A fishermen could get overwhelmed or confused looking at the selection of crappie jigs in a tackle shop — or in Danny Sisson’s tackle box.
But beyond color patterns, jigs fall into a handful of basic styles, and each one has its little niche.
Tied chenille or mylar jigs are a great choice for fishermen who are shooting lures back under docks, according to Sisson, because they fall slowly in front of crappie suspended under the platforms and floats.
Soft-plastic jigs with various forms of curlytails will fall more quickly when fished under docks and can be more effective if fish are found closer to the bottom, and they’re at their best, perhaps, when they’re being cast to laydown trees when crappie move to them later in September, or as part of long-line trolling rigs more popular during the spring.
Slider jigs, soft-plastic jigs with a flat, stump-like tail, are excellent choices when threaded on jigheads as part of a Spider-rig set up, according to Sisson.
“Really, it’s more about what kind of jig you’ve got confidence in,” he said.
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