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Crawdads vs. Jigs: Which Will Catch More?
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Hey all I hope you’re staying dry. Headed out to El Capitan this Sunday and decided I would fish crawdads. I used to love fishing crawdads and haven’t done it for a while because many of my old crawdad holes no longer hold ...

In my experience, the reds get bit way less than the greenies. They do get bit but not the preferred bait. I bet if you had non red and armored dads, you would have been bit. Did you try releasing the claws on the dads? That can help with getting them bit. I’ve done the experiment you did many of ...

I agree with Camobass as when I used to throw them years ago the green crawdads always out fished the red ones.
I will always remember catching bass after bass in Carol Cove at Lake Miramar in about 25 feet of water decades ago.
They were just nailing the green ones and then I hooked on a red one ...

Just hold on to the claw knuckle and they will release them, crunching them can kill them. But totally on the spots. Chance of a hypodermic needle in the hand or a mentally ill ambush. Alpine fisheries usually has a good selection of dads. The older I get, it’s hard to do a late night dad mission ...

As always, great video and editing.

What's the difference between green and red crawdads? Species? Diet? Life-cycle?

Not surprised at your results. Fake worms seem to outfish real night crawlers, as my experience recalls.. Those have been my results. I have heard that live shiners will outfish fake minnow or crankbaits, but I haven't fished shiners more than once or twice, and I don't remember catching bass with ...

Bait fishing is an art. Lots to learn. I fish my ‘Dads exactly like Stitching a Plastic Worm, as I was taught by my Father, an excellent Live Bait Fisherman. Done correctly, you should get a Fish or two on each bait. Ideally my ‘Dads slide up the line when I am bringing in my Fish. No difference in ...

I agree but Jim Henderson never stitched his dads. He’d leave them sit, he said if they weren’t bit, and after time, they adjust to the hook and start doing their dad business on the bottom. He had a wall to prove it all be it was 70s and 80’s. I have caught most my best fish on greens and peanuts ...

As always, great video and editing.

What's the difference between green and red crawdads? Species? Diet? Life-cycle?


Thanks so much! As far as I know the greens are juvenile and the reds are mature. At least when catching them I almost never found small reds. Not sure on what species we ...

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Some more Craw….Bass, Various So Cal Lakes. Yes I use a Spinning Rod. Works for me.

Jedi mind control gets me lots of Bites!

I know a few guys that fish dads on spinning gear. It makes total sense especially for casting. I even found an old glass rod to try and go Murphy style. Just never became my thing. I choose to deal with long loops of line between the guides being blown in the wind and getting stuck in the ...

Had to throw in my 2-cents.
Not a live bait fisherman, so can make no comment here.
Now jig fishing, that's another thing.
Now I recognize there are many excellent jig plastic trailers (which I use), especially those craw-like; but I have my lifetime favorite jig rig.
3/8 oz black marabou jig with ...

I swear I remember as a teenager finding out that Sam V had craws with totally different colorations than the typical red/black and green/browns. I can’t find anything about it online as it was so long ago/ As far as the red vs. green/brown, to me it’s far more of a “red flag” if you will. The ...

Nice fish BP!

One thing to keep in mind as far as jigs and worms vs live dads is that with jigs you are covering more water than you are with dads. You are making more casts with jigs or worms so you are covering more structure and exposing the bait to more fish. Even if you are stitching crawdads, you are still ...

In the book Knowing Bass , the author describes an experiment done at Berkley where they started with a plastic craw and did modifications to see what worked best. Removing the claws and other legs worked the best. They tried longer, shorter and fatter shapes and the craw body size was about best ...

Had to throw in my 2-cents.
Not a live bait fisherman, so can make no comment here.
Now jig fishing, that's another thing.
Now I recognize there are many excellent jig plastic trailers (which I use), especially those craw-like; but I have my lifetime favorite jig rig.
3/8 oz black marabou jig with ...

In the book Knowing Bass , the author describes an experiment done at Berkley where they started with a plastic craw and did modifications to see what worked best. Removing the claws and other legs worked the best. They tried longer, shorter and fatter shapes and the craw body size was about best ...