Used this way, a minnow-tipped weedless jig is more durable. Sometimes a bobber and bait are all that’s needed to hit crappie pay dirt. This is especially true when crappies are feeding in ...

Winters is in the jig-making business, especially the kind that crappies devour. His Jetaco firm has a franchise to make the first lead-free crappie jig from bismuth, a non-toxic element now being ...

Previously, given a lack of quality, technique-specific crappie rods, most of us simply settled for generic “ultralight” rods—nearly always insufficient by several octaves. Today, techniques like dock ...

The Midwest crappie fishing scene took a major hit earlier this week as a popular northeast Kansas lure manufacturer closed its doors. Topeka’s Brandon Manis, owner of Top Secret Jig Company ...

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including anything from a leech for pike or a crawfish for bass to a small minnow for crappie and perch. This spectrum is as wide or wider than spectrum of fish that are susceptible to a jig.

1. In a recent article, you mentioned you liked the Berkley Powerbait Ripple Shad for crappie. Can you tell me the style and weight of the jig you use with this bait? Would you recommend this set ...

This past week I got zapped twice using a 1-inch crappie tube rigged on a 1/32-ounce tube jig. I decided to check out some of my favorite dock slips that have produced early fall crappie in the past.

I got one pole in the water and started tying a jig on another. The first pole bowed underneath the boat. I netted the huge crappie and dropped the jig back in the water. Same scenario again.

Actually, Whaley probably could find his crappie fishing holes blindfolded ... and you can catch a cooler full on a jig. People fish the docks and brushpiles in April and May and catch a lot ...