This page is always updated and may change without any notice. It is a personal collection of links, information, tips & tricks, and guides for the given subject as I explore new ideas and projects.
Crappie
Baits & Lures
- Weedguard
http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shops-Hook-Guard-for-Weedless-Lures/product/1997/
- Luhr Jensen Hot Shots
http://www.fishusa.com/product/Luhr-Jensen-Hot-Shots
- Designed for trout, bass, salmon, and steelhead applications
- High action trolling and back trolling plug
- Diver that floats at rest
Type: Hardbait
Color: Silver
Weight: 1 ½ in.
- Mepps - Aglia Ultra Lite Dressed
http://www.fishingtackleunlimited.com/p/fishing/c-/MEPP-B00T-P.html
quick wrist snap just to get it turning, but once it’s going, you can slow down to the speed you need and the blade will stay in motion.
Type: Spinner
Color: Gold with yellow tail
Weight: 1/18 oz.
- Perfect Crappie Jig
http://www.jimporter.org/crappie/
- GRAY GHOST
The BEST selling crappie jig in the USA!!! THE BEST OF THE BEST. As close to the colors of a small minnow as we could get!! Now also available in a ''HIGH VIZ' version.
- Cinnamon body, w/blue tail
Our original, which ALWAYS seems to work well under ALL conditions.
- Chartreuse body, w/blue tail
HIGHER VISIBILITY in the more DINGY waters created by the spring rains during the spawn period.
- Cinnamon body, w/chartreuse tail
Does exceptionally well EARLY and LATE in clearer waters when light levels are low and visibility is reduced.
- Pale Blue body, w/white tail
Our clear water 'go-to' color combination.
Type: Jig
Color: Gray Ghost
Weight: 1/16 oz.
- Bass Pro Shops Triple Ripple Grub
Type: Jig
Color: White
Weight: 3" 1/8 oz jighead.
- Blakemore Roadrunner
http://www.basspro.com/Road-Runner-Original-Marabou-Jig/product/1946/
Sometimes I'll tip them with a tube or grub to add even more action.
Type: Jig
Color: Chartreuse/White
Weight: 1/8 oz
- Rapala Fat Rap
Any color that imitates a generic shad is a good crankbait choice. I like a lure that can run shallow but dive up to 12 feet and has a good, tight wobble. Crappie tend to key in on erratic action over a steady retrieve. I instruct my clients to stop the lure frequently and change speeds often. It's subtle changes that catch a crappie's attention
Type: Hardbait
Color: Silver
Weight: 1.5"
Knots
Arbor Knot
Non-Slip Loop Knot
Float Stop
Midsouth tubes in some sort of variation of chartreuse. I like yellow and chartreuse or brown and chartreuse or pink and chartreuse. I put them on an eighth ounce Reeves jig painted either pink or white. I spool up an ultra-light spinning reel with six-pound vicious hi-vis line
