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 Best crappie jigs
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02/23/11 05:01 AM
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RowdyRankin
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What is the best jig for crappie? I live on eagle mountain and just got interested in crappie....if I catch one, it's usually on accident! Lol whats best? Plasic verses feathered/ what size/ weight colors? Any help is appreciated!
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02/23/11 05:14 AM
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MrRoachie
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You gotta let the fish tell ya what they want!!!!!!
Some days you even gotta use minners like DW does!!!!!
Slab Bandits are a good plastic jig to start with..
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Re: Best crappie jigs
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02/23/11 05:41 AM
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wtex
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I have to agree with Roachie. I am not a minnow fisherman. But I don't rule them out. Case in point. Jan 29th three person limit. Something like 70 fish hand tied 1/16 oz jigs 5 on plastic. Very same spot 2 weeks later fish was there couldn't get them to bite. Made a 10 min. run to marina bought some minnows. Came back to spot 20 nice crappie. 17 on minnows 3 on hand tied 0 on plastic. You have to be open minded sometimes.
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Re: Best crappie jigs
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02/23/11 09:38 AM
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Matthew Carroll
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I believe I'd try a Jigum Jig...
One that comes to mind for Eagle Mountain is the TEXACO JIG....
  Member Wally Marshall's Mr. Crappie Pro Staff 2015 CAT DIVISION 2 STATE CHAMPION
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Re: Best crappie jigs
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02/23/11 10:55 AM
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r63pappy
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D.W. is the best minner fisherman around. thats all he uses!!
TONTO SOUTHERLAND
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Re: Best crappie jigs
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02/23/11 11:47 AM
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Bobcat1
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Soft Plastics: Lake Fork Tackle BabyShad in Chartreuse Ice, Rockytops in White/Chartreuse or Black/Chartreuse all can be bought at Finny Tribe. Hand tied: Jigum Jigs, Thumpit Jigs, SlabMeSilly Jigs. I don't buy minnows but maybe once every 2 years and then they wind up in the lake.
Bobby Barnett
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Re: Best crappie jigs
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02/23/11 01:32 PM
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RowdyRankin
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Thanks for all the help guys
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Re: Best crappie jigs
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02/23/11 02:02 PM
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gotreal formerly known as getreal
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yup   if ye aint been skunked, ye aint been fishing! <<al einstene IAMCOUNTRY texas made lures. getcha some 
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Re: Best crappie jigs
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02/23/11 02:03 PM
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slabmeplease
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I don't know if there is a jig that is the "best". You have to try various types and then lean towards the jigs that you have confidence in. Bobby Garland's baby shad soft plastic jigs are good too.
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Re: Best crappie jigs
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02/23/11 02:44 PM
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chickenman
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I believe I'd try a Jigum Jig...  sickle hook - pink/black/chartreuse or pink/pink/pink or black/black/chartreuse or chartreuse/chartreuse/chartreuse or chartreuse pink/black or chartreuse/pink/black or ....
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Re: Best crappie jigs
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02/23/11 03:03 PM
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big10
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Jerry Dillard
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 Re: Best crappie jigs
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02/23/11 05:23 PM
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The Crappie Guy
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"Best" is totally subjective, unless you're talking outdoor cooking grills, and then you're talking Big Green Egg....but I digress. Plastic baits--it's hard to beat the Lake Fork Tackle live baby shad. Rocky Tops would come in second. Hand tied jigs--would probably be TNT Jigs or Jigum Jigs. Color--is whatever the crappie want at a given time; you therefore have to carry all colors (or just a few colors and force feed them). Weights--1/16 oz and 1/8 oz will usually do everything you'll need. Time on the water to figure all this stuff out--priceless. Good luck......
"The Crappie Guy"
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Re: Best crappie jigs
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#5881876
02/23/11 05:35 PM
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chuck44l
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i have had great luck with the cheap rubber tube jigs from Walmart They look like a Rocky Top If they on't bite on that i would try minnows.
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Re: Best crappie jigs
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02/23/11 06:00 PM
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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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Hand tied = Jigum all the way. Plastics = Slab Bandits fo sho.
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