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Title: minnows for crappies
Post by: mt.redneck on Dec 28, 2013, 11:21 PM

what size minnows do you guys like for crappies? I was thinking 3 inches or less but I've never used minnows for crappies before

Title: Re: minnows for crappies
Post by: TeeBugg on Dec 29, 2013, 11:24 AM

I like to use smaller ones. 3" or less. Seems as though if i get them bigger than that the fish wont touch them. Bass will but not crappies.

Title: Re: minnows for crappies
Post by: slab daddy 518 on Dec 29, 2013, 01:13 PM

I use fatheads most are smaller than 3in at the bait shop where I buy them.

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Post by: rags on Dec 29, 2013, 03:07 PM

I use fat heads also 1 1/2 to maybe 2 inch

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Post by: carpslayer93 on Dec 29, 2013, 10:00 PM

Rosie reds under 2in here in Michigan's great sw. Rosie reds are fatheads that are orange with a white belly!!

Title: Re: minnows for crappies
Post by: Kevin23 on Dec 31, 2013, 10:26 PM

1.5-2" and I use the smallest ones first.

Title: Re: minnows for crappies
Post by: mt.redneck on Dec 31, 2013, 11:24 PM

thanks for the info guys, hope to catch a personal best crappie this Saturday. Hope to beat the 12 inch mark

Title: Re: minnows for crappies
Post by: big bobber on Jan 02, 2014, 01:32 PM

deadstick small to med fatheads...jig with horizontal plastics that glow...tiny hooks with waxies.

Title: Re: minnows for crappies
Post by: wish4fish on Jan 18, 2014, 06:11 AM

I like the small Rosie's too. Small enough that they can't rip it off by the tail and have to inhale it all

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Post by: Cphill72 on Jan 18, 2014, 10:13 PM

I find I do better with fatheads than with shiners.

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Post by: FraBilKil on Jan 27, 2014, 11:46 AM

Emeralds, when available, are my confidence bait.

Title: Re: minnows for crappies
Post by: razvy on Jan 28, 2014, 05:46 AM

Smallest I can find .

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Post by: kpd145 on Feb 05, 2014, 08:01 PM

I use pinners about an inch long up to medium that are 3".

Over that and I catch bass or pickerel.

Title: Re: minnows for crappies
Post by: perchslammer on Jan 16, 2015, 07:07 AM

rosies are the only way to go

Title: Re: minnows for crappies
Post by: Van_Cleaver on Jan 17, 2015, 03:16 PM

I like fatheads in the 1.5-2" range. I always have out at least one dead stick while jigging. Last time I fished a good crappies lake and caught many more small ones than I ever had before. Though I jigged up a few solid 10-11 in fish, I had to think it was cause I was using very small fatheads, the only ones I could get my hands on.

Title: Re: minnows for crappies
Post by: dirtyted on Jan 17, 2015, 07:34 PM

under 2" rosie reds are killer up here

Title: Re: minnows for crappies
Post by: UFCreel on Jan 18, 2015, 02:50 PM

Rosie reds here too. The smaller the better.

Title: Re: minnows for crappies
Post by: TIP DOWN BUD on Jan 19, 2015, 04:53 AM

I use Rosie red or fatheads. Smaller whole ones but if they get bigger then 2 inches I'll just use the head. Sometimes just the head works better if there not aggressive.