I love them!!! I have 3 boxes of the micro plastics. I have tons of different colors and profiles to try and match forage. Many days they will outperform live bait. Especially on the bigger fish. I've noticed many times I don't get quite as many on them, but the overall size is much bigger. You don't get the 3" dinks hitting on them too much. Late fall for crappie that's all I use. Don't even touch live bait and have been getting crappie routinely over 12" on the trips I've taken. So yes they're worth it!!
But I also carry some spikes and waxies as backups. Sometimes you just need that little love bait.
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