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Anyone tie their own????
Cubslover
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I'm going on a big crappie fishing trip in June and to Lake Reelfoot in September. I'm tired of using those crap lures from walfart or the local outfitter. I want some good ones.
I thought about buying some of these,
http://www.slatersjigs.com/Cajun-Spec.html
Anyone make their own? What do you use? Where do you get your supplies? Any good website or the like that you recommend?
Or should I just buy them?
Also, those people in Wisconsin....
I went on a crappie trip a few years ago in St.Germain, I found the best crappie lure ever up there. It was an 1/8oz pink head on a white straight plug tail. Very soft, we'd catch our limit on that, then take them back to the cabin, stick them on ice, then head back and fill up again. Everyday for a week. We just slaughtered them. I'm out of those lures and haven't been able to find them. Anyone know what I'm talking about or how to get ahold of them?
I thought about buying some of these,
http://www.slatersjigs.com/Cajun-Spec.html
Anyone make their own? What do you use? Where do you get your supplies? Any good website or the like that you recommend?
Or should I just buy them?
Also, those people in Wisconsin....
I went on a crappie trip a few years ago in St.Germain, I found the best crappie lure ever up there. It was an 1/8oz pink head on a white straight plug tail. Very soft, we'd catch our limit on that, then take them back to the cabin, stick them on ice, then head back and fill up again. Everyday for a week. We just slaughtered them. I'm out of those lures and haven't been able to find them. Anyone know what I'm talking about or how to get ahold of them?
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rapala (5 and 7g) while bass fishing.
Reelfoot is a nice lake, shallow as hell with lots of stumps. Do not take your own boat unless its a small outboard aluminum.
Probably not the norm, but I've caught quite a few crappie on gold/black
rapala (5 and 7g) while bass fishing.
Probably will not want to use these at reelfoot. Interesting to note though spryor, I am going to have to try that!
Cubslover-How was the fishing on St. Germain? My boss has a place up there on the lake and he said the fishing wasn't any good (I don't think he's really tried). I've snowmobiled up there and it looks like a good place to fish.
We probably caught 100+ crappie in 5 days.
We were up there for a week, the first two days we didn't catch a thing. Then we went to the local shop. They had an entire display of those lures I was talking about. About 3/4 of them were pink/white. We bought a dozen between the two of us. Tied them on, then clipped on a bobber about 16" up and tossed them into cover. They ate it within 5seconds of being in the water. It was the best panfish trip I've ever been on. That was probably 7yrs ago.
cubs, did those lures you are talking about above come in little plastic tubes?
YES!(caps from excitement, I'm not yelling at you) Individual tubes.
quote:Originally posted by shoff14
cubs, did those lures you are talking about above come in little plastic tubes?
YES!(caps from excitement, I'm not yelling at you) Individual tubes.
I will try to remember to take a picture when I get home.
the mic is a 1-2 incher, so the total length is about 1.5 inches.
throw one on a bobber and grab your beer....no sense in casting for them, waste of time.
if you can, go in the early spring when they are spawning.(shallow water..weeds) thats when you'll get the most/biggest ones, they are also 10x more aggressive which makes it effortless to catch them.
forget about the beer on that outing..you'll have to much action [:0]
Where did you get them?
cubs - send you me your snail mail. they are a dime a dozen around here...(and yes, you'll get the cool plastic crack rock container) [;)]
Oh man, awesome. I've been looking everywhere for them. What are they called?
Email sent.
email replied...
Shoff.....THAT'S IT! I haven't seen them in years!
Where did you get them?
One of the local fishing stores I shopped at had them, actually it was the only store I shopped at. growing up by the best saugeye fishing and one of the best crappie fishing lakes in Ohio has its advantages. I also use them for ice fishing, tipped with a grub. I don't have a clue what they are called or who makes them. If MNhunter can get them easy enough then you should be good to go. If he can't, I will send my mom a picture and tell here to go by a couple dozen, i think they are about $1.00. I am low on my supply now, only have about a dozen pink/pink, 1 pink/white, 1 white/pink, and 1 green/green. Don't use them much now that I am not close to a water where they are useful. I also don't know any shop or store that has them here in town, but I haven't been through sportsmans massive array of jigs either, nor do I need to. [:D]
Here is what I have also had luck using.
http://www.northlandtackle.com/Category/main.taf?cat=55
and
http://www.northlandtackle.com/Category/main.taf?cat=167
both of those jigs I use under bobber and reel in slowly tipped with a crappie minnow.
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