Thread: Looking to Convert to Artificial

Use to fish with a 1/64th or a 1/32nd roundhead jig (#8 hook) with a 1' curly tail or the same size with a tube jig.
Fly patterns tyed on lead head jigs works pretty good too...
Lots of fun on 2lb test.

Add a crappie nibble to your jig and you will wear them out. I just throw the jig out, let it hit bottom and then reel it in, The bream can't stand it.

Almost any small jig is a great bream bait. I agree with LedHed on the size. I never go bigger than 1/32 and usually go with 1/64.

Tipping the jig with bait will often help.

Lindy Little Nipper

Heres a link to the little nipper. Tie at the bottom of 2 lb test line a foot up tie a drop shot type of small hook and bait both with a gulp 1'' alive minnow bait. Then for a float fixed line float to proper depth.

I really like the new Itty Bitty swimmer by Bobby Garland
1.25" Itty Bit Swim'R | Bobby Garland Crappie Baitsfs
been desperatly seeking the Itty bitty Slab Slayer
1.25" Itty Bit Slab Slay'R | Bobby Garland Crappie Baitsfs
like em on the itty bitty jighead or on these in 1/32
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either pitched out and count down and slow roll or under the smallest cork I can get to just float em.

Originally Posted by trypman1

Add a crappie nibble to your jig and you will wear them out. I just throw the jig out, let it hit bottom and then reel it in, The bream can't stand it.

How do you fish in snag filled water ? cork/float ? do you use the crappie nibbles with sparkle ? someone must use the plain ones but have never seen it ! lol

I use Trout Magnets...1/64 ounce jig head. I will use a Trout Magnet body on a jig head as big as 3/32 with a #8 hook if the depth calls for it....takes a long time for 1/64 to get down 30 feet. I have tried tipping with Nibbles and other things....not sure if it helps or not.....catch just as many without as I do with them...so hard to say. Whatever lure...jig....you use, keep it small and use light line...2# test. As for getting hung up in snags that is just part of it. There is one way you can cut down the times you will snag is to use a light jig head with a #12 hook...if you can find them. The #12 hook will get hung up some but it will really cut down on hang ups. Almost 100 percent of my fishing is done with UL line and rods. You will find that when you start using micro jigs you are not only going to catch Gills and crappie....you are going to get into a lot of Smallies and Spotted bass too. Those specie love small baits.

Regards

Like everyone else, 1/64th and 1/32nd oz jigs is where I start. I like beetles that are either predominantly black or predominantly white. I use 2 lb. mono, but 4 lb. works fine too. In less than 4 ft. of water I often suspend the jig under a bobber and reel as slow as I can bear. They often will hit the same suspended over deeper water. My favorite method is a simple slow retrieve close to the bottom without a float. I also like to fish tiny crankbaits with a steady retrieve. I have never tipped my jigs, so I can't say if or how much that helps.