3 hours ago, The Bassman said:

Could be that the extra buoyancy lets it fish slower? Thanks for the idea. I'll experiment with it.

I think maybe that, the extra movement, extra size, a combination of all. I know my buddy kicked my butt bad one day fishing a big TRD behind me in November a few years ago. After that, I tried some in the same areas I normally fish regular TRDs and got a lot more bites. Interestingly enough, they often won't eat a shakyhead in the same spots 🤷

7 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Don't drag them. I fish them through rocks and sparse laydowns all the time and rarely snag, but I also rarely let them touch bottom. 

Do you just fish them slow off of the bottom or hop them?

1 hour ago, 33oldtimer said:

Do you just fish them slow off of the bottom or hop them?

It's very slow off the bottom, the swim/shake/glide Midwest Finesse retrieve. 

Sorry for the stupid question, but what does TRD stand for? 

@Mossman TRD stands for The Real Deal.

Haha, guess I should have googled TRD bait! I was expecting another way to rig something. 
 

thanks!