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Baby Crawfish rigged on the Yellow Head

Here's how I like to fish them Leo....Yellow is one of my favorite jig head colors for Bluegill....I bring the hook out right between the body sections leaving the little claws available to flutter behind the cricket when I tip the hook..I like tipping to help keep the bait weedless.....I've caught hundreds of big Coppernose River fishing in North Carolina and lake fishing in South Carolina...The last big group I purchased were in a local bait store down in South Carolina...

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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 14, 2013 at 8:26am: With a major crawfish hatch occuring as we speak in the coastal marshes of North Carolina.....it's time to bring out a few of may favorite "Baby Craws" that I catch spring Crappie and early staging Coppernose with.....

Comment by Robert Morris on November 3, 2012 at 5:57pm: Thanks Leo and Jeff for the information...your both awesome!! I used to raise craw or crayfish when I was kid living in Michigan. When I was kid I would go to the railroad tracks during the spring near Keyko Margarine plant and turn the rocks over and pick up pregnant female crawfish full of eggs. I would put them in a fish tank with rocks so they could hide and feed them fish food or worms. You could see the eggs developing and eventually the young would fall off and go hide. I would continue to feed them fish food and watch them shed there skins. There pretty easy to raise,but I want grass shrimp. You guys have really gotten my interests with them.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on November 3, 2012 at 9:11am: Check out the comments here for the link Robert.....Southern Pro Crappie Craw

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on October 31, 2012 at 8:22am: That's the ones Leo......that is a good link Robert in Leo's comment!

Comment by Leo Nguyen on October 31, 2012 at 7:34am: Robert, are you looking for these?

http://www.overstockbait.com/Crappie_Craw_10pk_p/15-10-cc.htm

They're about 1.5" in length, and about 0.25" in width. Goes perfectly on all small hooks/jigs from #4 to #10.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on October 31, 2012 at 4:49am: 90% of the time I use 1/32 oz jig heads....I go smaller in cold water presentations....I most commonly purchase Eagle Claw Jig heads and I'll look when I get home tonight for the manufacturer of these baby craws or similar tails.....Louisiana waters are full of bably crawfish and panfish love them....I don't see as many crawfish in North Carolina but the baits are still effective in brackish waters.....

Comment by Robert Morris on October 30, 2012 at 9:51pm: do you happen to know the name of the manufacturer for those lures?

Comment by Robert Morris on October 30, 2012 at 9:51pm: Jeff, where do I get these baby crawfish lures and what size jig head were you using?

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 1, 2012 at 3:08pm: I have access to a few gravel pits and these tiny craws just get crushed in there.......You see tons of little crawfish in the shallows......I've cleaned panfish with stomachs full of them.....My dad once cleaned a four pound largemouth and a four inch crawfish was still alive in the stomach.....no acid damage and the crawfish was released back in to Toledo Bend lake to press on!

Comment by Leo Nguyen on April 1, 2012 at 2:20pm: You are the man Jeffrey! Thank you! Looks like my method of madness as well using live ones. Although, death come quickly with them. I may be finding a way to use live ones with some field fly tying materials and with some rosin. McGuyver mode..hehehehee...