The Crappie season is on for northeast Ohio, going out this weekend with some friends to get some. Should I stick with a Crappie rig, only minnows? Any Crappie catchin ideas, rigs, bait- would love to try em out-let me know! Thanks D. 8-)

I fish Florida lakes for crappie in the winter, so I don't know how well this will work, but I have found that the best thing to do is troll 1/8 oz pink jig heads with a small, white soft body grub. This rig slays the crappie every year, and I have found that it always outfishes live minnows (for me at least). Trolling is definitely a fun, exciting way to catch crappie. Throw your line over the side, troll, open up a beer, and wait for that strike.

You got it bro! Fall in northeast Ohio is "breathtaking" especially on the local lakes, hell my fiance even comes out on the lake in October just to see the trees change color- and she hates to fish! If what you described is not in my box, I'll hit the tackle store! Thanks! D. 8-)

for ohio crappie i use chartreuse no other color i fish in the  mohican area i use 1/8 jig heads and sometimes lighter weight. the longer you can let it drop the better. if you can look for powerbait tournament strength walleye grubs the two inch size those work wonders the only color and brand i use

Simply buy a couple 1/8 oz.Beetle spins tear off the supplied bodies put on Berkley power grub bodies in the chart.&motor oil colors and retrieve slow.

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These are killer! 8-)

I like the 1/16 oz for a nice slow fall.

If trolling I use the 1/8 oz or if it is windy.

My dad and I usually fish for crappie in the fall and winter with an unpainted weedless jighead, sometimes painted, with normally a white tube, he likes hollow salt and pepper tubes, I like the renegade solid solid body tubes.  We use these with a small long slip bobbers with about 1-3' leader.  We kinda just cast it out and work the bobber back slowly allowing the tube to swim.  I don't know what this rig is actually called but a few people I have talked to about it have never heard of it.

My dad and I usually fish for crappie in the fall and winter with an unpainted weedless jighead, sometimes painted, with normally a white tube, he likes hollow salt and pepper tubes, I like the renegade solid solid body tubes. We use these with a small long slip bobbers with about 1-3' leader. We kinda just cast it out and work the bobber back slowly allowing the tube to swim. I don't know what this rig is actually called but a few people I have talked to about it have never heard of it.

A friend of mine caught an 8 LB largemouth doing that .

Maribou Jigs I use'em I love'em!! I have caught some monster Crappies on super fluke jr's.

These things are all i use when panfishing.

The original bodies rip easy though, might want to look into different brand replacement bodies if you go with these.

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These are killer! 8-)

I like the 1/16 oz for a nice slow fall.

If trolling I use the 1/8 oz or if it is windy.

Go to www.crappie.com  and go to the State Forums, the guys there should be able to give you recent updates of what they're hitting on.  Good bunch of guys.

Fatman

My dad and I usually fish for crappie in the fall and winter with an unpainted weedless jighead, sometimes painted, with normally a white tube, he likes hollow salt and pepper tubes, I like the renegade solid solid body tubes. We use these with a small long slip bobbers with about 1-3' leader. We kinda just cast it out and work the bobber back slowly allowing the tube to swim. I don't know what this rig is actually called but a few people I have talked to about it have never heard of it.

A friend of mine caught an 8 LB largemouth doing that .

We've caught many LMB while crappie fishing with that rig.  It's pretty much a finesse presentation that catches multiple species... I actually caught a 3lb flathead early this spring on it with 4lb line