04-22-2004, 05:25 PM
I do some fishing at night for Crappie and I use "Fas-Snaps" that I tie on in the daylight. They allow me to slide my lures on and off without tying knots, and also make the Crappie jig hang more naturally to give it more action. They are available either from Bass Pro Shops or Cabelas or both. I use my own glow jigs and they work very well. It is hard to fish at night when you can't see. I have a built in light in the boat, and I lean my Plano jig box up against it and cover it with the lid. This diffuses the light and lets me remove the jigs and measure the fish. I also bend down the barb on the hooks so they will come out easier and as an added bonus they don't hurt the deep hooked small fish as bad. Of course Crappie fishing is different from Bass fishing and we usually fish stationary, tied on to a bridge column or anchored over brush. I use a floating Crappie light, the kind that is embedded in styrofoam for flotation, but I just barely hang it over the dge of the boat, and it attracts bugs which attract the shad and minnows, and that brings in the Crappie. The bugs aren't usually that bad if there is a breeze blowing.
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