How BIG will you go to catch BIG Crappies ?

  • Dave Koonce
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    Prairie du Chien Wi.
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    January 17, 2014 at 8:53 am #1359651

    Some times Big Crappies Like Big Baits !!!

    This year I have been using the VMC Tumbler to search out big crappies crusing under the ice..

    VMC Tumbler Spoon

    Tom Sawvell
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    January 17, 2014 at 8:55 am #1380503

    I don’t have a problem using a 1/16 jig with a 2″ plastic. Big likes big in my opinion.

    walleyenordy
    Cottage Grove, MN
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    January 17, 2014 at 9:11 am #1380510

    Geez going to have to get a bigger auger soon to get these up through the hole.

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
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    January 17, 2014 at 9:56 am #1380524

    Quote:

    Some times Big Crappies Like Big Baits !!!

    This year I have been using the VMC Tumbler to search out big crappies crusing under the ice..

    VMC Tumbler Spoon

    That is typically the size i’ll start with and size up or down from there. Crappies have no problem with large baits on most days, i’ve never been a fan of catching little fish anyway, so i’m usually targeting the larger of whatever species i’m after.

    Dave Koonce
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    Prairie du Chien Wi.
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    January 17, 2014 at 10:10 am #1380532

    Another Bait I have been toying with is the Tear Drop

    If the fish is showing a preference to a vertical presentation I will hook up my plastic straight down off the jig.. If they are looking for a horizontal presentation I will just start the plastic on the hook then leave the tail angle off the tear drop at 90 degrees..

    Dave Koonce
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    Prairie du Chien Wi.
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    January 17, 2014 at 10:12 am #1380533

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    Quote:

    Some times Big Crappies Like Big Baits !!!

    This year I have been using the VMC Tumbler to search out big crappies crusing under the ice..

    VMC Tumbler Spoon

    That is typically the size i’ll start with and size up or down from there. Crappies have no problem with large baits on most days, i’ve never been a fan of catching little fish anyway, so i’m usually targeting the larger of whatever species i’m after.

    I’m with ya on this one !!!

    PB2
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    January 17, 2014 at 10:25 am #1380541

    Interesting you use a snap swivel and a bigger one to boot.

    chamberschamps
    Mazomanie, WI
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    January 17, 2014 at 1:50 pm #1380604

    I’ve caught medium crappie on a 1/2 oz bucktail and magnum fathead when walleye fishing on the Wisconsin River. When they’re hungry, they are not shy.

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    January 17, 2014 at 1:57 pm #1380609

    Buddy and I caught 75 5″-10″ walleyes a couple weeks ago using the largest size macho minnow and a large complete fathead. It’s about a 6″ or longer presentation that these dinks were inhaling. All depends on the day. Couldn’t upsize big enough to not get them to bite.

    Bryan Myers
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    January 17, 2014 at 9:09 pm #1380689

    I couldn’t agree more, I love using big baits for crappies and at times when the bite is tough and some guys downsize I will often go bigger. Most the time I do this just by changing to a bigger bodied plastic, but sometimes I will change the spoon or jig to a bigger one.

    KwikStik
    Trempealeau, WI
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    January 18, 2014 at 9:06 am #1380740

    Biggest crappie I’ve ever caught (17″) was on a 4-5″ shiner on a tip up on Third Lake about 40 years ago.

    Dave Koonce
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    Prairie du Chien Wi.
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    January 18, 2014 at 9:17 am #1380742

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    Biggest crappie I’ve ever caught (17″) was on a 4-5″ shiner on a tip up on Third Lake about 40 years ago.

    That is a MONSTER indeed !!!

    My biggest came off a VMC Tear Drop and TriggerX Nymph Plastic

    It was 15.5″ long

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