Delmonte Posted August 29, 2009 Posted August 29, 2009 Whats the best rigging for crappie fishing? Live minnows or lure, if so what type, color, how to rig my pole ect.. Thanks D. Quote
Super User bilgerat Posted August 29, 2009 Super User Posted August 29, 2009 Light line is a must. 4# mono will do. They will eat minnows, but they will have to be smaller ones. I catch a lot of crappie on 1/16 oz jigheads with small plastic baits. Yum makes some awesome 1.5" to 2" grubs and tubes that are deadly. Another technique is a jig under a float. Rig a jig like described above under a float. This works good on slightly windy days when there is a chop on the surface. You may have to adjust the depth several times until you get dialed in. Crappie feed from the bottom up, in other words they usually attack their prey from below. Quote
Koop Posted August 29, 2009 Posted August 29, 2009 Crappie are fun on an UL set up with 4# mono. Neon green grub seems to do the best for me. Quote
Bass Junkie Posted August 30, 2009 Posted August 30, 2009 Get yourself some 8lb mono or 30lb. braid, bobber stops, slip bobbers, #4 lightwire aberdeen hooks and 2 dozen minnows. Go to your favorite lake, find a bridge and fish the pilings. Locate the crappie by tightline jiggin' your minnie, then set your bobber to that depth. Also, try submerged brushpiles in 6-15 ft of water. In spring, try as shallow as three. Once you find the productives spots in your lake, try usin' artificials like chin spinners,curlytails ect. One of the most exciting ways I've used is flippin' and casting a 1/8oz. Blue Fox chin spinner in firetiger. Bluegill, Crappie and Bass. Quote
Super User Crestliner2008 Posted August 30, 2009 Super User Posted August 30, 2009 You'll catch all the crappie you want if you use two lures. Both on a 1/16 oz. jig head. First is a 2" curly tail and second is a tied chenelle body & marabou tail. The marabou will take your cold water crappie and the curly tail will take care of them in the warmer seasons. 4# test line on a long rod will do you just fine. Quote
Super User Jig Man Posted August 30, 2009 Super User Posted August 30, 2009 The big money around here for crappie dudes has gone to the guys using the Wally Marshall rigs trolling cranks on 2# line. That and the big guru using 1# line over brush piles. Quote
Kingbass43 Posted August 30, 2009 Posted August 30, 2009 What i catch ALL my crappie on is a not small but a size up from small beetle spins in neon greenhttp://image.basspro.com/images/images2/91500/91615.jpg the exact thing Quote
Zilch Posted August 30, 2009 Posted August 30, 2009 All good advice. The Blakemore Roadrunners do really well too. Especially the Crappie Thunders. Seem to have really good luck with the black/chartreuse ones. Quote
I.rar Posted August 30, 2009 Posted August 30, 2009 ive had luck with smaller floating rapalas. F03's and F05's. either black and gold or black and silver. they nail them in the private pond i fish. to get deeper , i throw on a split shot about 10 inches up from the lure. Quote
Super User Bassn Blvd Posted August 30, 2009 Super User Posted August 30, 2009 Here's what I and about 90% of the people on Lake Okeechobee use. 10-12' crappie pole, #8 mono, Aberdeen hook, small split shot about 8 inches above the hook, cork and Missouri minnows. Roadrunner jigs work exceptionally well also. Quote
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