Cold one last night but the fish didn’t seem to mind. The crappies continue to be very fincky. I was averaging one bite for every four looks and if I had not been using a spring bobber (I love the St Croix rods!) I would have gone home skunked. By far the best bait was a Glow Nuggie on an Optic Stealth jig. I quickly learned to ignore the first hit count to three then set the hook. The crappies would just hang on to the Nuggie and I had to give them a chance to inhale it. I tried minnows and waxies but the few crappies I caught using them were small. Location was the bottom ~25ft of a steep break. Most of the crappies were suspended anywhere from 12ft to 20ft. The Glow was a key attractor. Every time I charged the jig up I would bring in several fish on the drop.
Tonights game plan is to use some of the other Little Atom plastics and see if a slightly smaller presentation converts more lookers. I had inadvertantly left my rod bag outside the Otter and there was just no way I was going to go out and get it.
