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MyFishFinder By Species => Crappie => Topic started by: perchgypsy on Mar 04, 2016, 09:33 PM

Title: live bait or not
Post by: perchgypsy on Mar 04, 2016, 09:33 PM
How many of you fisherman never bring live  bait when targeting crappie?
I almost alway have minnows but last yr did real well on small plastics...nice not to be messing with minnows if you just don't need to be
Title: Re: live bait or not
Post by: centerpinjosh on Mar 04, 2016, 11:06 PM
Most time I just bring along some waxies but as of late gulp minnows are my go to for basically any panfish
Title: Re: live bait or not
Post by: perchgypsy on Mar 05, 2016, 06:12 AM
Seems around here if I have a hot bite I just switch to plastic but if not I just  use bobber and minnow
think I'm going with two rods this yr one with minnow one with jig
I use bucktails
and small plastics
Title: Re: live bait or not
Post by: creekside on Mar 23, 2016, 10:22 AM
We did a live bait test last summer. Had 4 rods out with minnows and oldest boy and I were throwing marabou's and crappie magnets. The boy and I caught more than anyone else. I've been throwing artificials there for the last couple years and that's the first time we did a side by side comparison on the boat to see what happened.
Title: Re: live bait or not
Post by: SHaRPS on Apr 30, 2018, 12:13 PM
Does anyone toss and catch crappie on night crawlers? Maybe under a float instead of a shiner?
Title: Re: live bait or not
Post by: kb on Jun 05, 2020, 07:33 AM
Usually just curly tailed jigs on a lead head, sometimes under a bobber depending where they are
Title: Re: live bait or not
Post by: seamonkey84 on Jun 05, 2020, 12:15 PM
Just gulp minnows for me.