MORE CRAPPIE FOR THE FRYING PAN (Pic)

[deathb4disco]

I weight my floats to the point that theres a 1/2" left out of the water.

That's good. I usually leave 1/8" to 1/4" out of the water depending on the situation. I have a few floats that are so light, a 1/64 oz jig will sink them!

[crappiekeith]

MORE CRAPPIE FOR THE FRYING PAN is possible if we would take a deep breath and just slow down. I dangled my jig motionless beneath my bobber letting the waves undulate and move the marabou. We had just had a nice cold front here in the Birmingham area and I knew this was the time to strike. It was calm, sunny and chilly for this area. I was using 1/32 and 1/64 jigs that move slow and P.O. the fiiish into attacking it. Result, 28 nice keeper crappie. Smallest was about 11 inches. :D :D :D A crappie will almost hook itself if you are fishing slow. Here is a drawing of my setup. The key is to slow down then slow down some more! Nine times out of ten slowing down will put more food on the table. Take it from "Old ship" and slow it down.:D :D :D :D

that's just how we fish them in open water early after the ice goes out.
Downsize and finesse those mules!

[shipahoy41]

A lott of times I will use this float for Crappies.

http://www.crappie.com/gr8vb3/showthread.php?t=19609

It works well.