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Offline ctom

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crappie clan
« on: 03/02/26 08:26 UTC »
To go along with the little sunfish and perch rippin rap look-a-likes, I did up some crappies. There's a couple of walleye sized lipless baits done too.

Last season the crappie patterned baits did very well on crappies in both the size 3 shown here and the somewhat larger size 4 in the rippin lures done up in several color schemes including the crappie and we were somewhat surprised at how well the natural crappie pattern did on crappies at mid to late summer. Larger [+10"] sunfish showed no hesitation in nailing the natural crappie pattern too.

Between other projects I have been getting my crappie plastics, jigs and hard baits wrapped up so I  don't find myself doing work when I should be fishing. The lipless crappie baits seen here are the final batch. I think I'm ready.

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« Reply #1 on: 03/03/26 06:57 UTC »
As our old friend Denny would say Crappie fishing is for sissies !
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« Reply #2 on: 03/03/26 07:13 UTC »
And bass fishing is for those who aren't smart enough to figure out how to catch crappies.
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« Reply #3 on: 03/04/26 07:21 UTC »
Quote from: ctom on 03/03/26 07:13 UTC
And bass fishing is for those who aren't smart enough to figure out how to catch crappies.

 It's the problem with fishing bass tournaments. You're always pre fishing or fishing the tournament. I haven't crappie fished for years because of it, I don't have time. I love my time in Canada when I switch to walleye and pike. But I'll admit last year we stopped at Rainy Lake for a week on our way up and the smallmouth fishing was to good to pass up. Everyone in camp was fishing walleye and we were taking an old school black jitterbug and casting over rock points and catching 3 and 4 pound smallmouths all day long. Nothing like watching a smallie knock your jitterbug three feet in the air and another one trying to get it out of his mouth.
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« Reply #4 on: 03/04/26 07:28 UTC »
Quote from: Lamar on 03/04/26 07:21 UTC
we were taking an old school black jitterbug and casting over rock points and catching 3 and 4 pound smallmouths all day long. Nothing like watching a smallie knock your jitterbug three feet in the air and another one trying to get it out of his mouth.

I had smallie fishing like that in a shipping channel in Door County , WI one time.
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