NEABass91

An absolute money setup is fishing a drop shot with a horizontal presentation on a short leader like 4-5”. Lift your rod tip and drag it like a Football jig, just periodically mix in quick short “pops”. My two favorite all-time ways to slowly fish a plastic are a 3/16th oz shaky head with a Zoom Trick Worm and dragging a 1/10th oz Ned Rig. Once they start hammering it, it’s much easier to fish slow and focused, and those three methods can coax them in tough conditions.

Zoom Trick Worm, 3/16th Mustad Stand Up shaky head jig with a screw lock. I’ll pinch off about half an inch making it roughly 6”. Green pumpkin and June bug depending on water clarity, catches fish any day of the year.

I ALWAYS flip cover with 4/0 Gamakatsu Superline EWG & 65# PowerPro. It’s simple and it just works. I’ll use between a 3/0-5/0 in different situations and line types, but always always EWG Gamakatsu.

Tried it out finally, 53° water after a little warming trend. Caught a 2 pounder in the dead pads on about the fourth cast or so. Good thumping action, I think it will shine in stained water. Good hardware, strong VMC 5/0 hook with a trailer keeper also. Technically a bladed jig, but has a different feel and action than standard blades jigs. I’m impressed with it.

Shaky head with trick worm or ZinkerZ wacky rigged on a 1/20 weighted wacky hook. 15 pound braid, 10 pound fluoro leader. ?

I like to slow down and focus to really work for bites in the winter. Hard to beat a Mustad 3/16 stand up jig with a trick worm when the temps drop.

Anyone fished the Terminator Shuddering bladed jig? Looks like it would be a killer it really stained water but I’m not sure about the plastic blade.

What are some of the best JDM soft plastics out there? I recently bought some Imakatsu Hairy Hawg's and want to expand my JDM collection.

Junebug Trick worm is the go-to. Tilapia colored BBB Sugar cane worms has been a top producer.