Gill-type flat baits: Why the shape works

• The flat, wide body catches water on the fall: on a free rig, Texas rig or light jighead it rocks side to side and glides sideways instead of dropping straight, which is the trigger around bedding and bluegill-eating bass.
• On a steady retrieve the body rolls in a wide, slow wobble without a paddle tail, so it can be swum very slowly and still moves.
• Deadsticked on the bottom it lies flat like a dying panfish; a twitch makes it flare and settle.

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