Old School Crappie Fishing Family Secrets
To Improve as a crappie fisherman it is very important that you learn to fish with artificial crappie baits. When you are first starting out fishing for crappie many beginners start fishing with live bait for crappie and this is, and I recommend it the best way to start your involvement in the sport of crappie fishing. However if you want to take your fishing for crappie efforts to the next level you need to learn the art of fishing with artificial baits. The intention of my article is to provide you with some basic crappie jig information that you can use a starting point to train yourself on the art of catching crappie with artificial crappie jigs.
#1 What is a crappie Jig? A jig is made up of three parts which include the following:
1a. – The hook (the hook can be a variety of sizes ranging from #6 to a #2 light wire hook.)
1b. – The head ( will range in size from 1/64oz usually up to 1/4oz and is a molded metal material with or without a spinner blade. I have had the best luck with the 1/32oz size.)
1c. – The body ( slides over the hook barb up the shank to the head and is constructed of plastic or hair)
#2 Here are the most common types of jigs fished for crappies.
2.a Bait fish or insect Imitation jigs:
The most common of these jigs is what is called the marabou crappie jig. It is made up of a head molded to a hook and wrapped with a feather, or real or artificial hair. These jigs can sometimes have spinner blades molded in the head and normally range in size from 1/32oz to ¼ oz. They are made to imitate either insects or minnows and other bait fish.
2.a-1 A “tube” with a jig head is another common jig combination used to imitate a wounded bait fish. The tube is manufactured to have multiple tentacles that dart through the water, and slides up the shank of the hook to the head. These jigs come in many different colors and range in size from 1/64oz to 1/4oz.
2.b Minnow or shad imitation jig:
These jigs are made up of a plastic material that slides up the shank of the hook up to the head and looks like common bait fish that crappie eat. They are manufactured in a variety of sizes from 1/32oz to 1/4oz, with 1/16oz being the most common size used.
2.c Grub or Maggot imitation jig:
This type of crappie jig is designed specifically to imitate a insect larva of the grub or maggot variety. They are constructed of different color plastics molded in with a hair or feather like material. They come in a many different colors and sizes. They are most commonly used in the smaller size range of 1/64oz or 1/32oz.
#3 The knot you use to tie your crappie jig is very important.
I recommend you tie your crappie jigs with the trilene knot. To tie the trilene knot follow the following simple steps:
3.a Run approximately 6 inches of line through the eyelet in the crappie jig’s hook. Loop it around and pass it through the eyelet again. Pull on the line until you reach a small ¼ inch to ½ inch diameter.
3.b Wrap the end of the line around the standing line 6 times.
3.c Pass the end of the line back through the loop, and then pull the line snug tight by pulling the standing line, and the hook in opposite directions.
3.d Trim the left over tag about ¼ inch from the hook.
I hope the information I have provided about jigs used for crappie fishing. will help you on your next fishing trip! God bless and a good day to you.
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