Crappie Nibbles Less Filling
Last night I went to Wal-Mart and picked up some more crappie nibbles. But they were in a smaller jar. The jar is the same diameter but shorter. Now the jars are coming with a plastic lid instead of the metal lid. And the price WENT UP!. What is the world coming to? LOL
I swear by these crappie nibbles ever since I started using them. They sure are cheaper than buying minnows. So far they have really helped me catch crappie.
But I don't like the trend of putting them in smaller jars.
Maybe I should write to Berkley and tell them about my thoughts? What do you all think about these higher prices and smaller jars?
The new jars only have 0.9 oz or 25grams of crappie nibbles in them
The old jars had 1.1 oz/ and 31 grams of crappie nibbles in them
This is a 19% DECREASE in the amount of crappie nibbles that you get. I paid $2.93 for this smaller 25 gram jar.
I wish I could get my minnows at that price LOL
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Originally Posted by Jerry Blake
Hey Moose,
Are you sure Crappie Nibbles are cheaper than buying minnows? I can get 1-pound of Rose Red minnows for $8.00. There's probably 20 to 25-dozen in a pound depending on their size. How many Crappie Nibbles can you by for $8.00? Of course I have to work at keeping my minnows alive and Crappie Nibbles I guess have a pretty long shelf life.
The catching is slowing down here with the dog days of summer. But the Fall Feeding Frenzy is probably less than two months away!
Crappie Nibbles dry out when left out in the open and they stay on the hook longer
Take a few crappie nibbles out of the new jar and lay them in a small open jar lid that is turned upside down. Or if you boat is old and already dirty you can just lay them on the old worn out carpet and let them dry out. I put my on the bow of my boat next to the trolling motor and let them dry out some before I put them on the hook. They will stay on the hook much longer when they are hardened by the sun. As they loose moisture they will harden up some. They can become as hard as a rock if you leave them out overnight in the sun. LOL
Another thing to do is to get the bait pump and shoot some crappie nibbles up inside the hollow tube jig bodies before you put them on the hook. You will use more crappie nibbles that way but they may stay on the bait longer.
I swear by these crappie nibbles as I feel that they work almost as well as live bait. I like the contrast that I get when I put a Chartruse nibble on a white jig body. And chartruse was chosen by many fire depts for their fire trucks since it's been proven that chartruse can be seen better at night than red. Red at a distance will appear black to most people. That is why they chose hunter orange for the field instead of red. I don't think that deer can see the color red and only see in shades of black white and gray so they can't see the funny orange hats that hunters wear. We can see the color orange well against a dry forest background that ococurs in Oct and November here in the midwest.
Humm. Wondering why the lowly fish can see colors and the wildlife biologists tell us that the higher order species like White Tail Deer can't see colors like we primates can.
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Originally Posted by fishingpox
At my area Wal-Mart the nibbles do not last long, so I grab several cans and never pay attention to the price. They are a necessity for me at times,so I just grab them up. I have been using wax worms about half the time and I'm having good results with them. But, you do get an occational brim. Now being that your only get one fish per nibble...most of the time.... I was wondering if the little plastic like trout power baits would work better. As far as staying on the hook. Has anyone tried this? Just Curious.
