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''I'll use the 1/4 oz Red Eye in grass that's real thick or real shallow water. It's also a good fall (autumn) bait. In the backs of the creeks in autumn, there can be a lot of real small bait, and the 1/4 size better matches that. Also when there's thick grass that grows within two feet of the surface, the 1/2 oz size can get caught up too easily in that. However, the 1/4 oz will not hang up, especially if you use it with heavy line. The tournament proven Redeye Shad is one deadly lipless crankbait.'' Kevin
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''I'll use the 1/4 oz Red Eye in grass that's real thick or real shallow water. It's also a good fall (autumn) bait. In the backs of the creeks in autumn, there can be a lot of real small bait, and the 1/4 size better matches that. Also when there's thick grass that grows within two feet of the surface, the 1/2 oz size can get caught up too easily in that. However, the 1/4 oz will not hang up, especially if you use it with heavy line. The tournament proven Redeye Shad is one deadly lipless crankbait.'' Kevin VanDam - 4 time Bassmaster's Classic Champion and 7 time Toyota Tundra Angler of the Year
Strike King's slimmed-down 1/4 oz Red Eye Shad offers all the same tournament-proven characteristics as their 1/2 oz Red Eye Shad. Carefully crafted by the Strike King Pro-Staff, the Red Eye Shad produces an incredible action and features a unique shad-style body, pro-chosen paint schemes, red 3D eyes and free floating rattles to give you the best action and to entice tournament-winning fish from a far. The action when the Red Eye Shad falls is unbeatable and it's rigged with premium VMC® Vanadium Cone Cut hooks.
A buddy of mine used the 1/2 ounce red eye shad for smallies and had very few strikes. I was wondering if these are smaller and lighter if they would work better.
To me it's all determined by water and weather conditions... For sun and clear water any of the chromes will catch fish regularly. Cloudy and murky water I would try the golds and reds/ oranges. Here in Michigan it seems this year that reds and blue/ yellows are constant murky water bass landers. Hope it helps
Really depends on local baitfish type, water color and clarity, and sun light, but I don't think you can go wrong with a blue/chrome, black/gold, sexy shad, or chrome sexy shad.
i rarely give out my secret colors but i happen to have a few select favorites that work almost everywhere if your fishing clear water nothing seems to catch me more fish than sexy shad color
It just depends...on the size of the baitfish they want and how deep. If I am fishing in 0-5 feet I like the 1/4oz, and anything deeper I like the 1/2 or even 3/4 if they are 15+.
For the lake I fish on.....Yes. It rides shallower in the water than the 1/2 oz does.
It all depends on what's under the surface. If there's a lot of tree limbs and brush in the water you're going to get hung up less on the 1/4 than the 1/2. That's my opinion.
Use it just above the weeds and use a sweeping motion with your body. As the bait falls it clips the weeds and when you jerk the bait the bass strike it.
Lipless crankbaits cover water fast, and are a great lure to find where the fish are. From there, you can key in on the bigger and more plentiful fish once they are located. These aren't great for shallow water, and I'd use the bigger versions in deep water or when the bass are being aggressive. Use this smaller 1/4 oz. version when the fish are finicky. As for how to fish it, typically you just burn it in as fast as you can to give it great vibrations.
I really like the chrome sided models of the 1/4 oz. version. If its really cold usually the fish are suspended on the outside of the brush it seems as it gets a little warmer they move closer the edges. I like to cast it and pull it a short distance and allow it to flutter down on a tight line and pull again for a short distance and allow it to deepen with the contour of the bank. Hope this helps.
uSE this alot in the spring and fall when the water is just starting to warm up. In cold water, cast out and pull the bait with the tip of your rod. Let it set[OR SINK] as you reel up the line. Summer time when shad are present i like to burn it for a reaction strike.
Find a flat where grass grows about four feet below the surface then run it over the grass just ticking the grass edges. This bait is designed to be just as effective on the fall so I am constantly pumping my rod on the retreive.
Yes you can just throw it around and reel it in and catch fish, but if you want to catch more and bigger fish, on the retrieve every few feet stop reeling and let it drop a foot or two and then start reeling again. This lure drops perfectly straight down and I have had many bites on the downfall. Happy Fishing!