When asked which tactics and baits he preferred to land big Grenada crappie during the winter drawdown months, Lakeway Archery & Outfitters owner Jason Golden didn’t mince words. In fact, he has just one favorite tactic and one favorite bait.
“A lot of guys troll here during the spring, but when the water is down it’s time to get out the 10- and 11-foot jig poles and work a single jig around any structure you find on the edge of the river,” Golden said.
His bait of choice? A 1/10-ounce football-head jig poured on a No. 2 hook.
“Of course we carry these jigs in the store; they’re made by one of our suppliers up in Indiana, Jim Bailey,” Golden said. “I love the football head. It positions the hook where it always catches the fish in the roof of the mouth, and the shape of the head makes it fall slower and it slides over cover better.”
Golden claimed he uses his football jigheads with a variety of bodies, but his favorite is a re-bait he makes from a black/white Sassy Shad body.
“The Sassy Shad body is too tall for the jighead, so I like to take a razor blade and shave the black stripe off the top of the bait,” he said. “Then I’ll take the remaining body and dip it in a chartreuse dye. It makes a great bait and catches a ton of these big white crappie in Grenada, no matter what time of year you fish it.”
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