reservoirs, rivers, and ponds are home to these slabby sunfish, and the good news is that where you find one, you often find many. We’ve put a bow on our top crappie fishing tips outlining how to catch crappie so you can
you will need a bigger jig but go with a light one if you can. I like 1/4 or 3/8 best, but will go to a half ounce when necessary. I like a jig that sinks slowly, giving a big bass time to hit it. For that reason I am fishing hair jigs more - the air the hollow ...
Black bass to 6.40 pounds are good on 1/8 ounce minnow baits scoping and Hag’s Tsunami 1/2 ounce jigs in Juice Box in 1-5 feet of water along weed edges, and Alabama rigs on the ledges. Bass are settling into a normal winter pattern. Crappie are slow on jigs and minnows in brush...
they try to find the deepest water. In other lakes, crappie aren’t far from where they are caught most of the rest of the year. It boils down to the fact that crappie will go wherever baitfish take them. They head to wherever they hear the dinner bell ring. ...
If you’re wondering how to rig a slip float, it’s simple: Drifting while working big swim baits When the wind is in your favor, why not use it? One technique that I really like is to drift slowly down shallow, weedy flats while casting big swim baits. Not only does this increase...
While working the bait shop floor I have many conversations with folks on how to up the numbers of fish they catch. Here's two pointers for today. 1) Rig up a ML to UL jigging pole tipped with a minnow bait, especially one with flasher spoons on them and keep it with you while che...
Jigs Jigs are very versatile and can be fished in the standard vertical jigging manner, or can be used as part of a trolling rig. Some anglers like to add small pieces of bait, either minnows or nightcrawlers, to their jigs to entice even more bites. ...
Popular saltwater jigs include thebucktailand theverticaljigs. For freshwater jigging, grab aweightedjigheadand rig it out with a soft lure or live bait. Jigheads come in a ton of different options as well, from awalleyejigheadto atrout-specificsetup. ...