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

Originally Posted by ibfestus

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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40 years ago you might see a crappie fisherman every now and then and now they are on every tree and ledge on the whole lake.When they 1st built Truman ,I could catch my 30 on every cast(on good days).Now you have to work for them alittle harder but they still can be caught.

MidSouth's #803 chartreuse/blue flake, Zooms flukes and Tiny Flukes, and crappieseeker makes some awesome fin-s-fish style plastics. 803 is a real bagger.

chartruese and white rocky top solid body tube with orange jig head,

Maybe I over think my lure selection, but I'd have to know the time of year, water clarity, sun intensity and weather condition. If I had to choose a lure and color for today, over cast on the back side of a front and the water slightly dingy, I'd go for a 2" Southern Pro Triple Tip grub in black & chart. spk. Although I'd have a 2" tube in the same color as a back up in case the crappie didn't like the action of the twister tail grub after this major temperature drop.

Some of you out there remember the Color Selector that came out back in the mid 80's. After using one for several years you get an idea what colors are going to be more visible to the fish in any given water & light conditions. Even though we have our favorites that we have confidence in, they're not always the best color combo for the given conditions. You can have a lure the fish can't see or even one they see maybe to well.

Bobby Garland 3” Slab Slayer – Bluegrass in Color

New found love is Bronze Star's carrots in wh/char, wh/siler fleck, blue/char, black/char, etc.

BG slab slayers work as well, but not the same.