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Comment by Leo Nguyen on March 6, 2012 at 4:12pm: Thanks Cal. You must be talking about the aberdeen wire hook? Looks like waxies are still slabs' favorites.

Comment by cal okeefe on March 6, 2012 at 4:05pm: thanks guys..

hey leo i use a tiny wire hook.. probally the smallest they make but its a long shank.. the reason i use one like this is because fishing around stumps and dead trees . you tend to get caught on them ocassionally but with these hooks you can grab your line and give it a slow steady pull and 90% of the time the hook will kinda straighen out and come free.. bend your hook back and you are in business again without having to retie or loosing your rig.

as far as hooking the waxies.. i just thread 2 waxies on the hook usually tail first..

Comment by Leo Nguyen on March 5, 2012 at 4:24pm: Mark, you have to try waxies. They are fun to use. I have a closet full of them right now, breeding continually in waves for fishing actions. Imagine a #8 circle hook loaded with 3 waxies, wiggling like crazy, dangling near a school of fish. Dinner bell! Same goes for the mealworms.

Comment by Mark Stine on March 5, 2012 at 4:13pm: Nice mess Cal! Never tried wax worms for crappie but I am definitely adding it to my bucket list

Comment by Leo Nguyen on March 5, 2012 at 4:07pm: Cal, what was the hook size and type that was used, and how you hooked the waxies? I'm always curious about how many different type of hooks were used to catch these beauties.

Comment by cal okeefe on March 5, 2012 at 4:00pm: caught these on a bobber and waxworm at about 4 feet of water.. ya dick i keep a few smaller gills and usually scale and gut them and fry them whole with my fillets..

Comment by Greg McWilliams on March 5, 2012 at 3:40pm: AH, MAN, another CRAPPIE DAY OF FISHING!!!!!!!!! WTG!!!!!!!

Comment by John Sheehan on March 5, 2012 at 7:17am: Looks like you caught a mess from shore!They're coming in ,good news! Nice job!

Comment by David Dillman on March 5, 2012 at 3:36am: Nice catch!!! What were they biting on?

Comment by dick tabbert on March 4, 2012 at 10:48pm: Nice looking mess of black crappies wished I could of been with you Cal. Jigs or live bait. Also looks like a few gills on the ground just off on the grass. Looks like a real good day fishing.