Returned to the area where I was getting good results on a nose weighted Senko on the grass edges and found the fish had vamoosed.  Conditions told me it finally got cold enough they moved out deep.  We regularly vertical jig blade baits in the cold months on this body of water.  It’s common to catch bass, striper, catfish, white perch, gills, and crappie.  My fishing partner likes Damiki blades and I am a hardcore Steel Shad guy due to the multitudes of weights and colors.  Steel Shad came out with a new type of blade called the Bottom Bouncer.  A single treble and all weight on the nose.  Common problem with all vertical fished blades is that they foul the line in the hooks.  My hope was that this new style would eliminate that.  It helped but didn’t cure it.  Likewise, it lacked the vibration of the Damiki and took a while to feel when it fouled.  Fishing 35 ft of waster dulls the action a little.  Nonetheless, fished side by side I can’t say one out fished the other, both produced well.  I caught bass, white perch, and catfish. Good day overall.  

They look to be nice size, too! 

Nice fish. I like the design of that bait.

I’ve got some Damiki’s myself, had decent luck with them last fall.

 

Every jig with a spoon?

 

I have not but I believe those are also a good cold water bait. Thought about picking some up.

Interesting, thanks for sharing.

18 hours ago, HawkeyeSmallie said:

I’ve got some Damiki’s myself, had decent luck with them last fall.

 

Every jig with a spoon?

 

I have not but I believe those are also a good cold water bait. Thought about picking some up.

I have but found because they are not weighted the fall is very erratic and foul the line in the hook much more.  The original Steel Shad with the belly weight doesn’t foul too bad and it vibrates a lot harder than the nose weighted version.  I will say I was bouncing it through some big deep rock piles and it never snagged but beat the heck out of the nose of the bait.  

Have you ever tried a blade bait with a single hooks instead of trebles.  I would assume single hooks would foul less.  I used them for lake trout with single hooks, never noticed a difference in hook ups, and lost fewer fish that were hooked.   Same results with spoons.  I haven't fished blade baits  for bass much, so I wouldn't know if singles would result in fewer hook ups, but it might be worth a try.