Tiny Bait Making a Big Difference: Meet the New Bobby Garland Fry Ball

The Fishing Wire Industry News
November 12, 2026
Gear

Wire Brief

Bobby Garland launches the Fry Ball, a 0.75-inch micro-finesse soft plastic built for crappie.
The urchin-profile bait features a high-frequency tentacle matrix that produces subtle micro-vibrations.
It is designed for vertical jigging with a long rod from the boat, light-tackle casting, and precision dock shooting.
The bait targets short-striking crappie and fish in clear, pressured water.
It can be fished under docks or popped over brush piles to convert short strikes into solid hookups.

Discover how the Bobby Garland 0.75" Fry Ball can help you catch more crappie with a unique finesse design, dual rigging options, and subtle action.

When crappie get finicky, successful anglers know that smaller can be better. Whether you’re targeting suspended fish on forward-facing sonar, shooting docks, or working brush piles in clear water, matching the size and behavior of natural forage often makes all the difference. That’s exactly why the new Bobby Garland Fry Ball was created. Built specifically for finesse presentations, this tiny 0.75-inch bait is engineered to trigger bites when larger plastics stop producing.

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