11-14-2007, 03:08 AM
crawdads, small perch, small gills, small shiners are your primary bait steelers... If you go to a number #8 arberdeen hook... and an earth worm or red worm you will catch the little perp...
if it is a crawdad, you need to just lift and retreive slowly, no jerking, they will hold on to the hook and line and you can pull them up.
for crappie, go with a #4 arberdeen hook with a live minnow, if live is not allowed Josh's pickled minnows will work...
crappie are seldom bait steelers, they are more the grab it all and run type of fish, even the small ones.
if using a bobber and it is a crappie, you will get a couple nudges then the bobber will go down, if it is any other fish you will get continuous nudges...
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if it is a crawdad, you need to just lift and retreive slowly, no jerking, they will hold on to the hook and line and you can pull them up.
for crappie, go with a #4 arberdeen hook with a live minnow, if live is not allowed Josh's pickled minnows will work...
crappie are seldom bait steelers, they are more the grab it all and run type of fish, even the small ones.
if using a bobber and it is a crappie, you will get a couple nudges then the bobber will go down, if it is any other fish you will get continuous nudges...
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