The Must Have Crappie Fishing Artificial Baits: Crappie fishing Secrets #2
Posted: Saturday, January 24, 2009
by Mark Fleagle
oldfishinghole.com
Crappie Fishing Artificial Baits
If you are ready to step up your crappie fishing you need to learn how to fish with crappie artificial baits. When you only fish live bait such as minnows for crappie you are limiting yourself to only one of the food sources crappie tend to eat on a daily and seasonal basis. If you learn to imitate the crappie's natural food sources using crappie artificial baits you will be a more consistent crappie fisherman, and your average catch will increase drastically. If you select the correct bait and find the crappie they will hit. If they are on the feed you will catch them one right after the other.
When you go to purchase your crappie fishing artificial baits,Please feel free to use our suggested list of crappie bait selections. Half the battle of selecting artificial baits is knowing what to buy.
#1 You can purchase your crappie fishing jigs on line,at large department stores or at your local bait shop. You may pay a bit more at the local bait shop but you can also get great local tips of what crappie artificial have been working best. One key factor when you look for crappie fishing jigs at any of the locations is to select jigs in the weight sizes of 1/32oz to 1/8oz.I personally use jigs in the 1/32 to 1/8 once size.Crappie fishing jigs have most of their weight concentrated in the jig head. Also, jigs are packaged and marked with there weights and sometimes the hook size.
#2 You will need to have an assortment of crappie fishing jigs. So your first jig to look for that is 1/16 to 1/8 ounce is called the curly tail crappie jig.A curly tail jig is made up of a jig head with the hook molded into it and a plastic curly tail that has a body and a tail and mounted thru it's center on the hook. To see what a curly tail jig looks like do a google search "curly tail jig" you will find plenty of pictures for reference. The curly tail jig is very inexpensive and is one of the most commonly used crappie fishing jigs.
#3 Your next crappie jig to look for is called the "marabou jigs" I would recommend you have and assortment these jigs in your crappie fishing artificial baits list also. You can select marabou crappie jigs in a variety of shapes weights and colors, but remember you want to select a weight range of 1/32oz to 1/8oz. The marabou jig has a head just like the curly tail jig but instead of a plastic "curly tail" there is hair, or something simulating hair. Again, to see a picture of this jig just do a google search.
#4 The next crappie jig to look for is a little bit more complicated then the "curly tail" or marabou" jigs. This jig is classified and commonly called a "weedless spinner bait" You definitely should have a couple of these in your tackle box.The weedless spinner bait has a blade at the top , then a wire formed at an angle attaches to a fishing jig. Well guess what? The jig attached is normally a "curly tail jig" or a marabou jig", so the only real difference is the blade and wire attached. If you want to see a picture use " weedless spinner bait as your search term.
#5 You should have an assortment of "willow leaf blades" the blades should be colored Colorado or gold. willow leaf blades are again, either a curly tail jig or marabou jig with a willow leaf blade attached. Again do a google search to see a picture of this artificial bait.
If you are ready to step up your crappie fishing you need to learn how to fish with crappie artificial baits. When you only fish live bait such as minnows for crappie you are limiting yourself to only one of the food sources crappie tend to eat on a daily and seasonal basis. If you learn to imitate the crappie's natural food sources using crappie artificial baits you will be a more consistent crappie fisherman, and your average catch will increase drastically. If you select the correct bait and find the crappie they will hit. If they are on the feed you will catch them one right after the other.
#1 You can purchase your crappie fishing jigs on line,at large department stores or at your local bait shop. You may pay a bit more at the local bait shop but you can also get great local tips of what crappie artificial have been working best. One key factor when you look for crappie fishing jigs at any of the locations is to select jigs in the weight sizes of 1/32oz to 1/8oz.I personally use jigs in the 1/32 to 1/8 once size.Crappie fishing jigs have most of their weight concentrated in the jig head. Also, jigs are packaged and marked with there weights and sometimes the hook size.
#2 You will need to have an assortment of crappie fishing jigs. So your first jig to look for that is 1/16 to 1/8 ounce is called the curly tail crappie jig.A curly tail jig is made up of a jig head with the hook molded into it and a plastic curly tail that has a body and a tail and mounted thru it's center on the hook. To see what a curly tail jig looks like do a google search "curly tail jig" you will find plenty of pictures for reference. The curly tail jig is very inexpensive and is one of the most commonly used crappie fishing jigs.
#3 Your next crappie jig to look for is called the "marabou jigs" I would recommend you have and assortment these jigs in your crappie fishing artificial baits list also. You can select marabou crappie jigs in a variety of shapes weights and colors, but remember you want to select a weight range of 1/32oz to 1/8oz. The marabou jig has a head just like the curly tail jig but instead of a plastic "curly tail" there is hair, or something simulating hair. Again, to see a picture of this jig just do a google search.
#4 The next crappie jig to look for is a little bit more complicated then the "curly tail" or marabou" jigs. This jig is classified and commonly called a "weedless spinner bait" You definitely should have a couple of these in your tackle box.The weedless spinner bait has a blade at the top , then a wire formed at an angle attaches to a fishing jig. Well guess what? The jig attached is normally a "curly tail jig" or a marabou jig", so the only real difference is the blade and wire attached. If you want to see a picture use " weedless spinner bait as your search term.
#5 You should have an assortment of "willow leaf blades" the blades should be colored Colorado or gold. willow leaf blades are again, either a curly tail jig or marabou jig with a willow leaf blade attached. Again do a google search to see a picture of this artificial bait.
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