@@DWSOutdoors it definitely works. Gets a bit annoying when you have to replace your bait or buy a new pack of worms because you left yours in the car 😂
@@DWSOutdoors Buy the Everlasting Slip Bobbers. I've never found a better bobber than those, and they're available in tons of sizes and relatively affordable!
I'm going to leave several comments on this topic here. First of all jigheads. The VMC Neon Moon Eye Jigheads were a game changer for me. I got the smallest size I could find, either 1/16 or 1/32 I believe. They hold the plastics on really well and have excellent action!
@@DWSOutdoors Yes, it's hook shaped. I caught tons of fish on them and the crappie slayers didn't move at all on them! and they're the perfect size too for fishing about 12-15 fow, which was the depth I was on at a lake up north.
The crappie tube jig under a bobber is my #1 crappie lure. This year I started using the crappie scrub and I'm super impressed with this jig. Love the action of the legs👍
I use just a hook and a minnow. Then just drift with the wind until you drift over the crappies. Second choice is a tiny sliver spoon just casted toward the weeds.
Third comment (sorry for multiple comments on this video, but I do really enjoy commenting on Tackle Tip Tuesdays!). My favorite go-to's for Crappies: Definitely the crappie scrubs. They seem to always work no matter what body of water you're on! Also I'll never go without a mini mite in my tackle box (I'm quite surprised they didn't make your top ten!). When those came out over 25 years ago they were a game changer! Still work great, they also make them in different sizes now but nothing beats the original size. 3 Colors to use - Chartreuse (always works), White, and Orange. Third a maribu jig. Pink head, white fur is my favorite. I always have one of those if crappie fishing. Ever use the Hali spoons while ice fishing? If drift fishing they work really good tipped with a couple of spikes or a waxie for crappie and bluegill. I haven't used them often, but they do work. Not sure if they cast well though - the gold chain might get tangled. And of course a slip bobber with a minnow.
Stephen Peterson Also I have used all of the above and completely forgot about mini mites 😂 for about 3 years that’s how I would drift fish Crappie with the chartreuse and pink head or white body and pink head! Marabou always seem to be better in places where there are a lot of bugs so if you are in the Northwoods in the middle of nowhere it’s a good one to have with you!
@@DWSOutdoors Menominee River, July and August late evening maribu jigs is what my dad taught me to use. We caught walleye and crappie all night long fishing off the old interstate bridge (Highway 41). That bridge was taken down 10 or so years ago and the new one has higher railings which make it tough to fish off of, but anyhow we caught tons of fish using a maribu.
One more of my favorites for crappie, bluegill and perch: panfish grubs made at Dick Smith's Bait and Tackle. I've only had luck with the white though.
Forgot one of the greatest crappies techniques.... fly fishing! I don't really know where to go near ne yet for it, but as a kid my dad or brother would love to bring a fly rod on the boat when we went out for the evenings and would usually get a few 14" crappies each night 8n the summer.
David Schaible there are a couple of places way up north that I know of that the lakes are not that deep so the Crappie school just under the surface like that late in the day! I need a fly rod 😂
How about "sparkly" as a synonym for glitter? As for crappie fishing in local waters, the crappie continually elude me despite my best efforts to find them. In the past year I caught 3 crappie (1 slab) by chance using a hook and bobber (both slip bobber and spring bobber) with an earthworm as bait. I was panfishing at the time--after bluegill and pumpkinseed. I tried fishing for the crappie through the ice and on the rivers in early spring. I think I need to expand my fishing horizons if I am ever to get into crappie.
