Shiners Too

[Rojo]

Wow, I love it when a Tropical Flood Tide heads out. I was sitting on go in the East Pearl this morning when the water started heading out. About 2ft extra water to exit, too much current for the Crappie hang in the flow so shady eddy currents had feeding fish. I was done in a little over 2 hours with all I wanted to clean. Much better fish size this trip. Ketchn recommended I try some cut shiners on my jigs and man did it pay the bills this morning. I never tried that in my Life, just another tool from the "Ketchn Tool Box" to use. Very impressed at how fast the fish ate the cut bait. Now shiners caught fish too but of course more trouble than just cutting up a dead one. I ended up with 24 this trip, much better quality too. The water up the Wastehouse is even a different color. I don't know if it's dead zooplankton, dead algae bloom, or what but there is little in the way of fish with any size expect the Gar. Lots and lots of Gar. Most of what I caught was within eye sight of the funky water draining out. Seems the mixing water was a bit of a advantage as I could get right on top of the fish. I hope with a falling tide too better quality water will come in with the next tide or two. The same little stinger stung the Crappie today.

[Jamesdean]

Never know whats up ole' ketchn's sleeve to put fish in the bucket. Man knows a lot more than he lets onto...KABOOM!!! Congrats on some nice fish

[SuperDave336]

Good job! Way to get it done in a couple of hours. Thanks for sharing

[Herewego]

WTG on the fresh meat tip and wackin and stackin em in a couple hours in this heat and back to the hill to clean.
Good job good results.


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[BuckeyeCrappie]

Very cool. I may have to try this trick!

[CrappiePappy]

I've done that before .... sorta !!

I used to catch Brook Silversides and use them live to catch Crappie. Got a bunch one Spring at a local lake & my partner & I went up into a small creek & fished them under a float (hook/sinker rig). Many died during the time we were fishing, so we started cutting them in half & the Crappie didn't seem to care & gobbled them up just as fast as they had done to the whole live ones. We joked about which end of the Silverside we wanted .... "heads or tails" ... as the number of available dead ones dwindled.

Brook Silversides :


My use of these fish as bait is what led me to buy the Basstrix Flash Trix Silversides plastic jig body in "Emerald Minnow".

[Ketchn]

Heads first if possible...
A tail wormed on just right is also deadly ....
Load the boat on summertime fish for sure ....
Nice read bro ...congrats and of course...
KABOOM too

[Rojo]

Heads first if possible...
A tail wormed on just right is also deadly ....
Load the boat on summertime fish for sure ....
Nice read bro ...congrats and of course...
KABOOM too

You weave a lot of what turns out to be Gospel in your ramblings. I go through and pick out the Gold for tool box building after the first enjoyment read. The direct advice about the cut shiners, as with advice you give others, is always absorbed by myself like water to a sponge. I catch a lot of fish but do not possess the Ego that would make me a know-it-all. This cut shiner advice is right up there with the Micro Hook size Jig Heads. In the early winter that really put a lot of fish in my cooler on Ross Barnett. Here is the Official "Thank You" you said I could send later. It was tricky pouring 1/16oz Heads with #6 hooks in the mold I'm using. First run was about 50, second run I emptied the box of a Thousand. I powder paint the colors as needed.

[BuckeyeCrappie]

I believe I will give this a shot. I can ketch minners in the local creek and chop em up. Y’all gonna get me killed when I tell the wifey that I want jig head pouring stuff.

[Ketchn]

he loves to ketch fish is my thing , all of them if possible , and it is my pleasure to help others ketch them too ....
want to load the box , think outside the box , this is factual ....
KABOOM is the word bro ...
a number 6 will ketch more fish and less cover to be sure , them wide gap hooks find lots of things that ain't fish if you are playing in the jungle ....just saying