Lake fork live magic shad 4.5 inch

[eightpounder]

can anyone give me some tips on this bait... my partner was kickin my ass on one of these in a shad color and he wouldnt for the life of me tell me what kind of weighted hook he was using, what size it was, or even what ought it was?? can anyone possibly give me some information on what i should do? can you tell me what colors are most productive? My partner was swimming it back like a spinnerbait? how do you fish it? what is the most productive? haha sorry for such a long message, im just tired of not knowing why he kicks my ass thankyou for any help

[Phoenix Jim]

I like it on a scrounger head and as for colors I realy like the "magic shad" color. It alos is a good bait for a trailer on a chatterbait

[fluke1987]

Try a 3/0 or a 4/0 weighted swimbait hook from Gamakatsu. You want to give your buddy a run for his money...switch it up and use a Big Hammer swim tail on a weighted hook in either baby bass, wookie whacker, or sexy smelt colors.

[dchance]

I love these and use them different ways. I have used a simple jighead but I like weighted swimbait hooks to make it weedless. I have used a simple slow roll retrieve as well as fished it like a soft jerkbait. It is a deadly trailer on a bladed jig Another GREAT way to use it is on a C-Rig, great on Alabama rig also. I like it better than paddle tail swimbaits because of the lifelike action and you can fish is slower than the paddletail style baits.

[eightpounder]

i appreciate the help so far. im going for a more natural dieing shad technique because when the sp bait dont work im going with this. Im going to get some 1/4 oz weighted hooks and the albino shad color and see how i do. any more tips would be appreciated

[dchance]

Im with Jim and like the majic shad color, but the watermelon?? color works very well if there are bluegill around

[eightpounder]

i finally pulled the trigger on 4 of these in albino shad color, I just couldnt get past it being one color, so I bought some red dipnglo to accent the tail to look like a bleeding shad just gotta wait for basstackledepot to ship the order. and I pulled the trigger on some owner weighted hooks

[dchance]

go check out overstockbait.com. they have great discounts on them. also have the 8" ones for a good price too.

[eightpounder]

o i know but i also had just enough in the paypal to get 11 packs of tiki craws in my favorite color that basstackledepot had and didnt want to pay the extra shipping costs

[capticeman]

I bought dozens of them at overstock... try a 4/0 owner weighted twistlock hook. the beast is good too (weighted)
At overstock they sell a lake fork jighead that doesn't look like much. but works real well.
my best color is junebug. white for smallmouth.

[Mark Perry]

These are deadly little baits. I use mine mostly as a trailer on a bladed jig or swim jig. We have so many colors out now you can find one to match anything. I have also used them to bedfish. You can rig them with a bend in them and get them to "stand up" on a bed. I use the sun perch and tilapia a lot. Lake Fork Tackle has their own swimbait hooks made just for this bait. You can get them at http://www.lftlures.com