Honestly, I'm loving this bait.

I've been putting some thought lately into upgrading my 6yr old's fishing gear, and coming to realize that the Easy Shiner is one that is darn near perfect for his set up.

Why? The 4" size rigged on an Owner 1/8oz - 2/0ewg ultrahead finesse ballhead is a great fit and can cruise suuuuper slow without too much sink rate.  This fits great with the low gearing of the youth spincast reels, and runs nicely in shallow water without much bottom contact, when making short casts from shore.

For a 4" swimbait, the lures thinner profile makes it a lighter weight than most others, which can be important when dealing with youth rods.

Though keitech are soft, durability is acceptable, with one bait lasting multiple small bass.  Haven't has a tail bitten off yet, but I'm sure that's soon to come.

The textposed hook reduces the chances for accidental injury, and losses from hangups.

And the fish smoke em.  When the dink bass are spunky, they will hammer these baits frequently.  And these baits will also allow the youngster to enjoy the thrill of catching the occasional surprise lunker as well.

OveralI, great combination of qualities.  I give it top marks, excellent first lure for any kid, and even runs well on these Mickey mouse type kids poles, so long as it's not an ultra light.  So even kids 3yr-5yrs old can work this lure effectively and still bring home the bacon.

I love this lure for when bass are super shallow. The squid scent seems to provide a smell that the bass haven't seen before too and provides for more bites. I was using a 5" Yum money minnow on the yum money minnow keel weighted swimsuit hook and was too lazy to swap out the hooks. I put it on the easy shiner and it still provided much action to the tail of the bait and because the hook is so big, hookup ratios are close to 100%.