Hey Y'all

So I've had the glide bait bug for awhile now and I finally took the plunge.

I'm from Southern Ontario Canada so keep that in mind. I was a bit overwhelmed with the choices, in the end I only had a handful of options at my local tackle shops. I ended up going with a Bucca Trick Shad. I liked the size and I thought for $60 CAD, well who am I kidding that's crazy to me lol.

Anyways I partially chose this unit cause of the guys @ tacticalbassin. I also went with a colour they recommended which was "threadfintastic" even though where I fish I'm pretty sure we don't have threadfins, heck I'm 99% sure we don't even have shad in my lakes.

As I sit here battling my excitement / did I just spend $60 on one lure debate, I'm now worried I made a bad colour choice. I usually lean towards matte finishes, and they did have "matteshad" and "pearlbone". The threadfin colour has a shiny finish but I did like the hits of blue, purple and yellow it has I thought it kinda had some bluegill colouring (yes I know it's shaped like a shad).

I can still exchange it, should I or am I just being too picky?

Thanks

Greg

Profile/size and action are more important than color, within reason. Color should play to water clarity and conditions. I'd put some more time into it before getting hung up on refining colors. Depending on your waters, it may not be a numbers bait. Are you getting followed? Are you pulling fish out of or off of places where you wouldn't have known they were there otherwise?

You picked a great color. You don’t need to match your bait fish perfectly. Size and profile are more important. Colors catch fishermen not fish.

Welcome to the glide bait game. Learn it and fish it. Great baits that catch large fish. Very versatile

Get some Zappu boards so it can suspend - presentation is more important than color and sometimes you gotta let that thing set and then barely move it and also you have to target certain parts of the water column - my experience is glide baits work but they’re more situational and in general a tough bait to gain confidence in. Maybe find some fish without it and then see if you can make one bite.

Your colour choice is fine.

Personally, I would never spend $60 on a exposed hook lure if my favourtite lake was Rice Lake 🤣. Weeds, upon weeds, upon weeds! I fish there at least 2 times a year and really enjoy the lake despite it being somewhat challenging since it gets so choked out. For me, naturally coloured worms, creature baits, and pearl white paddle tails/flukes have worked best.

Good luck with the swim bait. Make sure you post a picture when you catch one on it!

P.S. I don't want to discourage you, but it seems like that swim bait has some durability issues.

They fixed the hook hanger issue a bit ago. That bait is great. Especially when tuned with foam strips.

19 minutes ago, 4n2t0 said:

Your colour choice is fine.

Personally, I would never spend $60 on a exposed hook lure if my favourtite lake was Rice Lake 🤣. Weeds, upon weeds, upon weeds! I fish there at least 2 times a year and really enjoy the lake despite it being somewhat challenging since it gets so choked out. For me, naturally coloured worms, creature baits, and pearl white paddle tails/flukes have worked best.

Good luck with the swim bait. Make sure you post a picture when you catch one on it!

P.S. I don't want to discourage you, but it seems like that swim bait has some durability issues.

Yea I know I'm definitely gonna be playing with some weeds but I know a few spots I should be able to throw it around! Just gotta hope there's fish there.

9 minutes ago, webertime said:

They fixed the hook hanger issue a bit ago. That bait is great. Especially when tuned with foam strips.

Would you mind explaining this? Is this foam strip tune to get it to slowly sink?

Yes it slows the sink. Place strips on top.

I thought this thing already sinks, very slow.

Would adding the strips/weights not increase the sink speed?

I have no threadfin where I live. I catch a lot of bass on that color glidebait, but the spro kgb variant. It doesn't have the white like that one does. But I think you picked a great color.

The colors you describe work well where we live. Be careful with the pikes !!!

1 hour ago, The Reel Greg said:

Would adding the strips/weights not increase the sink speed?

float strips will not make it sink, they are buoyant. lead strips/wire is the tool to increase sink rate

I have same lure. Works well here in Tennessee on Lake Chickamauga.

Some of my most used colors now, were once colors I avoided, either because they didn't match local baitfish or look very natural at all. I had bought a 110 Jr in MB sexy shad by accident. It sat unused for a few years. I was on a friends boat one day and I had lost 2 of 3 smaller JBs to pickerel. The MB sexy shad just happened to be one of the last smaller JBs I had on me and it ended up hammering them better than any other color used that day. Naturally, less than a few days after realizing its value, it too fell victim to a pickerel.

Thats about as "safe" a color as there is. It's realistic enough to fish in clear water but has enough white/pearl to get a reaction bite.

I would bet money it would be great color in general for cold water, especially during a die off. Not just shad, but all kinds of bait and some gamefish get that lighter washed out look with hues of blue and pink.

Keep in mind you can always get it repainted if you really want to.

All colors working, Even Kiwi