Was getting ready to order some 5 and 6 inchers and notice they list “actual size” on the 5” as 4”, and actual size on the 6” as 5”, seems odd, can anyone confirm this is accurate?

I may be wrong but here is how I think boot tail swimbaits are measured.....I used to sell them in bulk and would get people complaining that a 6" money minnow was only 5.5" etc....

 

I believe they count total length as the length of body, plus the length of the boot tail. So, For the Money Minnow hollow body, a 6" was actually 5.5" long if I remember correctly on a ruler without adding in the size of the boot tail.

 

I remember selling a pack of 7" Storm Suspending Boot tail swimbaits to someone and he was upset since they were only 6.5" long. I started measuring different brands, and It seemed they do the body length plus boot tail as total length, which I guess allows you to determine how much thump the bait will have.

 

This may not be true with all brands, but pretty sure a 6.5" money minnow was 6", and 6" was 5.5.....Hope that helps.

I have some Basstrix ones I think the 5" are like 4.25" or so, I think Primetime is right about how they measure them, the Strike King Shadalicious though a 4.5" really is 4.5".

Thanks gentleman for the responses, kinda silly how basstrix measures those, oh well... decided to buy some 3:16 rising sons instead.

Have you ever measure any other soft plastic lure? Ribbon and curl tails don't measure packaged lengths. Bruce is honest and listed actual measurable length from nose to the start of the tail, if you measure to the end of the tail they are close to packaged length.

Tom

6 minutes ago, WRB said:

Have you ever measure any other soft plastic lure? Ribbon and curl tails don't measure packaged lengths. Bruce is honest and listed actual measurable length from nose to the start of the tail, if you measure to the end of the tail they are close to packaged length.

Tom

Been fishing the 5" money minnow about ten years now and didn't bother actually measuring it until primetime commented and was surprised to see it measure at only 4 1/2" to the top of the tail. I wasn't trying to imply any dishonesty on the part of the lure makers, was just confused.