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Hey guys,<BR>I have a buddy that is going crappie fishing somewhere down by brainerd this weekend. He doesnt fish much and asked me what to use to catch the slabs. First I told him to take my vexilar with, then probably some small minnows....what kind of hook set up should he consider? I've never had the oppurtunity to fish crappie....kinda stuck on 14" walleyes for now!! grin.gif Anyway, any help would be great.

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Boeneer'<P>You're "buddy" huh.. I didn't know you were goin to brainerd this weekend. I like to fish them big slabs with big sucker minnows set up with a quickstrike rig. GOOD LUCK!!

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Boenner: Check out the Brainerd Forum. There are some awfully good crappie lakes in the Brainerd area. I'm about an hour south of that city. If you pose any questions ask for help from early007, Jason Erlandson. He owns Daves Sportland and Tackle in Nisswa which is just north of Brainerd in prime crappie county. You were correct on the Vex and small minnows. Small glow jigs will work great set up on a slip bobber rig. These fish do a lot of suspending in deeper water and the Vex will certainly be a most useful tool. If he stops at Daves Sport and Tackle Jason will do everything he can to steer him in the right direction. Hope this helps somewhat. Bill

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Reef,<BR>I have basketball this weekend so I'm spending some quality time with the family. Tim is actually the one going. I have no idea on what to tell him as far as hooks but thats why i posted this. I will fish next weekend when the fish are biting again grin.gif

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Here is some of the best information I can provide when fishing for crappies. First, I like to use a deadstick with a crappie minnow and small (#8 or #10) plain hook about 2 ft. off the bottom with the minnow tail hooked. Second, I like to jig for crappies using the following setup - ultralite jig pole, neon lite moon jig (smaller is better, favorite colors for me are green glow and red glow), 1 crappie nibble and 1 waxie or wiggler on the jig (nibble on first). Keep the bait fresh and adjust the deadstick setup based on the depth the crappies are being caught at. This setup has produced a lot of nice slabs through the ice this year for me.

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Thanks! I'll show him your post!

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Big sucker minnows is the ticket huh reefeer'? I'll tell him to pick up a dozen of them as well...he he he

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Yup, the bigger the better.

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