Crappie bite

[OhioSwampRat]

Anyone got some favorite crappie lures and or bait combinations? I'm planning for Chippewa tomorrow, any crappie tips would be appreciated too

[fishintechnician]

I've been getting mine on tungsten jigs tipped with either mousies or two waxies just hooked thru the head so they dangle.

[slabslayer]

This year its been jigging spoons with either 2 waxies or 3 maggots.  Purple, chartreuce, and black/silver have been 3 best colors for me. 

[OhioSwampRat]

What size spoons? I have a few #2 sweedish pimples, and a couple that are just a little bigger?

[slabslayer]

Spoons have been small. They're the Northland Forage Minnow in the 2 smallest sizes. I can't remember what those sizes are off the top of my head. They also have the blood red treble hook. If I'm not getting bit with that hook, I'll switch it out for a single hook on a small chain tipped with a single spike. That seems to turn on fickle crappies because it gives them something different to look at that most guys don't use. That hook on a chain behaves totally differently than a treble on a split ring.

[ERFishers]

Slayer- do you make your chain drop down rigs or buy them. I know you can take them off the hali jigs or order them. Just wondered hard to find them in central Ohio.
Thanks

[slabslayer]

You can buy the chains with hooks for the Hali jigs separately. I found them online. But I'm sure Mark's, A&C, or Mogadore either have them or can get them quickly. Then you can make any jig or spoon into a chain hook lure and totally change the action.

[ERFishers]

Thanks for the info Slayer. Have made my own over the years and have always heard the Hali chains break easy so thought I woud get some information from someone that used them often. Run mine under a kastmaster.