Slider floats can sound intimidating, but they’re not. Mastering the slider opens up deep venues that many anglers write off as feeder only territory. Plenty of anglers hear the term in match talk and ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.