Crappie fishing....Minnows vs Plastics?

[RICHYD4U]

Thought I'd throw this out there and see what everyone thinks. Minnows or plastics?

From my little experience crappie fishing, I've caught a lot more fish on plastics. However, I fish plastics a lot more than minnows, so....take it for what its worth!

[MsgMills]

Live bait for me...Never could get the action on plastics for crappie...But have always caught my bigger crappie on crank baits while bass fishing....

[Cobra190]

I have no patience, so I do both. I rig a few dead lines with minnows, and watch them as I cast around with small plastics or cranks at the same time. There's times I even have a couple rigged with night crawlers slung out for the cats.

[skinny]

minnows...but ive seen days when you had better have both

[CTFSHWHISKER]

last 2 times at nolin plastics have been much better for us..i tried minnow on slip bobbers,drifting,and just down lining.lip hooked them on my jighead still no.but dad says you have to turn the trolling motor down to use minnows...i did have one hit a grub on my buzzbait..flipped my tube back in and got him.

[Tom523]

I have some days when they just won't hit a minnow and other days when theywon't hit a jig. Sometimes it takes a minnow jig combination. It has been my experience though that jigs seem to work better when the water is more stained.

[csparks643]

southern pro makes the best crappie tube ever. i have every single color they make i belive....there bout 89 cents a pack and there well worth it, ive caught way more fish on crappie tubes then minnows or anything else. ive even caught a few largemouth and bullheads while using them, caught a snapping turtle once

[SwampDonkey]

Plastic for me! Minnows are too much trouble. I like southern pro tubes also. I think they are a little better that the ones from bass pro called lil squirts or something.

[F16ENGMGR]

1/64 oz jigs & tubes PLASTICS

[crappiepappy]

If I'm Crappie fishing ... I'm using plastics about 95% of the time. Sitting still/tied up and relaxing ... I'll put on minnows. But, if I'm serious about it ... I'm casting !! Jigheads/plastics, marabou jigs, or marabou Roadrunners have put more Crappie in the livewell, for me, than minnows ever did ... and bigger ones, too.
I like alot of different brands, but some of my more favorite ones are :
Panfish Assassin Shads
CrappiePro Solid Body Tubes
BPS Sparkle Squirts (hollow tubes)
Roadrunners (marabou)

Mostly I use 1/32oz & 1/16oz jigs/jigheads/RR's ... regardless of method of presentation.

... cp

[tracker35]

I very rarely use minnows, but there are times when they are needed.

I either tie on one 1/16 or double rig 2 - 1/32 w/ diff colors.
always 4# line on 7' rods