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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Crappies => Topic started by: Corona21 on Oct 20, 2014, 07:08 PM
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Whats your go to Crappie slayer? 1/16 Slender spoon tipped with minnowhead for me
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boss spoon with or without a waxxie kills them!
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Small ice jigs and tube jigs with crappie nibbles.
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Typically I use a tungsten horizontal with a waxie. Bought couple PK preditor spoons and they look great. Try some #2 jigging raps.
Small ice jigs and tube jigs with crappie nibbles.
You have good luck with crappie nibbles? Never great luck.
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I dont use them unless the fish have lockjaw, but yea I have had good luck with them and the power bait spooge in the plastic bottle.
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Slender spoon tipped with spikes.
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Northland Forage Minnow tipped with a minnow head.
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This past ice season I found jigging raps to be a very effective crappie lure. No need to tip them with any bait. Only problem is that LM bass love them too. Seemed like everytime I would graph a bass it would hit the lure.
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k&e vertical jig with a minnow hooked in the back or a light wire Aberdeen hook and some split shot. the spacing on the split shot depend on the aggressiveness of the crappie the more aggressive they are the further away from the hook they need to be. start out .5 foot apart and see if you can fine tune it from there. move it two to four inches at a time. if they don't hit right away when you move them apart move them closer together. the less aggressive crappie will come in and hit slow moving minnows they don't have to chase as hard! by the book crappie wisdom and the book ice fishing secrets i got them from half.com for around .75 cent plus 3.25 shipping... there produced by in fishermen if wondering??
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This past ice season I found jigging raps to be a very effective crappie lure. No need to tip them with any bait. Only problem is that LM bass love them too. Seemed like everytime I would graph a bass it would hit the lure.
How is this a problem?
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boss spoon with or without a waxxie kills them!
Where can I see a boss spoon?
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How is this a problem?
Don't get me wrong 2-3lb bass are fun to catch but I was more interested in trying to catch crappies. One day I caught around 9 within a half hour and had to move just to get away from them. For some reason a jigging rap to a bass is like cat nip to a cat. They just go crazy for it.
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I just watched a fishing show and they were catching crappies on 1/24th ounce Kastmasters. I think they are produced now by Uncle Josh (Beaver Dam). Those look like another good crappie option.
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Where can I see a boss spoon?
if you want to know more pm me for contact info.
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A tungsten jig with a Minnow seems to work really good.
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Tungsten 4 or 5 mm with plastics, when theyre aggresive, small spoons.
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For me the best has been a custom jigs and spins demon with a minnow.
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here is the hand made jig i make and paint... also the second picture is of the custom jig and spins tails i use in combination with a minnow hooked in the back. that's what i use or a Aberdeen hook and some split shots with minnows...
(http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m224/rhino13357/icejigs001_zps4b24a20c.jpg) (http://s105.photobucket.com/user/rhino13357/media/icejigs001_zps4b24a20c.jpg.html)
(http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m224/rhino13357/icejigs002_zps0a7a7a8c.jpg) (http://s105.photobucket.com/user/rhino13357/media/icejigs002_zps0a7a7a8c.jpg.html)
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Perch pattern Hali tipped with a waxie during the day and a perch pattern glow frostee with waxie at dusk into the dark.
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I've whacked them on the smallest castmasters they make up to the 1/8th ozers. I like the silver and blue combo tipped with perch meat. Nuclear ants and swedish pimples are deadly too!
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small 1/32oz jighead with a 1" gulp alive minnow in smelt colour is the go to for me and friends
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Deep water, swedish pimple glow with red blade tipped with a fathead. 24' or less I'm not sure what they are called but they are small vertical jigs with two small silver blades on a large eye. I always call them flutter jigs, green or orange tipped with waxies work good. Glow at night for sure.
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small swedish pimple tipped with a wax worm is my go to.
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small swedish pimple tipped with a wax worm is my go to.
x2 Can't beat a small pimple tipped with a waxie or spike. @)
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x2 Can't beat a small pimple tipped with a waxie or spike. @)
lol my spoons will out fish pimples any day of the week! these things have been had to get back down to the fish cause they are coming up and slamin them! i had 1 crappie yesterday slam it so hard i thought it was a 4-5lb bass!
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Today was this...
(http://www.northlandtackle.com/Sites/north/Image/catimages/Forage-Minnow-Jig-24-Glo-Chub-250.png)
usually just drop a firetiger diamond jig....always loaded with 3-5 waxies
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Whats your go to Crappie slayer? 1/16 Slender spoon tipped with minnowhead for me
X2
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Tiny blue/silver jiggin rap when there smacking!
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(http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r546/boss-jigs/spoonfedcrappie_zps6ca8cd76.jpg) (http://s1171.photobucket.com/user/boss-jigs/media/spoonfedcrappie_zps6ca8cd76.jpg.html)
just a sample of how they eat for me...
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Clam Maki plastics on a dingle drop seems to do well ;D
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Rapala Mini
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/icebucketjohn/Mini%20Jigging%20Rapala%20002_zps8bhs5jvo.jpg)
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/icebucketjohn/Mini%20Jigging%20Raps%20001_zpsq2uzdpig.jpg)
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I don't target them much, but I keep getting nice ones on Chubby Darters;
(https://i.imgur.com/H9wP4Le.jpg)
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These are some of my go to lures:
-size 2 rapala jigging raps
-1/16 ounce spoons
-Tungsten jig tipped with plastics or mealworms!
:tipup: :tipup: :tipup:
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northland forage minnow(glow) jig and minnow.
this red one has a glass rattle in it. it works great for attracting them in. the minnow constantly rattles the jig. as you can see, i like to glue glow tails on my baits too. ;D
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Live minnow
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Usually a pink/orange tungsten with a custom plastic made by a buddy of mine. Plastics usually orangish pink
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Bought a slender spoon after reading this thread, any tricks to tying it on the line. I just tied a blood knot right the eyelet. Sorry new at this so stupid questions but it seems like there are several tricks to this hobby.
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Bought a slender spoon after reading this thread, any tricks to tying it on the line. I just tied a blood knot right the eyelet. Sorry new at this so stupid questions but it seems like there are several tricks to this hobby.
I have tried tying it right to the spoon and I also tie to the quick link that comes with it. I get 10x more fish when I use the quick link. I don't know if it has better action or what, but now I always use the quick link.
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Thanks, I did not see a quick link but I opened the package pretty quick and have lost stuff in the past doing this.
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VMC chandelier with a minnow head, if that doesn't work I put waxies on it
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there is no right or wrong answer for this. the fish will tell you what they want. this one lake I fish I normally fish it with a size 12 Glow Red Clam Drop Jig and euro larva but this last time I was out there the fish were there but they have been so pressured by people that they shut off to live baits and would only take plastics when presented in a finesse manner. if you are not catching them one way don't be afraid to change it up and try something else. when they are in a negative mood you will need to use a more finesse presentation. slow down your jigging, down size your hook, try plastics, use a spring bobber rod.
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I bring a variety of lures...I will use a variety of spoons, but the one I mostly use is a Northland Forage Minnow spoon. I guess it was what my buddy recommend to me.
I will say my favorite is probably a those Kastmaster spoons and all the copy cat version of them.
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Well after reading this thread it sounds like Crappie will hit just about anything and everything--except whatever I'm using. ;D
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Phreds phuzzy chironomid....you didn't hear it from me.. @)
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My go to crappie bait is 3 in reins bubble shaker with 1/16th oz jig
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1/12 ounce kastmaster tipped with a waxie for me.
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smallest slender spoon & minnow head, or small fiska & spikes ;)
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They have hit on so many different combos for me..i cant say that i have a "go to" lure. Seems like everything lately in my box has been a dud. Maybe a trip to the jig store for xmas is what the doctor ordered.
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(http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r546/boss-jigs/IMGP1550_zps4peiwhll.jpg)[/URL]
I still say Boss Spoons...
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Had great luck two weeks ago on a VMC Tingler spoon tipped with powerbait honey worms. However, lately my luck is off or the crappie have lock jaw or there are none left in the lake (why I am reading this thread).
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Last month, I had a lot of luck with those Hali jigs tipped with spikes. Recently, they have been hammering 1/8 slender spoon with spikes. Needless to say that you have to be ready to change bait until you find it.
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deadstick #6 pink and chartreuse Demon w/ small minnow hooked through the back
jigging rod 1/16 oz nickel and red slender spoon, 2-3" flouro leader dropper, and #10 or #12 red and yellow demon tipped w/ a waxie
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#8 Demon tipped with a waxie is my favorite!
(https://s17.postimg.cc/8dozbap8r/Lakeside_1_-_20_-_15_005.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/8dozbap8r/)
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Small tungsten and a little atom nuggie..tipped with a wax worm. The wax worm adds taste and also keeps the nuggie up on the jig, keeping you from having your pants pulled down, down there, and you not knowing it. Or a small slender spoon.
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I can attest to the effectiveness of Mr. Boss' spoons! Such a seductive fall at a nice angle that does some searching. One of my first choices.
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The last couple years my go to was a 4mm tungsten jig with a 1.5" trigger X spike worm which is see is now discontinued :%$#!:
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I mainly fish the evening bite. I start with the biggest clam bomb spoon and a whole minnow. This usually works.
Next I try a tungsten jig or forage fry with minnow on a bobber.
If that doesnt work, i will try a plain hook & minnow.
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Tungsten gold drop jig with a wax worm, weird enough as the gold starts to flake off we catch more. Almost a competition how long you can go on one small tungsten jig.
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I have some boss spoons but I’m not sure if I’m working them right. They are so light even the larger ones. Any advice? I know they work I’ve seen a lot of people hammer them with them
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Whatever you choose, maybe bigger than you think. This past summer I was experimenting snap jigging for walleyes. On one spot I started seeing occasional marks half to 2/3s down the water column in 12 -14 FOW. Raised the 2.5" Shiver minnow up to one of the marks and got hammered by a 14" crappie. Not nibbled or leaned on. Hammered.
Sun came out and the bite got more tentative, still caught fish. Tried tipping but that really did not make a difference. Not a fluke either. Over the next 90 minutes I caught 19 fish between 12 and 14 inches. Kept 4 for dinner. Went back the next day and did it all over again. Pretty neat lesson for me.
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Whatever you choose, maybe bigger than you think. This past summer I was experimenting snap jigging for walleyes. On one spot I started seeing occasional marks half to 2/3s down the water column in 12 -14 FOW. Raised the 2.5" Shiver minnow up to one of the marks and got hammered by a 14" crappie. Not nibbled or leaned on. Hammered.
I was completely surprised one spring when I was throwing flies I tied for pike. The first fish that I landed on one of those flies
(https://i.postimg.cc/Lq2v9ZH5/DA3-AC472-5-D3-C-4-F0-C-9676-B2-D11524-E51-D.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Lq2v9ZH5)
Not the only one either, at least a half dozen that day were biting my 4-6” pike flies.
(https://i.postimg.cc/k6jThXP4/4-AB207-BC-3715-4-BB1-A102-0-F4-C270-A6-D4-D.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/k6jThXP4)
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A tungsten jig with a Minnow seems to work really good.
X2...even minnows on plain gold hooks. I also catch them on my gill setups...tungsten with spikes.
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I have some boss spoons but I’m not sure if I’m working them right. They are so light even the larger ones. Any advice? I know they work I’ve seen a lot of people hammer them with them
I just give them a long drop to let them "swim" out off to the side of the hole, and let them settle back under the hole. That often gets a fish to come and look. Either they come and smack it, or they stop and look at it, then you can give it some jiggles or vibrations.