crappie lures

[Semi33]

looking to step my crappie game up in the upcomming spring. Any advice on some good crappie lures or jigs?

[poloaman]

I tie my own that produce well if interested let me know what type of water u fish and I will send some pictures of baits I would use


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[chaunc]

Try one of our site sponsors, www.microspoons.com. They have a great selection of crappie baits. I've been using them for around 6 years now. They work well for me.

[buckzye11]

If you have aggressive Crappie, Northland Mimic Minnows are a good bet.

[jonnythfisherteen2]

especially the mimic minnow fry jigs. id jigged them at the bottom and catch some nice crappie or other sunfish. i even caught a 2 pound LMB on one 1!

[huntindoggie22]

I do really well on panfish assassins.


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[fishslim]

Big Joshys swimbaits in the 2.3 size crappies love them but other fish will hit them as ell you never know what you might get. Don't be afraid of a 3" twistewr tail like venoms in chartruese colors larger tail has been ticket for me many days on the water. Good Fishing

[Skippy]

Just bought some and haven't tryed them yet but Rapala has 2 new lures. Ultra light minnow and a ultra light shad. The chrome color has crappie written all over it.

[dre]

I agree, these products are very detailed for how small they are and I can't wait to try them out. The owners put there heart and soul into making these baits, and you can tell

Try one of our site sponsors, www.microspoons.com. They have a great selection of crappie baits. I've been using them for around 6 years now. They work well for me.

[fishin on the brain]

i use very small hair jigs i tie one white one on then about 6 in down i tie on a red or green one, the trick is to work them super slow i castum give them a 10 count then just twitch em in best of luck
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[RebelWithACause122]

Well, since nobody has mentioned them yet, my all-time favorite for crappie would have to be Road Runner jigs. When I fish Road Runners for crappie, I try a number of different color combos and even types of plastics (curly-tail grub, small swim shad, straight tail shad) until I start getting them. I will admit, however, that as of summer 2011, I've got a new favorite method for crappie... trolling crankbaits. I trolled crankbaits from my kayak all summer and while the number of Crappie I boated may have gone down, the average size improved greatly. If I put the kayak in for 2 hours in the evening after work, I may only catch 10 crappie (not to mention other fish, I also get bass, perch, and catfish), but 8 of those 10 are between 10.5 and 13 inches, which is very good average size for Portage Lakes (up until I began trolling for crappie, my average Portage Lakes crappie was 8 or 9 inches... trolling crankbaits has got to be around 11.5). I got a lot of Fish Ohio (13+) crappies this way and even one 15 incher.

I will still use Road runners for crappie in the spring and fall, and jigs under small bobbers when the water is really cold (and I also enjoy catching crappie on my flyrod in the spring), but from post-spawn all the way to fall... I will be primarily trolling for them. If you're interested in more details about how I do it (types of areas, trolling speeds, whatever) I can elaborate.

P.S. the picture to the left shows some crappies I caught on Road Runners at Nimisila res. last spring