On the road to Missouri and all I can think about is getting home to catch crappie!!!!! Havn't even made Oklahoma yet! Lol anyway got me curious....thought I'd start a little interesting conversation....what is your absolute favorite jig!? A buddy has turned me on to Bobby Garlands baby shad/slab slayers and I can't believe the results! Standing shoulder to shoulder he out fished my feathered jigs...(maybe just my presentation) so I put one on and bam! So easy an idiot can fish'em! Lol what's your favorites and why?

Some days plastic some days feathers...
Crappie seem to never make up there minds..
I'll leave it at that...
Jigum

Over the past year I can honestly say that the Slab Bandit in Texas Toast has produced more fish than anything else, with the SB in Pearl Truse a close 2nd and the SB in Blue/Chartreuse a close 3rd. I guess that means plastic is my "Go To" bait. That's not to say that my clay83 hand tied's and the SmS "Pepop" haven't put numerous good fish in the box. My

Just checked out that slab bandit....looks similar to BG's baby shad but a little "thicker". Read about it and it says toughest plastic out there...are they pretty durable in your opinion? Havn't had any complaints about the BG's but after 10-15 fish just depending, it gets a little wear....what's the price like? I get the BG's at Olsens for $2.86 (12 pack)...

Rowdy, check out Roberts site for the slab bandits.

www.crazyanglertackle.com

Not sure if Finny tribe still has any in stock...


I have slot of plastics, as well as hand-tied jigs

Ya I checked out finny tribe and their online store is closed....and CRazyAngLer isn't real mobile friendly...lol I'll have to check it out when I get home...I'm curious to try them, but first I have to get rid of the year supply of BG's I just bought!

Rowdy, may be worth calling Jana tomorrow to see what plastics they have left.

http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/6819631/Finny_Tribe_50_off_ale#Post6819631

Rowdy, if I remember correctly, during "trials" Chuck Rollins caught over 100 fish with a single Slab Bandit. I personally have boated 36 with the same bait before a hybrid grabbed it & tore it up. They're the most durable plastic bait I've ever used & their action is superior as well. And that's not just my opinion, there are many TFF'ers that'll agree.

Well thanks for all the input guys....kinda anxious to try these bandits now....

Hey Rowdy! It was nice meeting you the other day. I mainly use the Bobby Garland Baby Shads and I like the Slab Bandits too.

A small drop of super-glue GEL (the regular super-glue runs too much) will help extend the "life" of your BG-Baby Shads!

Hope to see you again soon... We're heading back to "the spot" later on this morning.

KF

For sure! Always enjoy meeting good people, and you sir are one for sure! Stopped by "the spot" on the way to a job the other morning and did pretty well on my limited time....using BG's baby shad of coarse! Lol I'm gonna have to try the glue...anyway I'll be back in town Saturday...hope to se ya at "the spot" lol save some of those slabs for me!

Can you only get slab bandits online? Never seen them in a store, and online I'm not able to see a color chart.

I couldn't help myself Kurt! You and Justin got me hooked!

http://www.genelarew.com/crappiebaits.html try that...

And if your in the dfw area you can get them at Olsens pro-am in lake worth....

Ooops I thought you were asking about the bobby garlands....I appoligize...not sure where to get those other than crazyanglertackle.com ....it has a color chart for them on there....

Im on the BG Baby Shad train as well. They have performed very well when matched with minnow head gigs in 1/16 oz. I'll cut the heads down when I want to run less weight but I like the hook size of the 1/16th oz.

I pick mine up at Academy however from Rowdy's photo it seems they run on the slim side of color choices.

yeah, they have quite a few BG colors out, Academy is limited from what i have found. BPS seems to carry alot of colors in BG's

Not sure where your located cc but Olsens carries all of them, and are extremely reasonable....

My favorite is the Live Baby Shad from Lake Fork Trophy Lures, but Bobby Garland, Slab Bandit and Rocky Top all make terrific soft plastics. We still have a ton of Bobby Garland's in stock and a few colors of the Slab Bandits and Live Baby Shad. All of our stuff is 50% off so you can't beat the price. Call Jana at 903-887-0334 and she will fix you up.

Large YUM beavertails in Pumpkin/Chart

Mine are Slab Bandits, LFT Live Baby Shad, and Rocky Tops. As far as feathers, iv never used anything other than a Jigum.

Wulf's in Athens & Westlake Bait & Tackle in Chandler carry the Slab Bandits & as mentioned, Crazyangler.com has a color chart. I think Wulfs web site does too.

Try here
Wulf's Outdoors in Athens

What is this rocky top you speak of?

Here's a rocky top...

http://www.proanglertackle.com/Lures.htm

And some more info:

http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/2732653/1

Sweetness....much appriciated...

Double yes!

Slab bandits are the best.. I used Bobby Garlands before and slab bandits will last twice as long. Better action to me to. Favorite color yellow mellow.

I'll try and get me some slab bandits. Back to the post, I like a black head with a bleeding Tennessee shad grub. Not the fanciest jig, but it's my go-to.

Sorry, the devil made me do it!
1 1/4" Slab Bandits


2" Slab Bandits

That's a nice collection pepop....dang'd old' devil! Lol

Nice looking selection Rowdy!

Thanks Kurt....it's all yours and Justin's fault! Lol