Dixie Flip

Built To Punch Through Cover. Designed To Stand Its Ground.

The G-Ratt Baits Dixie Flip is a tournament-grade soft-plastic craw and creature bait engineered for fishing heavy cover where big bass live. Featuring a streamlined, weedless body profile and buoyant floating appendages, the Dixie Flip is designed to penetrate vegetation, brush, and wood while maintaining a highly natural defensive crawfish posture once it reaches the bottom. Whether used as a dedicated punching bait, jig trailer, vibrating jig trailer, or finesse bottom presentation, the Dixie Flip delivers versatile fish-catching performance across a wide range of bass fishing situations.

Key Features

• • Floating Craw Appendages — Buoyant claws rise into a natural defensive position when the bait rests on the bottom, closely mimicking live crawfish behavior.

  • Deep Ribbed Body Design — Pronounced body ribs increase water displacement, slow the fall rate, and create additional texture that fish may hold onto longer.

  • Heavy Cover Profile — Streamlined body shape is engineered to slide efficiently through grass mats, hydrilla, hyacinths, brush piles, and other dense cover.

  • Versatile Rigging Platform — Performs effectively as a flipping bait, punching bait, jig trailer, vibrating jig trailer, or shaky head presentation.

  • Natural Bottom Presence — Designed to maintain an upright posture that keeps the claws active even when the bait is stationary.

  • Dual Action Claws — Responsive appendages create subtle movement on pauses and aggressive action during retrieves.

Specs Table

Best Use & Conditions

• • Heavy Vegetation: Designed for fishing hydrilla, milfoil, hyacinths, cheese mats, reeds, and dense overhead cover.

  • Wood & Brush: Effective around laydowns, brush piles, docks, flooded timber, and submerged structure.

  • Bottom-Oriented Feeding Fish: Floating claws create a realistic crawfish profile when bass are feeding near the bottom.

  • Target Species: Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, and other freshwater predators that commonly feed on crawfish and bottom-dwelling forage.

Rigging & Tips

• • Punching Setup: Pair the 4-inch model with a pegged tungsten weight and heavy-wire flipping hook when targeting bass beneath thick vegetation mats.

  • Jig Trailer Application: Thread onto football jigs, flipping jigs, or casting jigs to add bulk, movement, and a defensive crawfish profile.

  • Vibrating Jig Trailer: The floating claws create additional action when paired with vibrating jigs and bladed swim jigs.

  • Shaky Head Technique: Rig on a stand-up shaky head and use subtle rod-tip movements to make the claws quiver naturally in place.

  • Customization Tip: Trim a small portion of the nose when needed to shorten the overall profile while maintaining action.

Brand Origin & Maker

G-Ratt Baits is a premium California-based fishing lure manufacturer founded by angler Garrett Dixon and recognized for creating innovative swimbaits, glide baits, and bass fishing presentations. While the company is widely known for its hard swimbaits, its soft-plastic lineup follows the same philosophy of combining fishability, durability, and realistic action. The Dixie Flip was developed specifically for anglers who target bass in heavy cover and require a bait capable of penetrating vegetation while maintaining a natural crawfish presentation.

Pack Count / Variants

• • Package Contents: Eight Dixie Flip soft-plastic craws per pack.

  • Available Sizes: Offered in 3-inch and 4-inch profiles.

  • Primary Configurations: Suitable for Texas rigs, punching rigs, shaky heads, jig trailers, and vibrating jig trailers.

Care & Storage

• • Store soft plastics in their original packaging whenever possible to help preserve shape and appendage alignment.

  • Avoid prolonged exposure to excessive heat inside vehicles, boats, or direct sunlight.

  • Inspect claws and body sections periodically for tears or damage after repeated fish catches and heavy-cover use.