Small...HEAVY jigs for Crappies/Pannies

[DuckBlind]

Looking for a good crappie jig...fishing DEEP right now. Smaller jigs seem to work better, but the ones I have take allllll day to get down to the bottom. Using a light line...

Any suggestions for HEAVY but small crappie jigs? What to get? Where to get them?

Thanks much. Oh and can you tell me where to catch nice walleyes, map and an X please.

[MN BassFisher]

I bought some Skandia tungsten jigs. Expensive but they drop like rocks. I heard Fiskas are great too! And they can be smaller than the Skandia ones.

[Wimbie]

Fiskas jigs are heavy, they are made of tungsten. yourbobbersdown.com carries them. There are other companies that make tungsen jigs, just google it.

[zeeLandy]

fiska wolfram tungsten jigs work well for deeper water. the size 5 weigh a 1/16 of an ounce i have found work the best. the size 6 is biggest and weigh 3/32 of an ouncee. work great on all panfish.

[JBar]

I've alwayed used small split shot a foot or two above the jig. cheap and easy.

[croixflats]

Yah, the fiskas are real nice they have great variety to choose from. Tungston density is 71% more than lead so you get the idea behind size to weight ratio

[St_Croix_Banks]

I bought some Skandia tungsten jigs. Expensive but they drop like rocks. I heard Fiskas are great too! And they can be smaller than the Skandia ones.

Both are good and I like them when I fish current on the river. FF and GM have both options I think.

[hamms-scooter]

looking into the fiskas myself.

[52#FLATHEAD]

Fiskas work great. Crappie, gills & trout really like them.

[Greg Clusiau]

I like to use Northland's "Mud Bug". Fairly heavy and gets down there pretty quick. (Fire Ant and Woodtick are great colors)

[mnfathead]

Split shot is the ticket, then you can just stick to your fav. jigs

[muc33]

Fiska's and Skandia, like all else said.

[ducker]

Hali's in perch and clown colors worked for us last weekend. Also Grizz's darter jig, gold with red super glow.

[CJH]

Have had good luck with the Gill Pills. Believe they are tungsten as well.

[fishwater]

they's lead.

[Guest]

I crushed the Crappies this past weekend in deeper water using a Green Glow "Fat Boy" Crappie Jig (Small but Heavy) and also a Blue "Forage Eye" jig; also heavy and sinks fast.

[CJH]

Fishwater you are right, they are lead. They fish heavy for that small of a jig and are pretty inexpensive compared to the Fiskas.

[bparmy]

We have been using tip-downs or bobbers with a small red trebble tiped with a smaller minnow. For some reason that has been the ticket for us. we are fishing in 30fow

[McGurk]

Custom Jigs and spins' Diamond Jigs are pretty heavy relative to their hook size and profile. I also like the Fiskas jigs, but they are harder to find and way more expensive.

[TroutYammer]

Fiskas drop well but the hooks are too cheesey for trout fishing.

[reinhard1]

seen the fiskas at fleet farm today. $2.99 for two. good luck.

[PerchPounder]

2.99 for two sounds like a good deal to me. I use them all the time probably have over 100 in my tackle bag. I use mostly size 3 but I will sometimes go down to a 2 or 2.5 or up to a 4. they work great for bluegills, perch and crappies.

[reinhard1]

i picked up a couple of packs while there. just thought i'd post the price for the previous poster who said they were hard to find. they do have the weight needed, and even the hook is a little small, they do hook the fish. good luck.

[croixflats]

That is very good price for fiskas. The hook on the 4 mill and smaller are a bit small but they are sharp. If you go up to 5mill the hooks get a bit bigger. Had no problem bringing in a 19inch wally on a 5 mill tipped with a minnow. I like using them on a dead stick while jigging a fiska swimmer for wally on the other. On the river 4 mill is as small as I go for the pannies.

[TravP]

i picked up a couple of packs while there. just thought i'd post the price for the previous poster who said they were hard to find. they do have the weight needed, and even the hook is a little small, they do hook the fish. good luck.

What fleetfarm had fiskas? Blaine doesn't.