02-26-2009, 08:36 AM
nothing is ever going to beat live bait [#000000][size 7].[/size][/#000000]
yep thats a mighty big period.
mind you I have done my best with
[ul][li]crickets. [/li][li]fresh earthworms [/li][li]red worms [/li][li]leaf worms dug from the garden, [/li][li]wax worms year round [/li][li]as a youth I caught tested every bug in the feild and put it on my hook to catch gills, [/li]
[ul][li]one that dose not work is grubs.[/li][/ul][/ul]
that being said, for artificial I cant realy give you any better info you have already received but these are the ones I use:
[ul][li]a small peice of yarn[/li][li]home made fles[/li][li]crapie candy, [/li][li]vairious small biodigradable wax worms of many colors.[/li][li]small soft plastics of many kinds will work on gills[/li]
[ul][li]1 in curly tails[/li][li]3 inch worms[/li][li]1/4 in hoppers[/li][li]1/4 in crickets[/li][li]1/4 in frogs[/li][/ul][/ul]Crank Baits
[ul][li]smaller the better inch to about an inch and a half.[/li][li]rooster tails[/li][li]repalla type minnow[/li][li]mepps single hook spinner baits with small hooks[/li][li]small spoons
[/li][/ul]
yep thats a mighty big period.
mind you I have done my best with
[ul][li]crickets. [/li][li]fresh earthworms [/li][li]red worms [/li][li]leaf worms dug from the garden, [/li][li]wax worms year round [/li][li]as a youth I caught tested every bug in the feild and put it on my hook to catch gills, [/li]
[ul][li]one that dose not work is grubs.[/li][/ul][/ul]
that being said, for artificial I cant realy give you any better info you have already received but these are the ones I use:
[ul][li]a small peice of yarn[/li][li]home made fles[/li][li]crapie candy, [/li][li]vairious small biodigradable wax worms of many colors.[/li][li]small soft plastics of many kinds will work on gills[/li]
[ul][li]1 in curly tails[/li][li]3 inch worms[/li][li]1/4 in hoppers[/li][li]1/4 in crickets[/li][li]1/4 in frogs[/li][/ul][/ul]Crank Baits
[ul][li]smaller the better inch to about an inch and a half.[/li][li]rooster tails[/li][li]repalla type minnow[/li][li]mepps single hook spinner baits with small hooks[/li][li]small spoons
[/li][/ul]