kfelderhoff

My son and I tried fishing them with a crappie jig but never got a bite. We were using a red jig head with a blue/chartreuse plastic. I do like the idea of using a small 2" shad since there were many bait balls above the fish. I will give that a try. Thanks Super User.

I was doing some winter fishing at a small lake in North Central Texas. The fish are suspended from about 25'-35' in about 40' of water. I fished with a jig, spoon, shaky head, and jib and minnow. I only caught one large crappie on a shaky head. I attached a shot from my Helix and you can see there are quite a few fish. What would be the best bait for these suspended fish? I thought they were some bass but maybe they are all crappie?