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What's the prefered technique for these baits? They definately have a "fisherman allure" to them. By that I mean, they'll catch a lot of anglers. I've got two but I've yet to use them. What's the best methods to use these?

I personally dont have any experience in fishing them myself saw some at wal-mart the other day so went home and looked at some back issues of BASS magazine. In April of this year they were a featured new product and according to the writer they can be fished on a 3/0 or 4/0 hook weightless like you would a fluke as well as whacky style or rigged texas style with a weight. If you decide to try them let us know if there a waste of money.

I've fished with these baits quite bit and they can be awesome baits.  

My preferred way to rig them is weightless on a 4/0 Mustad Ultralock Impact hook.  I just let the hook ride in the slot on top of the bait.  

I will either fish them just under the surface, or let them sink a bit and then bring them back on a steady retrieve.  Maybe a pause or jerk now and then, but a steady retrieve works best for me.  The fish usually hit the bait, the rod loads up and you nail 'em.  Hooksets with this rig have been very good for me and the fish have topok the bait deep on most occasions, so they eat it pretty well.

You can also deadstick them like a Senko and fish them on a Crig, which one of my buddies was doing at Barkley this past weekend to catch quite a few of his fish.

They will also work well on a jig head fished deeper, but that limits their swimming action IMO.

They are great baits IMO.  I have had a lot of good reports from my customers who have used them.

Good luck!

Brad

Thanks Brad!  I think I sent you a PM a while back asking you about them.  I finally bought a couple and I just haven't used them yet.  My fishing partner is cutting chunks from his flukes and says that works well too.

I can definately see this as a good C-rig bait.  If you jerk the weight enough to make the bait jerk, it should swim a bit and then slowly sink.  That should deadly action!

Thanks for the tips.  I'll have to get a few more in various colors and try them in various applications.

They also have a smaller 3 1/2" version that has been a killer on smallies for a few guys I know.

They have a bigger 5 1/2" version in the works as well.

Good luck!

Brad