Todd Huckabee is unorthodox because of his tackle selection. As with most crappie anglers, Todd seeks aggressively biting fish. But that is where he seems to depart from conventional wisdom. Todd maintains, “Crappie will bite big baits.” By following and learning what the fish are eating he finds they take larger forage than is usually assumed.
For this reason he uses stiffer rods and heavy line. His jig choice is a 1/4 ounce jig with a 2/0 hook. He points out that a one pound crappie has a mouth opening the size of a golf ball.
He attributes his search for aggressively feeding fish to a past career as a tournament angler. He tries to learn from each fish he catches. He develops a pattern. By finding out what attracts the fish to a specific spot he finds others in the same location. As he puts it, “The most dominant fish set the table.”
Huckabee believes that fish are biting somewhere all the time. He maintains that crappies prefer to be shallow. It is there that they find food. The crappies feeding playing field is shallow. For this reason he uses a small cork and casts his offering up into the shallows. He always uses the popular loop knot called the Palomar Knot. It allows the jig to float in an more natural presentation. Continue reading – https://dongasaway.wordpress.com/2016/05/02/crappie-anglers-unorthodox-approach/