Blade Bait Crappies

I Have had pretty good luck with these.. heddon,sonars vibe-E, Northland's, new minnows, Yes thats right.. ?for crappies.. Can't tell ya how many of these fish had a set of trebbles down their throat.. 1/4 oz. seems to be the best size..Anybody else been using them as a constant lure??

They certainly aren't my go-to lure for slabs, but I sure have caught a fair amount of them on blade baits. They would be a great choice if the crappie are aggressive though.

ORIGINAL: nw/jigmaster

ORIGINAL: Bogeyjoker

They certainly aren't my go-to lure for slabs, but I sure have caught a fair amount of them on blade baits. They would be a great choice if the crappie are aggressive though.

Bjoker I know U fish pymie also.. try em a lil more, and u will B supprised two.. NW/

I'll try them more this year.

Jigmaster I need to use those this year - last year I caught most of my crappies on a buckshot spoon tipped with a minnow head.  Never stuck with the blade bait to build confidence.  December 18th 2010 was my first day on Pymy last season.  Gonna be a while before we get out this year.  I don't mind the delayed start of the season since my wife & I had our first baby last Monday.  I need to earn some points & change some diapers before I drag a sled out on the ice... A few years and the little girl can go with me!

ORIGINAL: Catchabigone

Denny,
Congratulations on the birth of your daughter.

+1. No need pushing your luck getting out on the ice either...My days of belly crawling out on a couple inches of ice ended when my firstborn was hatched about 15 years ago.

ORIGINAL: Bogeyjoker

ORIGINAL: Catchabigone

Denny,
Congratulations on the birth of your daughter.

+1. No need pushing your luck getting out on the ice either...My days of belly crawling out on a couple inches of ice ended when my firstborn was hatched about 15 years ago.

+1 Priorities definitely change with precious gifts!!!! Enjoy every minute Denny!

All of the eyes i've ever caught thru the ice were on vibee's. And thats on pymy and squito. Gonna spend a little more time with them this season. Hey Denny, congrats on the life changing experience. Enjoy her for as long as you can cause they do grow up fast.

i use some homemade sonars for eyes and we always get some crappies
in smaller lakes when trout fishing we get em on kastmasters tiped w/ maggots

I had a buddy that used the scents and sometimes he would really hammer fish then other times I would catch just as many without the scent.

man do those look nice.. too pricey for me..

check out jamminjigs.com they have some really cool ice jigs and jigging spoons for what i would say is a decent price.this isnt an ad just figured fellow ice fisherman would like to check this out.

How can a lure be too pricey,at 3.50 4.00 range? I've got Cicada's in my ice box that are 20 years old and still getting fish. Some people that care of stuff and some don't. I've got thousands of ice jigs and lures that I've bought through the years and they still look new.

Yea I dig,but with buying new boots, new bows,new arrows,and a Berreta shotgun,a 3-4 buck lure might be to pricey.

Didn't you get an auger too or was that your dad? You had a wonderful holiday.

Quite a few years ago an "old timer" gave me a bit of advise for using jigs. He said if you ain't losing them, you aint using them.I found that it holds true for lures also. Doesn't matter if you take care of them or not,unless you are in a boat & have a lure retriever. sam

ORIGINAL: Big Tuna

How can a lure be too pricey,at 3.50 4.00 range? I've got Cicada's in my ice box that are 20 years old and still getting fish. Some people that care of stuff and some don't. I've got thousands of ice jigs and lures that I've bought through the years and they still look new.