Crappie fishing jigs

If you are ready to step up your crappie fishing you need to learn how to fish with crappie artificial baits. If you use crappie artificial baits properly,you will usually catch more crappie than people using live minnows... for a variety of reasons)- For one with proper selection of artificial baits for crappie you are attempting to imitate the nature food source of the crappie. If you select the correct bait and find the crappie they will hit. If they are on the feed you will catch them one right after the other.

When you go to purchase your crappie fishing artificial baits,Please feel free to use our suggested list of crappie bait selections. Half the battle of selecting artificial baits is knowing what to buy.

#1 You can purchase your crappie fishing jigs on line,at large department stores or at your local bait shop. You may pay a bit more at the local bait shop but you can also get great local tips of what crappie artificial have been working best. One key factor when you look for crappie fishing jigs at any of the locations is to select jigs in the weight sizes of 1/32oz to 1/8oz.My personal preference are crappie fishing jigs at weights of 1/32oz to 1/8oz and I have an assortment of these jigs in my tackle box.Crappie fishing jigs have most of their weight concentrated in the jig head. Also, jigs are packaged and marked with there weights and sometimes the hook size.

#2 You will need to have an assortment of crappie fishing jigs. So your first jig to look for that is 1/16 to 1/8 ounce is called the curly tail crappie jig.A curly tail jig is made up of a jig head with the hook molded into it and a plastic curly tail that has a body and a tail and mounted thru it's center on the hook.I would recommend you do a search on google using "curly tail jig" as your search term so you can see a picture of the this crappie fishing jig. This jig is one of the most common crappie jigs used by crappie fisherman and is very inexpensive.

#3 Your next crappie jig to look for is called the "marabou jigs" I would recommend you have and assortment these jigs in your crappie fishing artificial baits list also. The marabou jig comes in a variety of colors. You will notice that the jig head of the marabou crappie jig is similar to the curly tail jig. The marabou jig has hair like material for the body and tail instead of plastic.I also recommend you do a google search for this jig to see what it looks like.

#4 You should have some "weedless spinner baits" in your tackle box.The weedless spinner bait has a blade at the top , then a wire formed at an angle attaches to a fishing jig. Well guess what? The jig attached is normally a "curly tail jig" or a marabou jig", so the only real difference is the blade and wire attached. If you want to see a picture use " weedless spinner bait as your search term.

#5 You should have an assortment of "willow leaf blades" the blades should be colored Colorado or gold. willow leaf blades are again, either a curly tail jig or marabou jig with a willow leaf blade attached. Again do a google search to see a picture of this artificial bait.

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