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Comment by John Sheehan on September 15, 2017 at 1:05pm

Anxious to see your report ,good luck Allen !

Comment by Allen Morgan on September 15, 2017 at 6:13am

Local bait shop calls them a "Perch minnow".  1", maybe 1 1/4"?  Small buggers.  Go in and ask for 2 dozen (smallest quantity they offer), and it's more like 4 - 5 dz.

I've been doing some reading about local Crappie fishing.  Seems the Crappie like bigger baits in warm weather.  Start small in early spring, and get larger.  Start large in late summer/early fall and go smaller as it cools off.  I've been catching some fish on a jig pattern called a "Flash Duck" that's about the same size of the Perch Minnows.  I just tied up some bigger versions, for longer casting and even put one on a spinner frame to make a spinnerbait out of it.  Hopefully give those a try Sunday morning to see if they want bigger baits.  If they don't, I'll go back to the smaller ones.  Hoping to explore a new-to-me lake on Monday.

Comment by John Sheehan on September 14, 2017 at 11:58am

Sounds great Allen .How long  were those minnows those 9" Crappie took?

Comment by Allen Morgan on September 13, 2017 at 6:27pm

Thanks Slip.  It was a good tactic, but now I'm thinking I could have tagged even more fish if I had been casting a jig, tandem jig rig, or some other small lure with my UL rod, while dragging the float rig on my second rod.  I might do that this coming weekend :)

Comment by Slip Sinker on September 13, 2017 at 8:11am

...nice way to fish and rig

nice day to be out on the lakes in Michigan yesterday... for me one of the best of summer weather-wise