At one time I thought color was the most important factor. But the last two years have changed my perspective about color. I now think shape, size and presentation is more important than color. I now view color as light, dark and natural. Of couse I could be wrong as I seldom tie on the same color when I am changing jigs.But I don't own the huge arsenal of hand ties and plastics that you own so it would be hard for me to stay with the same color as I tried different sizes and shapes. 
Yesterday I started with a Limits Tackle stinger that had produced well for me the last several trips. After 15 minutes with various presentations had only produced 1 small crappie I switched to a 1 inch hand tie with a red head, gold body and light tan tail. It looke like a bug instead of a minnow. Started out with my normal drop to the bottom, then slowly reeled back up. Found the crappie where hanging out between 8-10 ft in 20 ft of water. They would not hit the jig as it fell but the monent you started the slow crank up they would slam it.
Ended up with 23 caught in a 90 minute period. All small, only one keeper among them. I left them biting since thunderstorms were forecast and the sky to the west was growing very dark. Now 23 in 90 minites is a slow bite but I was catching when those around me using minnows were catching very few.
Seems as yesterday they were not looking for the minnow shape but wanted the smaller bug shape. Now it is possible that the bright red head and gold body was what attracted them instead of the smaller size and body shape. But I think it was the combination of size, shape and presentation that turned them on for me.
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Originally Posted by SKs Crappie Catching Adventures
