crappie magnets, bobby garlands, etc.

[Headhunter]

for anyone interested, fished with a couple of guys over the weekend for crappie. Was told after we got done fishing that I would be buying a bunch of crappie magnets by one and bobby garlands by the other. They both tried everything, but only took them an hour or so of watching my brother and myself wear the crappie out for them to ask for 2-1/2" white twister tail. Funniest was the crappie magnet guy, he couldn't believe we were each catching 4 to 5 crappie to his one throwing in the exact same spot. I personally believe this time of year it should not matter but the white twister tail could not be beat. The fish were anywhere from 2-5 feet deep.

[aero320]

I fished Saturday with live minnows, white and chartreuse twister tails (small ones) and Crappie Magnets (various colors). Both twister tails and Crappie Magnets out-produced live minnows (both more fish and larger fish). Both twister tails and Crappie Magnets produced equally well for me. I was slow trolling eight rods with two jigs each behind the boat at 1.0 mph. This weekend was my first experience with Crappie Magnets. Placed another order from Leland's Lures on Sunday evening!

[TNBronzeback]

Ive tried and tried and tried Crappie Magnets. jigged, twitched, rolled, trolled, hopped, cranked, flicked, dragged, with and without a bobber and any other method that can describe how to work an ultra light plastic for any species that swims in fresh, salt or brackish waters...lol. i just dont catch enough fish on them to justify my using them. I still have the ones i bought, but they have been down-graded to my "skip-jack baits" box. Ive had great luck with Bobby Garlands for the past 3-4 years so thats my go-to bait anymore. Love my Mr. Twisters as well, they are the only curly tail i will buy!

[aero320]

Originally Posted by TNBronzeback

Ive tried and tried and tried Crappie Magnets. jigged, twitched, rolled, trolled, hopped, cranked, flicked, dragged, with and without a bobber and any other method that can describe how to work an ultra light plastic for any species that swims in fresh, salt or brackish waters...lol. i just dont catch enough fish on them to justify my using them. I still have the ones i bought, but they have been down-graded to my "skip-jack baits" box. Ive had great luck with Bobby Garlands for the past 3-4 years so thats my go-to bait anymore. Love my Mr. Twisters as well, they are the only curly tail i will buy!

Use the bait that you are most confident with!

[browntrout]

Everyone has their go to lure and as stated earlier you should dance with the one that brung ya!! At the same time a lot of people on this forum have had good success with the TM/CM. As a side note the owner of TM/CM has helped several members on this forum and has donated lots of product for different causes. I personally saw him spend 30 minutes talking with a guy and ended up giving the guy a lot of product because it was obvious the gentleman didn't have a lot of money but had a passion for fishing. As for me my go to will be the TM/CM but it is most definitely not the only lure in my arsenal but it is one that I am very comfortable using. I also am proud to rep for a company that is founded and operates on Christian values. Good luck and good fishing!!!!

Roy

[Headhunter]

I ordered 1500 2-1/2" white curly tails today.

[Headhunter]

Just stirring the pot. It does amaze me the number of people who believe you have to have a certain color, brand bait, crappie niblets or giblets or whatever they are (a guide told me he NEVER fishes without the crappie bites or whatever they are). I am pretty sure there are times that you need something special or a particular bait or method to catch crappie, but I will almost guarantee you the next couple weeks you can probably catch crappie on most anything. I caught some last Saturday on a 1/2 oz. chatterbait. I have caught them on buzzbaits, hula poppers, #13 floating rapalas, 3/4 oz willow leaf spinnerbaits, plastic worms, bubble gum flukes, my dads favorite bait many years ago was a Hawaiin wiggler, almost anything this time of the year. I am not that good a crappie fisherman because it is the only time I fish for them, when they come up shallow and they are eating. The rest of the year I have never fished for them. Also, I never fished for crappie before 10 in the morning. Before there was a limit my friend and myself had many 200 fish days and 150 was about average when the crappie came up shallow, our best was somewhere around 250. I guess it is a good thing (we were much younger and stupid, would not keep that many now even if it was legal, I did supply the fish for fish fries then though) that we only got to fish a couple days when the crappie are "catchable" back then. The last few years, I have only been able to fish a couple hours at a time. Sure miss the times I got fish as much as I wished to an extent.

I do have many things (fishing and hunting) that I am very particular about, crappie fishing right before they go on bed is not one of them though.

[Alphahawk]

My son works with a guy who is from Kentucky and went up there with him to see his family one weekend and crappie fishing conversation came up. When my son told them about catching crappie in the daytime they had never heard of such...they told him crappie don't bite in the day time..LOL. They were serious, and only fished after midnight and was off the water before sunrise......the moral of the story, folks need to do what is best for themselves.



Regards

[TNBronzeback]

Confidence in what you tie on and fish with in certainly a huge factor when fishing. It really took alot for me to convert from some form of live bait for crappie to the vast array of artificials designed for targeting them. Dont get me wrong.....lol.....i never hit the water without have a dozen or two minnows at hand as a back up....thats my mental security blanket i guess. If all else fails, at the end of the day, its hard for a crappie to turn down a live minnow....but that still happens too none the less.
Alpha...being from the north, we didnt have alot of cat fish in the great lakes so when i came down here, i had no idea for a length of time i choose not to disclose....lol.....that catfish could be caught during the day in any numbers!

[MNfisher]

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

......the moral of the story, folks need to do what is best for themselves.



Regards

X5000
Couldn't have been said better

[MNfisher]

Originally Posted by Headhunter

Before there was a limit my friend and myself had many 200 fish days and 150 was about average when the crappie came up shallow, our best was somewhere around 250.

Back in high school I could throw a pigskin a quarter mile

[creeksmallie]

Mike
Was that a pig skin loaded with lead?? Your jogging to London also???

Fish where the fish are and throw what you are confident throwing.
I do like the cm/tm and Jeff is a great person with a great product.
I have many other plastics also. I have found sometimes they want bigger than the crappie magnet. So I toss a twister tail even a 6 inch jacks worm. I am not number crappie guy I like the 13 to 17 inchers. Before I met Jeff at his first Nashville show I used the 2.5 inch slider grub as my confidence bait for crappie. We sometime (I have been guilty) study analyze read articles listen to thepros to much. Being on your home body of water and learning it during all conditions is a very important piece of pie. I used to take just one lure and fish all day when learning the creeks. Ex. two packs of 4inch slider black and a motoroil. I often now only have two styles of plastic in my wading bag if targeting smallies and Rockbass I just have 2 to 5 different colors. A suspending jerk bait can be deadly on crappie but when they are tight to cover it can be expensive. Fall/winter and early spring works well for me.My biggest problem with the suspened jerk is not letting sit long enough between pauses.

I can't wait to see MNfisher throw a Quarter the length of a pigskin!!!!

[Heiny57]

Originally Posted by Headhunter

I ordered 1500 2-1/2" white curly tails today.

What brand? White or pearl?

[Headhunter]

Sorry, MNfisher, I know what you are saying, but we caught them in those numbers and more times than I can remember. I was not there but there were 2 times my friend and his dad had over 200 white bass in a day out of priest (before there was a limit) and I know it because I helped clean them. In my early 20's I kept fish I would never dream of keeping now. Also, I would doubt those numbers are possible now. Way to many people fishing and the pressure on the crappie (every species of fish in Priest) is off the chart compared to what it was back then.

I am not putting down crappie magnets or bobby garlands or any other lure and I am sure they work and the CM guy helps people out, but especially for the guys just starting out those lures can be expensive when compared to a plain white curly tail grub. The next couple weeks, crappie will hit anything for the most part. I have caught a few on a bare jig, when my curly tail came off on the cast. I can remember (I am still FAR from being considered anything near wealthy) when I sat with a heat source of some kind and melted all kinds of plastic baits so I could fish more with them because I did not have the extra money to buy any. I purchased a lead pot a long time ago and when I pour biats, I pour what I need in a large quantity. I have only poured 1/16 oz jigheads one time over 20 years ago and may never have to pour them again in order to save money. I use small line so when I hang up I can break off without moving the structure.

[ttitan27]

Originally Posted by MNfisher

Back in high school I could throw a pigskin a quarter mile

Sure you could Uncle Rico