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Went looking for Crappies in the wind today and was the wind tough. Such a gap in the line when bringing the jig in. I was using a 1/32 oz pony jig with a 1" crappie slider grub in Pink/white. I could see hits but by the time I reacted they had spit out the lure. I remembered an," Old Timer" told me about Uncle Josh "Little Vee's" and he always said, take a red marker and paint the tails of the tips and place it on your lures hook. Now I tried it last year , but to be honest I couldn't figure out If they were hitting or going after this change up in my lure presentation.
So as I was sitting there I thought about the jar of them I bought over the inner net for $4.00 and pulled one out. I marked it with the marker I carry and placed it on the jigs hook. It was just enough added weight to draw out the slack with the wind and as I kept my rod tip high I worked the area about 3 feet from the shoreline. Same jig, just the addition of the pork rind brought 11 nice crappies to the stringer. So what turned out as being a to windy day reversed itself to making smiles.
So I thought about it, cleaned the fish and took them over to the," Old Timer" and he was all smiles too.
If your interested on checking it out you can go to:
www.unclejosh.com and look under pork rind baits.
Today it turned a oh hum day into a winner.
Tight lines,
JimG
Ref, sites.
Pony Jig: 1/32oz- www.crappielures.com
Slider grubs 1" www. sliderfishing.com
Pork rind littl vees: www.unclejosh.com
So as I was sitting there I thought about the jar of them I bought over the inner net for $4.00 and pulled one out. I marked it with the marker I carry and placed it on the jigs hook. It was just enough added weight to draw out the slack with the wind and as I kept my rod tip high I worked the area about 3 feet from the shoreline. Same jig, just the addition of the pork rind brought 11 nice crappies to the stringer. So what turned out as being a to windy day reversed itself to making smiles.
So I thought about it, cleaned the fish and took them over to the," Old Timer" and he was all smiles too.
If your interested on checking it out you can go to:
www.unclejosh.com and look under pork rind baits.
Today it turned a oh hum day into a winner.
Tight lines,
JimG
Ref, sites.
Pony Jig: 1/32oz- www.crappielures.com
Slider grubs 1" www. sliderfishing.com
Pork rind littl vees: www.unclejosh.com