What On Earth Is This Lure For?

[Rhino68W]

I found these in the bottom of a ''variety pack'' tackle box. Yes I know they are probably low quality, but I want to catch a fish on them before I throw them away. But first I need to know when/where/how to use them!!! They are only about 1/8 oz. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[ABW]

Marabou jigs for crappie, but you can pretty much catch anything on those

[flyfisher]

Yup marabou crappie jigs.....i toss them on my fly rod.

[Skeeter Dan]

I found these in the bottom of a ''variety pack'' tackle box. Yes I know they are probably low quality, but I want to catch a fish on them before I throw them away. But first I need to know when/where/how to use them!!! They are only about 1/8 oz. Any help is greatly appreciated.

They are good for alot of different kinds of fish. I use them for Bream and Crappie on an ultra light rig or crappie pole 4 to 6 lbs line . Bass will hit them also.  If you run out of cotton balls you might use them to spit shine your boots. ( Make sure hook is pointed up) Thanks for being all you can be. I Salute you.

[everythingthatswims]

On a 1/32 or 1/16oz marabou jig I have caught: Crappie, White Perch, 5 or 6 different kinds of sunfish, Largemouth, Smallmouth, Bullhead, Channel Cat, Freshwater Trout Trifecta, Bluefish, False Albacore, Redfish, Spotted Seatrout, Pompano, Spot, Croaker, Black Sea Bass, and Spanish Mackerel.

 If you fish the right way with the right tackle, they will catch anything! (the right tackle being a light or ultralight spinning rod with 4-6lb test. 

[Catch and Grease]

That's what you call a "good bowfin lure" lol

[smalljaw67]

Marabou crappie jigs, and don't dismiss them, they will catch any species of fish that swim. I fish 1/8oz models on a 6'6" medium power, fast action spinning rod with 6lb copolymer line. These are great in early spring or mid fall, you can use them under a float when the fishing is tough, I made my buddy use one under a float and he reluctantly put one on to shut me up. We sat in the boat talking and having some lunch when I saw his eyes get real wide, he just was in total shock that his bobber when under and then after he set the hook and landed the fish he became a total believer and all it took was a 5lb 7oz largemouth to change his mind. I now tie 2 dozen for him every year and he catches fish consistently, he laughs because he never sees anyone else using them. They will work all year round but I found early spring and mid fall to be really good times, you can fish these any way from under a float to hopping and crawling on bottom to slowly swimming and with not being familiar with them, swimming is how I recommend you start learning to use them. Make a cast and let it sink to the bottom and start swimming, you want to reel slow so that the jig stays close to the bottom and it doesn't hurt to pause your retrieve every now and again, if you are around fish when you use that you will catch them.

[pbizzle]

I taught my self to fish a spinnerbait by taking a 1/8 ounce chartreuse and white Johnson Marabou Jig with a little willow leaf jig spinner for crappie. I only caught a bunch of small bass and a few crappie on them, but it was the first time I'd caught a fish on a "spinnerbait", which is now my go-to search bait. This is how I'd recommend you try to catch fish on them.

[Fishes in trees]

Back in the day, that bait, a 1/8 marabou crappie jig, paired with a 4" Uncle Josh spilt tail eel hung on the back, was my primary search lure for pond fishing.  I'd throw it on 6 or 8 lb. test.  The extra weight of the pork bait make it easy to cast.  My favorite color was a red head/ chartreuse body/ white marabou tail.

 

On a good day, I'd swim this bait, trying to keep it 6" to a foot above the bottom the entire retrieve.  On a bad day, I'd lose a lot of jigs to snags - but they were cheap, and I believed that if you weren't losing baits from time to time, you weren't fishing where the fish were.

[SirSnookalot]

At times there are hard to find in South Florida, pier rats love them for mackerel, jacks and runners, snook hit them too.  I use them for peacock bass, have caught many a lunker bass with them too.