What are some of your favorite artificials?

[camo_fish]

Or slow trolling repalas over open water, is working good in the fall. 

[dwaytkus]

I mostly fish crappies with a panfish bobber and minnow setup.  Anyone have any tips of things to use for a hook..I usually just use regular eagle claw hooks but was wondering if some of the icefishing marmooska's or forage minnow with the minnie on would be more affective?

Dan

[bigdave1018]

thanks alot for the great postings on this subject. awesome info guys. tight lines this open water season.

[bigredfishing]

hey dan, try those jigs i suggested to you earlier - you will never go back to minnows again

[Thriller]

Has anyone tried a small topwater minnow type of lure?  I'm thinking of trying that this spring in the post-spawn type of period while the fish are still in the shallows.

[fishnfilet]

have had good luck with small spinner bait with a orange gulp minnow attached....also putting  a maribu jig on back of anytype of floating repala, husky jerk...also trolling mini cranks on bottom bouncer......love trying unique set-ups, I've caught some brewser slabs on wierd ( or original ) methods.......Dave

[camo_fish]

Been hammering them the last few days on 1 1/2" tube jigs under a pencil bobber.

Fish On!

[billditrite]

Been hammering them the last few days on 1 1/2" tube jigs under a pencil bobber.
Fish On!

what are you tipping that jig with. i am going this weekend for the first time fishing crappie in the open water

[JohnPorter]

Scott,
    When I use to live in central Maine, we fished Sebasticook(Newport) and also Unity Pond using jigs. We never tipped the jig with anything. All we did was throw out count down to the desired depth and do the old reel and pump method.
                            John

[reubenpa]

been getting a few on 5 inch senkos wacky rigged and 5 inche super flukes!!!  not very many though

[Thriller]

billditrite and JohnPorter - we frequently use a piece of crawler to tip with (easier to find than other small baits), but the last open water crappie trip I made last fall I outfished 2 guys who were tipping with my untipped tube jig.

Our season opened last Sunday...it looks like we'll be headed to my favourite crappie lake tomorrow...looking forward to it.

[gillmaniac]

tube jigs grubs and spinners on the bottom around wood. They just nail them.

gil