I know that it will catch crappie, a few years ago I met up with some friends during the spawn, we were having a great day fish biting everything anywhere. My friends wife went to make a cast and the tube she had on the jig went flying off the hook and the jig landed in the water, so she hurriedly cranked it in to put on another tube and a fair crappie nailed it! And thats my story and I'll stickin' to it!