Search bait for spring crappie

[Musky or Specks]

Headed out to fish a lake for crappie that Ive only iced fished before. Big lake and want a few choices in baits for covering water. Will have slip floats and tubes and jigs and live minnows. But was wondering if there were any faves out there for covering water.

[dave524]

Headed out to fish a lake for crappie that Ive only iced fished before. Big lake and want a few choices in baits for covering water. Will have slip floats and tubes and jigs and live minnows. But was wondering if there were any faves out there for covering water.

 

White Maribou Blakemore " Road Runners " in a 1/8 oz., use a countdown method till you fine the right depth.

[bassjnkie]

On a boat to cover water, I like to use the Booyah crappie spinner baits or just plain spinners. Second would be a slip float and 1/80th jig head with a tube.

[Slop]

Unless the situation absolutely requires a float, then I will never use them.

 

Depending on conditions, eighth ounce jigs and 3 inch twister tails or minnow imitations are about as an effective search tool as you can get....besides, they are cheap. Small crankbaits and stickbaits are very effective as well providing Pike are not going to be a problem where you are fishing. Suspending models seem to work better than sinking or floating types. For both jigs and cranks, a slow, steady retreive with the odd pause will trigger strikes.

 

Where and when to search? That's a topic in itself.

[T Fisher]

Unless the situation absolutely requires a float, then I will never use them.

 

Depending on conditions, eighth ounce jigs and 3 inch twister tails or minnow imitations are about as an effective search tool as you can get....besides, they are cheap. Small crankbaits and stickbaits are very effective as well providing Pike are not going to be a problem where you are fishing. Suspending models seem to work better than sinking or floating types. For both jigs and cranks, a slow, steady retreive with the odd pause will trigger strikes.

 

Where and when to search? That's a topic in itself.

 

Check out Blakemore products they make great Crappie products. Like Tony the tiger said, They're great.

Edited April 21, 2010 by T Fisher

[Daplumma]

Down here a white maribu roadrunner will work,good call Dave.

Joe

[Afraz]

Husky Jerk baited with a shiner tail, LOL.