What's your go to crappie lure / Brand / Color

**south point** · 09-13-2012, 08:52 PM

If I am throwing jigs, I still like the crappie slider in black and chartruse or white and chartruse. when its calm and I am spider rigging I always start with a double jig rig, and the top jig is a roadrunner head with a crappie slider. if its a cold front kind of day, I really like using trout magnets. if its windy or in the summertime I troll bandits.

**Just Jiggin** · 09-13-2012, 09:28 PM

Lindy Watsit 2 inch faty Lime/chrt on 1/4 orange head

**old jack** · 09-13-2012, 10:15 PM

gray jig ,or a black body with a green tail soft rubber .and old stand by a nice fat shiner minnow .on stockton lake

**hardhunter2** · 09-14-2012, 07:46 AM

Good ole bobby garlond 3" slab slayers!
2nd choice would have yum 2" beavertail

**Double D** · 09-14-2012, 07:52 AM

Bailey Magnet, Slab Slayers. Just about any chartruese combo. Chart., pink, orange heads, 1/8 oz.

**working man** · 09-14-2012, 12:28 PM

Loz pearl white BG baby shad all year long, unless water is really muddy then it is a 3 inch BG orange and chartreuse slab slayer. Mark Twain in the spring 3 inch red and chartreuse tube, rest of the year black and chartreuse BG slab slayer, unless it is muddy. Then it too is the 3 inch orange and chartreuse slab slayer. A lot of guys won't throw this big of a bait but I find I don't catch as many small crappie. This leads to fewer ripped up baits. This is important to me as they seem to be getting awful proud of the crappie lures in the stores. ( I went to a seminar that Todd Huckabee was giving and he said crappie have big mouths for their size because they will eat a big meal.) I also tip all of these with a white or sparkle nibble when fishing vertically, and sometimes when casting and retrieving. I don't think they're needed all the time but the fish seem to like them and I've never encountered a trip where anyone in the boat was doing better without them.

**Danny W** · 09-14-2012, 03:24 PM

I love white and chartreuse. There my go to color anywhere.

**crappiedave55** · 09-14-2012, 05:21 PM

Salt and pepper is #1,Brn/Chart ,Chart,Pink is right up there.I pour my own Tripple Ripple's in 2 sizes.Still love the Bobby Garlands Hyper-tails or baby shads.

**ibfestus** · 09-14-2012, 06:21 PM

For 40 years I used 1/8 oz white maribou feathered jigs dressed with pink, red, or black chenelle. I used 8 lb Stren because it would straighten out the hook while 6 pound wouldn't. I caught 1,000's of Crappie when there was no size limit and usually a 30 fish bag limit. After a 15 year hiatus on fishing, now I can't catch diddley on those same old maribou jigs I bought back in 1992!

Apparently, in today's world it takes an "electric chicken" or maybe a "blue ice" BG baby shad dressed with a "crappie nibble" to catch them!

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**south point** · 09-14-2012, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by working man

Loz pearl white BG baby shad all year long, unless water is really muddy then it is a 3 inch BG orange and chartreuse slab slayer. Mark Twain in the spring 3 inch red and chartreuse tube, rest of the year black and chartreuse BG slab slayer, unless it is muddy. Then it too is the 3 inch orange and chartreuse slab slayer. A lot of guys won't throw this big of a bait but I find I don't catch as many small crappie. This leads to fewer ripped up baits. This is important to me as they seem to be getting awful proud of the crappie lures in the stores. ( I went to a seminar that Todd Huckabee was giving and he said crappie have big mouths for their size because they will eat a big meal.) I also tip all of these with a white or sparkle nibble when fishing vertically, and sometimes when casting and retrieving. I don't think they're needed all the time but the fish seem to like them and I've never encountered a trip where anyone in the boat was doing better without them.

I dunno much about LOZ, but at Twain, I have to agree that there are days when they wont touch a bait without a crappie nibble.I like the pink nibbles with red glitter.

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