i try to use live bait as little as possible, especially in the summer cause its a hassle, but when im crappie fishing i always have a few dozen just in case.
Ive used jigging rapala's, Bobby Garlands, twister tails, tubes, trout/crappie magnets....all with very very minimal results. they would hit everything, but they wouldnt commit to it. Best artificial bite ive had on priest has been trolling, but the particular area i fish has so much boat traffic, trolling in my boat is nearly impossible fighting all the criss crossing waves. the cats would smash the jigging rapala though if anybody wanted to add another tool to thier catfishing equipment.
I know crappies can be very tempermental, if something isnt just right, they have a tendancy to just play with it, but i found it odd that the 2 species hit totally different saturday. Maybe it was the weather, or maybe it was just coincenance. Interesting sure enough though.
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