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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Crappies => Topic started by: 3RivAnglr on Jan 19, 2003, 05:33 AM
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Does size really matter LOL.Really what size hooks do u need for crappie jigs .Last nite I was missing more than catching I think the jig size was too small. They were size 10 on a small glow jig and they seemed to be pulling out of their mouths .I could feel them on 4 a few seconds then gone. Thx
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Personally I think the size of the jig is determined by how active the crappies are biting. I have caught crappies on bare size 6 walleye hooks and then I had to use a 1/64th oz glow jig tipped with a waxworm and jig the crap out of it just to get them off the bottom.
To answer your question it all depends upon what the fish are doing. I just make sure that I have an assortment of jigs of different sizes/colors and I have at least 3 rods rigged up differently so I can switch back and forth faster.
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Just to repeat what MN said... I alwyas have more than one rod rigged up with a different color and style. Let the fish tell you what is working and what isn't. This is easier if you use eletronics. If you are seeing a lot of fish on the eletronics and not getting takers, its time to make a change! If you just not seeing fish peroid.. its time to make a move!