Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

One of the earliest bass baits I remember, both slightly bewildered by but also fascinated with, was the flipping jig. As a teenager I would eagerly read magazine copy on this lead and rubber lure, ...

I get asked often what my number one lure is for targeting largemouth bass. Each time, without hesitation, I state that it's a flipping jig. And to be honest, that answer hasn't changed for decades. A ...