Favorite Crappie Bait?

nitroduk · 01-09-2004, 08:37 PM

favorites anybody?

Wannabe · 01-10-2004, 07:31 AM

When I used to do a lot of crappie fishin a little blue 1/32 mini tube was a favorite. Next would be white and then green/white.
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shalom · 01-10-2004, 04:08 PM

MY favorite would be a red and white tube tied about 18 inches higher than a green and white tube . I like a 1/64 oz on both of them . I call them my stop and go baits they see the red and white and stop to look ,just like a traffic light .When you see red you stop . Then they see the green and bite . Late last fall i started useing a road runner for a search bait and found them to work well and cover a lot of water fast . You can!t fish them wrong as long as you fish them slow ...... An added bonus was bass like them as well as crappies . Please remeber to realese bass . Keep as many crappies as you like to eat .Good luck .

Ps .All joking aside crappies will bite red and white tubes as well as green and white .

bucketmouth · 01-10-2004, 05:02 PM

1/32nd oz northland fire fly jig in Chartreuse tipped with a white crappie nibble. If fishing deep water, tight line the jig by adding a small split shot about 9 inches above the hook.

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nitroduk · 01-10-2004, 05:47 PM

thanks guys....

Born to Fish · 01-10-2004, 05:53 PM

Regardless of what size or color jig used, I've always found that the critical ingredient was having a Crappie Nibblet on the hook. I've seen the rate of hits by both crappie and bass drop drastically when the nibblet was gone.

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Crappie Chaser · 01-10-2004, 06:18 PM

I use different baits at different times.In Feb and March 1" tubes and marabous on 1/64 head work pretty well on inactive fish.From then on 1 1/2"tubes in white,chartreuse, smoke, red/white and lots of other colors on a 1/32 or 1/16. Bobby Garland 2" baby shad in hologram and Kalin's 2" grub in acid rain were hot baits this year.In late fall and winter it's hard to beat cut bait.
I caught my first crappie 40 some years ago on a Go-Getter. It had a silver metal body with red and white chicken feathers sticking out. How times have changed.

Fshklr · 01-10-2004, 06:50 PM

what is a crappie niblet???

shalom · 01-10-2004, 07:57 PM

iT WAS AN ACCIDENT. I forgot to mention that i put a crappie nibblet ( White seems to work best of all the colors )on my tube baits . Berkley Power bait makes them . Bi -Mart has them . Most of the larger sporting good stores carry them but i like to buy them at Bi-Mart and they seldom run out .

MarlinMark · 01-13-2004, 10:17 PM

I haven't caught a crappie since I was a kid. Where and when can I go to catch crappies in the Portland area +- 100 miles this time of year? I have a drift boat with a trolling motor. Anyone have any luck lately??

Mark

Ryan Pultz · 01-14-2004, 04:39 AM

You can't beat a bobber and worm i have never out fished one yet when it comes to Crappie. In Californa we used small live minnows but that is not alowed in oregon.

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Akuracy503 · 01-22-2004, 06:38 AM

pearl white/red , pearl white, pearl white/green tubes work great. under a bobber or drifted

snowball · 01-22-2004, 10:57 AM

purple flu flu jig in spring, pink and white summer to fall. But, sometimes you just have to toss many colors to find the right one. I usualy pull the jib under a small round bobber. The action of the bobber rolling across the top of the water adds a nice touch to the jig swimming below. Very slow retreieve, and watch the bobber, as any deviation from it's normal return usually indicates a fish.