Thread: What was your best bait this year that caught them guills and all?

Tiny duck feather jigs have been my favorite since I started making them 28 years ago. I caught my biggest bluegill, black and white crappie while using them.

For me if we’re talking about catch per hour it be dropshotting or floatNflies rig. However my favorite and most fun way to catch any sunfish and LM bass would be this:

Creme micro top water swim baits. Nothing scream WOAH like seeing your adversary chasing the lure to the surface then smacking it feets away from where you standing!!


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Originally Posted by LVSpinfisher1

Spoonminnow, nothing spell AWESOME like catching fish with lures you put together with your own device, Sir! Thumbs up!

Thanks, much appreciated! And you're right, home crafted lures unique in design and action put a new light on what fish strike and maybe why. Finding fish is usually by accident; catching fish not so much if I'm using the right lures the right way.

A candle flame is all you need to join parts together and any lure I've posted a picture of can be reproduced by anyone. It's like opening a catalog and picking out lures you never used but would like to try, difference being - you already own the parts of lures needed. Once you catch fish on a creation, not only is it a pleasant surprise, but very enlightening when it comes to the many lure actions and shapes that provoke fish to attack.

The first fish hooked on what you produce leads to the addiction of lure craft- especially in winter months where fishing for many is imagination only.

Awesome guys thanks for sharing

LVSpin, if you or anyone else would like suggestions of which bodies and tails could be joined, put different soft plastic lures on a light colored surface in rows and I'll recommend which body / tail combinations to connect as well as where to make the cuts. Also, lay a smaller ruler down for scale. Post a photo on crappie.com. I might even be able to show the end product photographically.

I almost guarentee success catching fish with them as long as they are worked slowly and on a light jig head.

Spoonminnow, thanks in advance! It be awesome what I might come up with. However I don’t have much to work with as you can see:


But the fishy looking thingy jighead are hard to find and it’s my last piece. It’s been lucky charm for I’ve caught over a dozen nice gills with in including this 7 bruiser!


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LV, how heavy do you think the minnow head is? I might have a couple.

That's one beautiful sunfish !!

Anyway, here's an example:
Cut the white curl tails off two of the same grub bodies.
Hold the ends over a flame for a few seconds and then hold the ends together as shown:



You rig it on a jig head as shown:


or you can wacky rig it with hook in the center:


Jig weights: 1/24 or 1/16 oz with #6 hook. (Ebay)

This design catches everything when worked with rod tip twitches and pauses. Curl tail often don't do as well.
You can do the same thing with the other grub bodies.