Favorite crappie lure

Just wanted to stir up some discussion on what people’s go to lure for crappies. My favorite is a sinlge hook Northland minnow with plastic on it. Color preference is pink or red.

1. Pink Cecil
2. Red Rembrandt
3. Orange Purist

1/16 oz Crappie Tom Jig (Chartreuse or Pink) paired with a 2″ TwisterTail (Pink, Chartreuse, Lime Green, or White). Simple technique that catches crappies, walleyes, and those pesky pike

1/100th oz calftail jig blue and yellow.

Lil Cecil
1/16oz Slender Spoon
Shrimpo

All thanks to Custom Jigs and Spins

Ratso… either chartreuse, yellow, or black.

My go too jig that is always tied on and always the first to be deployed is a CJ&S Chekai 5mm. Colors for me very but usually a black wish glow spots or clown are my go too colors.

I’m talking summer now…..When fishing in northern Minnesota or on the River, I go with an 1/8 ounce jig, either fire orange or chartreuse, with either a yellow, white, or chartreuse 1 1/2 ” twister tail (or other similar plastics) (I just discovered the smaller GULP tails) down here, off the river or in low current spots, I have gone to 1/16 or smaller ice fishing jigs with great results. In South Dakota, we caught nice crappies on the larger jigs, fishing for walleye. I have caught pound+ crappies on the slender spoons and Gapen spoons as big as 1/4 ounce. For ice fishing I have used the same colors, but in the smaller ice fishing sizes.

summer 1/32 oz. thumper winter gill pill in glow

Just curious……last year, we had better luck some days with the plain hook with minnow or wax worms than with the ice jigs. Has anyone had the same experience this year?

Winter:
1.) Size 8 black,purple or red rocker (with plastic)
2.) Size 8 Northland horizontal black bro bug (with plastic)
Summer:
1.) 1/16 or 1/32 oz jighead with (berkley 2 inch power grub, crappie tube or stinger shad in pink, silver, black or purple)
2.) Crappie minnow under a slipfloat

small orange buck shot spoon with minnow head on one rod jigged constantly. plain red hook with crappie minnow on the other rarely jigged.

Any color Fiska with pink Little Atom Micro Nuggie.

Favorite crappie lure?
Isnt that an oxymoron?

Pink head, white feather Flu Flu jig.

Ice:
4mm Fiska in Glitter Red or 5mm Checkai gold-plated
1/16oz Slender Spoon
Wonder Jigs – Psycho Eye Jig in Red and Green Glow.

Open water:
#2 Swedish Pimples with single hooks tipped with a plastic or live worm depending on the water conditions.

Nuclear ant or ratso. Colors vary depending how active the fish are, and water clarity.

For winter-best I have found is a

Size 10 bro bug jighead tipped with a little atom blood red micro nuggie. Always does the trick.

Summer-best I have found is a

Cubby tackle mini-mite jig. Jig through brushpiles and hang on. pink head/white body.

Majmun jig with a ratso body for winter…….PS big slob perch also love it. – Q

Northland impulse mini smelt in the white glow or chartreuse.

Winter – Northland forage minnow spoon, green

Summer – Lindy Little Guppy tinsel jig with crappie minnow. Pink Head.

Pink Cecil
Pink Rembrant
Pink diamond jig with ratso plastic