Thread: Grass Shrimp!!

Have any of you guys ever paid much attention to what the crappie you caught are eating? Well, if you have and you seen brown mush in their bellies then theyre feeding on grass shrimp. That's a GREAT bait this time of the year that congregates the crappie to a particular part of the lake when theyre there. I dont see many whole shrimp but I have seen them in the throats of a crappie a few times. Just so you know this is what they look like...



Lately Burdawg, a member here, sent me a few of his jig ties and I wanna tell ya they are "killer" replicating the grass shrimp to the crappie.





Ive been fishing with these jigs for a couple weeks now and I can tell ya if you are a jig fisherman and dont own any of his jigs them then you need a few. These jigs have been getting hit HARD! Here's a pic of a few variations of the shrimp jigs Ive been experimenting with...



I dont know if most of you guys know or not, but I'm a curly tail jig fisherman. I recommend any color with a chartruese tail. HA! That said...I'm hooked on these tied jigs now, especially when May rolls around. These jigs have been getting nailed while longlining lately. Contact Burdawg if you wanna try some of his jigs. He makes all kinds and colors but be sure to get you a few of these for this time of the year.