That's what happened to me today
I got tired of waiting for the wind to die & headed to the south main lake shore line where I had found a laydown that wasn't all the way down & has a brush pile at the base. When I 1st graphed it, it was covered in white specks & I just knew they had to be crappie! When I got there, it was grand - no wind, set my trolling motor on 1 & little bumps every so often kept me there.
I threw all my usual baits with no success, small bumps & slack line, but nothing there when I set the hook
I remembered reading last night to go small for the times when the bite is tough, so I dug thru my boxes & found some mini-Slab Bandits that somebody sent me. THANKS TO YOU
They were an off yellow in color & I dipped the tail in Lime Spike-It. Man, I thought, it this don't catch fish, nothing will!!!!!!

The jig didn't settle to the bottom before I felt a tick & the line bowed up - YEP - FISH ON

No sooner than I lowered the little jewel back down, THUMP

And again!

Within a few more minutes.........
Now about this time I was thinking, "I could learn to like this" If I had too
Sometime around here, Jigum called me to help me figure out how to capture screen shots & then save them to a SD card. I got hot & sweaty while we were searching menu options, but Jigum got me lined out & now I can do it in the dark with my eyes closed
Back to fishing I went

I found a small hand tied jig bout the same color - Game On

Now, I'm a pretty apt student & one thing that I've learned here is that if you want to have a real fishin adventure, you have to catch a turtle ................
Mission accomplished That rascal hit it like a 3# sow!

By this time, the floor of my boat & my trolling motor control was burning my bare feet & I had a good mess to clean, so I quit & saved my back to hit another new spot in the AM
Ended up cleaning 10 over 11", smaller ones were released to fight another day!

Look like you had a great time. I like those colors of the jig as well.

Nice Fish and a fantastic report. Good job.

It was also my 2nd trip out testing your braided line. I filled 3 more reels yesterday, now I have 2 with the yellow & 2 with the orange. I'm convinced this is the best braid I've ever used & I've used most brands, coming from a LMB background. It's slick, very castable, no stretch which makes it very sensitive & no memory what so ever! It will cast in a stiff wind & doesn't wrap up on the end of your rod like most braids. I will be a repeat customer & highly recommend it to anybody that wants to try braid or is a current braid user!!!!I didn't ever think I woukld use a colored line, but it sure helps notice those subtle hits, when they just lift the bait up, which happened several times today. The water here is clear enough that I had to use a flouro leader.

Hey man that is awesome I'm glad your are enjoying it. I'm glad there is a good bunch of guys in here. that will tell you honestly what they think. It really helps
me keep improving the quality of our products. Thanks to
everyone that has supported our company. Josh

You know those things look like small grasshoppers...just saying....looks like you had a good day....as well....floro leader...rookie...

I was thinking matthew was headed that way...must be getting older....

I'll take that "Rookie" comment in stride -
As long as I can swing fish over the side of the boat, I'm surprised you didn't have anything to say about my net.....maybe your getting old

Nice fish

Here's what the structure I was fishing looked like, minus 10 of those little white specks

Very nice! Good job and cool pics!

Nice props! And nice ketch btw!

Awesome job tboxfishb

Nice Baits with some very good results.

nice job, way to think outside the box!

KEEP IN MIND, I am fairly smart tooo...SO, I figure anyone that is trying to DETERMINE the best way "MOUNT" the NET for CONVENIENCE/READINESS is gonna USE the sucker CONSTANTLY, braid or no braid...HMMM, that gives me an idea, maybe we should start a NO NET, BRAID ONLY working mans crappie tournament...If you get caught using a leader or a net you are disqualified and have to go SIT on the ROCKS at the dam for 2 hours....