I'm going to stop by Cabela's tomorrow for some of their sales, and ran across this:

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Online, this looks pretty close to Spro's BBZ-1 @ 1/3 of the price?!? Anyone seen or use these? I will get my hands on these tomorrow and check them out. If they are not 'junk' i'll get a couple...

they sure look similar.

I added one to my last Cabela's order and got it two days ago. Looks pretty good but I have not fished it yet to see the action in the water.  BTW - the weight is 7/8 oz.

Goose-

Put up a review after you get a chance to use it.

OK - I drove over to my closest lake to swim this guy. Air temp was 31deg, surface water temp about 37deg.

The bait swims well on a slow retrieve - good fluid swimming motion. You can add some rod tip twitches and get a pretty good side-to-side 'darting' action. From a slow retrieve speed, adding a fast crank of the reel handle about 1/2-3/4 turns gets you some good forward darting action.

The bait is a slow sinker - at least 2 seconds per foot, perhaps even a bit slower. I was doing long casts, counting down to 15 or so, then using a very slow retrieve, and the bait was back up to 1-2 foot depth when I got it back to the bank. Now, the only line I am spooled up with right now that I felt comfortable throwing 7/8 oz was some 30lb braid, so that would have kept the bait shallower than, say, flouro.

I made about 20 casts on a 7' MH casting rod, the bait throws well and casts long. I was having fun swimming the bait and thought about actually walking the bank and fishing it but was having to "de-ice" the rod guides every couple of casts and my fingers were freezing so I called it a day.

All in all - I think it's a great value at $6.99. I wish I would have bought a few more at that price. And I wish they would offer a 'gill bait at that price ...

Awesome Goose! Sure does sound CLOSE to the BBZ's action. When you stop the retrieve, does it look back? That's when I've had some BIG strikes on the BBZ. Thanks for the review man! I will pick up a couple when I go to Cabela's - YOU CAN'T BEAT THE PRICE!!!

d**n they sure did steal Spros shad color! right down the the red on the nose and yellow on the tips of the tail...

d**n they sure did steal Spros shad color! right down the the red on the nose and yellow on the tips of the tail...

They call this coloration "bombay & lime."

I got a couple of these the last time I was at cabelas and they are great baits for $7.

It does look pretty good. Let us know how you do with it.

i have a bbz1 and i like it so if this really has the same action it can NOT be beat at that price

Bought 2 today Muddy Shiner and Herring. The store had them for $9.99 and I had them price match their web price at $6.99 which went back up today. Since I have about 5" ice, I can only compare them physically to BBZ-1. Details are pretty close to the same. Cabela's has a rounder (width) body. Everything else looks pretty close!! Can't wait to try 'em out now!

Good deal - sounds like you just got in under the wire before the price went back up. Wish I would have ordered two instead of one.

I'm glad I made that special trip to the lake yesterday to check the action of the bait... 'cause that lake completely froze over last night!

I don't think they look anything like each other..

Goose did you get that color in the store? Im looking online and they dont have anything close to the one you have pictured. I would get one in a heartbeat but none of the ones on their site are like the baitfish we have here in MN

I don't think they look anything like each other..

the cabelas swimbait is fatter than the spro bbz shad.  As for that twitchin of the rod tip that causes the spro bbz to turn 180 degrees, it doesn't work for the cabelas swimbait.

Goose did you get that color in the store? Im looking online and they dont have anything close to the one you have pictured. I would get one in a heartbeat but none of the ones on their site are like the baitfish we have here in MN

I ordered it from their web site. The color is "bombay and lime" and the image of that color is accurate on their web site. My photo has a yellow cast to it due to poor lighting on the bait.

I just checked, and Cabela's is out of stock of ALL colors of this bait on their web-site (no wonder when they've got it marked down to $5.99).