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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 22:37:44 GMT -5
what does everybody use mostly curly tails or straight tails and why
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Post by nfalls116 on Jul 28, 2015 22:51:54 GMT -5
what does everybody use mostly curly tails or straight tails and why if I'm fishing brush I use straight for jigging type action and if I'm casting And retrieving on flats and such I use a curly tail... And because it just happens that those setups have worked best for me |
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Post by onebentarrow on Jul 29, 2015 1:50:10 GMT -5
I back troll for crappy and mostly use curly tails but some times it takes beetle spinners or very small minnow crank baits. Some times I also will put a sinker up the line 3 feet to get them down to the depth I need
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jul 29, 2015 14:53:45 GMT -5
I use minnows myself  . |
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Post by trophyparadise on Jul 29, 2015 15:18:10 GMT -5
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jul 29, 2015 19:15:01 GMT -5
I sit on the dock and use minnows... as fast as I can reel in 25.
I always liked curly.
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Post by esshup on Jul 30, 2015 9:24:28 GMT -5
I cast and use curly tails. Always curly tail up, not down. Why? Seems to work better for me. I make sure that the hook comes out of the grub on the mold seam line - it seems to track straighter that way.
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Post by steiny on Jul 30, 2015 10:25:34 GMT -5
Live minnows, and usually keep some of those gulp minnows in the tackle box in the event I stumble across crappie and don't have live minnows on hand. They hit the gulp minnows real good on a small lead head jig.
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Post by subzero350 on Aug 3, 2015 17:02:33 GMT -5
We fish for crappie with live minnows at night (after dark and sometimes all the way until dawn). I designed some electric lamps that use off-the-shelf 12v CFL bulbs (800 lumen output but draw only about 1 amp each) that we attach to the side of the boat or pontoon and direct to shine down into the water. We typically anchor in about 18-35 ft depths and lower the minnows on bobber poles to wherever the fishfinder shows the fish at (varies by lake).
We typically catch crappie this way, but sometimes we also get bluegill, pike, and catfish.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2015 21:31:52 GMT -5
minnows are such a pain in the butt are hard to keep alive this time of year. and i have to go abouthalf hr out of my way, plus if you don,t get them the nite before you get on the water later than i like
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2015 21:38:46 GMT -5
minnows are such a pain in the butt are hard to keep alive this time of year. and i have to go abouthalf hr out of my way, plus if you don,t get them the nite before you get on the water later than i like
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2015 21:42:47 GMT -5
woops sorry
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Post by nfalls116 on Aug 5, 2015 1:40:41 GMT -5
minnows are such a pain in the butt are hard to keep alive this time of year. and i have to go abouthalf hr out of my way, plus if you don,t get them the nite before you get on the water later than i like Minnows are nice but I agree I have to drive by like five fishing holes to get to the nearest minnows that's why I use other bait |
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Aug 5, 2015 6:35:44 GMT -5
minnows are such a pain in the butt are hard to keep alive this time of year. and i have to go abouthalf hr out of my way, plus if you don,t get them the nite before you get on the water later than i like True, but I now have an aerated bucket, which really helps, but water still needs to be a little on the cool side. However, I've been catching them on dead minnows. One weekend, we used all 6 dozen minnows, even the dead ones. I see why there is a limit of 25/person as they can be easy to catch. |
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Post by nfalls116 on Aug 5, 2015 6:54:19 GMT -5
I'm craving some crappie right about now! I'd like to catch a few slabs
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Aug 5, 2015 19:42:50 GMT -5
I'm craving some crappie right about now! I'd like to catch a few slabs I've got a bag frozen; if you'd like to have them, I can bring them to the bird hunt. |
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Post by nfalls116 on Aug 5, 2015 20:09:11 GMT -5
We might just have to do that my!
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Post by Land Between the Lakes on Aug 8, 2015 18:54:51 GMT -5
Minnows always work great, curly tails work great sometimes. And sometimes trolling with small Crankbaits works good during the summer.
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Post by subzero350 on Aug 10, 2015 18:31:33 GMT -5
minnows are such a pain in the butt are hard to keep alive this time of year. and i have to go abouthalf hr out of my way, plus if you don,t get them the nite before you get on the water later than i like We have electric (120v plug-in) aerators and battery operated (2x D-cell) aerators that we use to help keep the minnows alive. Last year, we had a lot of problems trying to get minnows we purchased Friday evening to last thru the next night's fishing expedition - especially in the heat. Throwing a little ice in with the minnows seems to help. But I noticed the bait store we purchase our minnows from has a huge sink they keep the minnows in. It has several aerators running to keep the water oxygenated. But they leave the faucet running (well water) a bit at all times (excess water drains out of the overflow drain so the sink doesn't overflow). Essentially, they are keeping the minnow water clean. So this year we started changing the water the minnows are in every 24 hours. We fill up new buckets with clean well water and transfer the minnows from the old water into the new using small nets. Our well water is quite clean although it does have a touch of iron in it (no sulfur smell at all). So far so good, we only lose a couple minnows every 24 hours. This week we are going to continue this method of changing the water every 24 hours to see how long we can keep this batch we purchased last Friday night alive. |
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Post by nfalls116 on Aug 10, 2015 20:40:21 GMT -5
Minnows
Well I used to catch minnows and keep them alive for a very long amount of time.
It was very simple to have them alive and ready at the drop of a had and if I didnt feel like catching them I would just buy some to toss in there.
I took a 55 gallon plastic drum with no lid on it filled it up with well water and put a aerorator in it for their oxygen and would change about 1/4 of the water out every two weeks to a month whenever depending on how many I had in there and fed them pond pellets or dog food whichever I grabbed before I went down stairs to check on them
This worked for quite awhile until my fish i had in the aquarium died
It was very simple
I had read somewhere that round containers are much better and you don't need a filter if you don't feed to much once or twice a week I would go throw food in for them the rest of the time they would have to clean the scraps and algae off the sides
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