Another Midwestern outfit, Top Secret Jig Company in Topeka, offers a variety of plastics that work well when fished finesse style with the B&P or as a crappie jig on Oklahoma-based ProBuilt Jigheads.

Leavenworth, Kansas-based ProTuff Baits is set to begin offering its durable crappie jigs online this weekend when its new website launches Sunday.

South Arkansas crappie enthusiast Andy Yung often forgoes the minnow in favor of a plastic tube jig, although he'll be the first to tell you live bait always has a place.

This week's news information packet from the Oklahoma Wildlife Department could not havebeen more timely, nor accurate. Their lead report says "The crappie spawn is on!," and as wenoted in ...