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The LiL TUFFY Swimbait

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If you are looking for the best crappie bait that shows up on Garmin Livescope and other forward facing sonar, this is it. The Li'L TUFFY Swimbait can be fished in shallow cover or the deepest creek channels to catch big slab crappie. Forward facing sonar has become a very big part of crappie fishing. The Li'L TUFFY Swimbait can be rigged weedless either using a slider type jighead or a Texas rig using a EWG hook and a bullet weight. I like to rig the Li'L TUFFY Swimbait to crappie fish with the Garmin Livescope by using an exposed hook roundheaded jighead.

The Li'L TUFFY is a tough swimbait. With the strip of mylar down the middle of the bait you can use a keeperless jighead and by having the hook through the mylar you pull on the mylar's full length, keeping the bait from tearing. There is also a tunnel through the Li'L TUFFY swimbaits with two holes through the bait at the end to allow air to escape. This lets you squirt scent gel into the hole in back of the swimbait slowly releasing scent. with the scent inside the swimbait body it is protected and will last a long time. (See Videos) The Li'L TUFFY Swimbait is fast becoming a hot crappie bait but it is also a great swimbait for smallmouth and largemouth bass as well as white bass.

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I have trolled crankbaits for many years and always used a trailer off the back. The action in the slab knocker crankbait gives the trailer, either a LiL TUFFY Swimbait trailer or one of our new Tinsel Trailers, tied to the All New Trailer Treble really drive fish crazy. Trolling for crappie is a great way to relax while catching crappie, bass, white bass and walleye or sauger. They all love a crankbait and often slam the trailer.

The Slab Knocker Crankbait is the perfect summer and fall presentation for those slab crappie cruising the depths chasing shad. Runs true, quality sharp hooks and has knocker balls that create a rattle sound to get their attention. Add a Trailer Treble to the back split-ring and pull the Li'L TUFFY Swimbait behind. It's a killer combination. Order with original quality treble hooks or with the TRAILER TREBLE installed. So, get out there and pull some cranks this summer and catch some slabs.   

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Over the past 6 or 7 years I have dedicated my spring to chasing big Redear sunfish, also known as Shellcrackers among other names. I have been fortunate enough to catch some really big Redear. Redear are bottom feeders. They, unlike other species look down for their food. This is predominately snails, emerging larva, crawfish and even mussels where available. 

There are times when the Redear might be looking up a little more than usual. This is when insects like dragonflies crawl up tree limbs, grass, and stakebeds. They do this to emerge into adults and need to get out of the water to shed their skin known as an exuvia.

During this time and when around vegetation, overhanging tree limbs that is in the water and my favorite stake beds, I use a bobber. To be honest I first began attaching a small bobber to my line anytime I was fishing cover. I did it to keep from getting hung up so easily. Working my Hairy Cricket Jig in and around cover was made much easier using a bobber. 

After several years, as I made a point to study the Redear Sunfish, I learned that after the spawn these fish will linger in the shallows, oftentimes even shallower than they spawn, to gorge on emerging insects. While the main reason I use a bobber is to keep from getting hung up in cover I believe that the Redear is watching these stems, stakes and limbs to pick off theses emergers as they attempt to get to the surface. 

The system I devised to "cover more water" was anytime I was fishing gravel banks and clean bottom I always fished the Hairy Cricket on the bottom. However, when I came across some grass or woody cover I always put my little bobber on the line to fish it. When done I slipped it off and slide it back into my pocket and continued down the bank fishing my jig on the bottom. I started calling this little bobber my POCKET BOBBER and that's what I call it today. The POCKET BOBBER is small, Redear are a little sensitive to pressure and will spit the bait out when felt. The POCKET BOBBER imparts very little pressure on the jig as the Redear takes it under. I use it also for bluegills when they are shallow. The POCKET BOBBER is bright and easy to see, even for its small size. It is the perfect bobber for finessing big Redear and big bluegills off the bed or out of cover.

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