There is a large number of fellows recommending tipping your plastic. Crappie nibbles, maggies or even some scent. I am not experience enough with this crappie game to swear to which one but scent does matter. Years ago I doubted scent's effectiveness till my brother was spanking me catching steelhead up on Lake Erie. I was tying all his jigs at the time. The best jig head was tied on a 1/32 oz plated jig cast on a worthless (too soft) hook that sometimes lasted 1 fish till it straightened out. I withheld them till he shared the answer. He was squirting on a little "magic juice" as he called it. That evened the score!