64 Louisiana Sportsman^ | April 2015
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fter catching a few more crappie, Hibbs tossed an
orange marker buoy into the water so we could
stay on the school and work it for all it was worth.
“If we only caught one, I might not have stuck
around,” he said. “But since they look like they’re hun-
gry, we might as well stick around and whack on them a while.”
The orange buoy came in extremely handy for helping us cast
to the same spot over and over again. Even in small water with
many reference points on the bank, it’s easy to get off track just
enough to keep your baits from running through exactly where
they need to.
“And don’t just cast one way,” Hibbs advised. “Come at the fish
from a bunch of different angles. I’ve heard things about sac-
a-lait all facing one direction and not eating a bait that ran up
from behind them.
“You never know which angle will be like flipping a switch,
so keep trying until you get them to bite or you’re confident
they’re not going to.”
To make sure his Matrix Minis were staying on the bottom
where the sac-a-lait were, Hibbs threaded his baits onto 1/8-
ounce jigheads, which might seem a little heavy for sac-a-lait.
“I like the 1/8(-ounce jigs) to get it down a little bit faster,” Hibbs
said. “One-sixteenth is good, too, but it’s a little bit harder to jig
it because it’s so hard to feel. I always tell people that if they are
having trouble feeling the bottom to tie on two jigheads.Finding the fuzzHibbs recommends fishing a double rig with
crappie jigs to help get the feel for fishing deep,
but he rarely catches two fish at a time.