Hands down BEST Crappie bait

  • arklite881south
    Posts: 5660
    November 24, 2012 at 3:01 pm #1304082

    Got your attention huh!! Bold statements that can be backed up usually do. When you locate a school of active crappies spitting up meals they have been feeding on you have the critical information needed in to truly dial in a bite. Use your head here. UNHOOK YOUR CRAPPIE MINNOW….REALLY!!

    As a prime example our last Crappie excursion of the year last season found us in the middle of a “Shrimp Feast”. Big “Donks” puking up shrimp and “Daze Haze” hurt lips. We were shaking Shrimp out of those big scooped mouths and quickly dropping them back down. Lacing up the precise size, shape and smell being fed upon = TREMENDOUS SUCCESS!!

    Though your body of water might not have freshwater shrimp; I assure you most bodies of water have larvea hatches that you can match with some effort. This match will increase…..YOUR CATCH!!

    Rumor has it at RDGS!!


    bee
    Maine
    Posts: 357
    November 24, 2012 at 3:44 pm #1114544

    The one I just caught the last slab on. Who knows what will be next.

    icenutz
    Aniwa, WI
    Posts: 2540
    November 26, 2012 at 12:24 am #1114825

    Chris,

    That looks like a Wiggler (Mayfly Larvae)

    ajs
    Mellen,WI
    Posts: 248
    November 26, 2012 at 5:25 pm #1114978

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    Chris,

    That looks like a Wiggler (Mayfly Larvae)

    X2 i catch a lot of late ice pannies that are stuffed with them

    munchy71
    Stuart, Iowa
    Posts: 91
    November 26, 2012 at 7:47 pm #1115014

    Any fly fisherman worth their salt knows that one. It’s the nymph stage of a Hex (Hexagenia) Mayfly. You can “Google it” for images. ;-)

    -Munchy

    arklite881south
    Posts: 5660
    November 26, 2012 at 7:57 pm #1115016

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    Chris,

    That looks like a Wiggler (Mayfly Larvae)

    X2 i catch a lot of late ice pannies that are stuffed with them

    Well there you go!! A trout fisherman I am not. The mayfly larvea apparently are out in February!?! Geez is that a long wait until the July appearance on Rainy Lake.

    icenutz
    Aniwa, WI
    Posts: 2540
    November 26, 2012 at 8:09 pm #1115022

    They come out of the mud, find mud flats and you will find the Perch and Crappies feasting on Wigglers (Mayfly Larvae). This usually starts in late Feb or March once the sun gets up higher. Perch will actually dig for them in the mud.

    munchy71
    Stuart, Iowa
    Posts: 91
    November 28, 2012 at 1:52 pm #1115614

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    Chris,

    That looks like a Wiggler (Mayfly Larvae)

    X2 i catch a lot of late ice pannies that are stuffed with them

    Well there you go!! A trout fisherman I am not. The mayfly larvea apparently are out in February!?! Geez is that a long wait until the July appearance on Rainy Lake.

    Most Hex nymphs actually spend around 2 years in the lake bottom mud before they ascend to the surface and metamorphose into a dun. Then withn 24 hours or so, they metamorphose into the adult mayfly, that most of us see them as.

    -Munchy

    timschmitz
    Waconia MN
    Posts: 1652
    November 28, 2012 at 2:39 pm #1115629

    Quote:

    They come out of the mud, find mud flats and you will find the Perch and Crappies feasting on Wigglers (Mayfly Larvae). This usually starts in late Feb or March once the sun gets up higher. Perch will actually dig for them in the mud.

    Shhhhh!

    muc33
    Posts: 16
    November 28, 2012 at 2:55 pm #1115640

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    Chris,

    That looks like a Wiggler (Mayfly Larvae)

    X2 i catch a lot of late ice pannies that are stuffed with them

    Well there you go!! A trout fisherman I am not. The mayfly larvea apparently are out in February!?! Geez is that a long wait until the July appearance on Rainy Lake.

    Most Hex nymphs actually spend around 2 years in the lake bottom mud before they ascend to the surface and metamorphose into a dun. Then withn 24 hours or so, they metamorphose into the adult mayfly, that most of us see them as.

    -Munchy

    Thanks for the ID Rod!

    munchy71
    Stuart, Iowa
    Posts: 91
    November 28, 2012 at 2:59 pm #1115643

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    Most Hex nymphs actually spend around 2 years in the lake bottom mud before they ascend to the surface and metamorphose into a dun. Then withn 24 hours or so, they metamorphose into the adult mayfly, that most of us see them as.

    -Munchy

    Thanks for the ID Rod!

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