Crappie fishing jigs

If you are ready to step up your crappie fishing you need to learn how to fish with crappie artificial baits. When you only fish live bait such as minnows for crappie you are limiting yourself to only one of the food sources crappie tend to eat on a daily and seasonal basis. If you learn to imitate the crappie's natural food sources using crappie artificial baits you will be a more consistent crappie fisherman, and your average catch will increase drastically. 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,I have compiled a list of "killer" crappie fishing baits that every crappie fisherman should have in his or her tackle box. You are welcome to copy any information in the article so when go to purchase your crappie fishing jigs you know what to select.

#1 When you purchase on line, at the bait store or a department store like wall-mart look for crappie fishing jigs with a 1/32 to 1/8 ounce weight on them. Crappie fishing jigs can be purchased in sizes from 1/64 oz usually up to 1/4 ounce.I personally use jigs in the 1/32 to 1/8 once size.Most of the weight of a jig is concentrated in the head of the jig. All crappie fishing jigs show the weight and hook size on them.

#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.The curly tail is made from plastic. To see what a curly tail jig looks like do a google search "curly tail jig" you will find plenty of pictures for reference. This jig is one of the most common crappie jigs used by crappie fisherman and is very inexpensive.

#3 You should have some "marabou jigs" in your tackle box also.The marabou jig comes in a variety of colors. The marabou jig has a head just like the curly tail jig but instead of a plastic "curly tail" there is hair, or something simulating hair.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.