I have used a jig head with a blade and a 3" skinny red worn cut down to about 2" and caught crappie when minnows, crickets, and reg. tube types wouldn't even get a second look. (Then I woke up and my wife made me go to the couch. Something about laughin in my sleep and keepin her wonderin what I was dreamin bout.) But no, seriously, I have tried that little red wormy thingy with some success on my dabbin pole.