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The Z-Man® BatwingZ™ jig trailer was designed with the help of pro anglers Luke Clausen, David Walker, and Stephen Browning. Batwings are available in 2 sizes to cover all jig-fishing applications, from finesse jigs to heavy football jigs. Buoyant ElaZtech® pinchers float up off the bottom replicating the natural defensive posture of a crawfish while creating the ideal stand-up jig. Constructed of 10X tough ElaZtech material, BatwingZ are extremely tear-resistant, allowing you to use them over and over again. Their versatile body shape allows you to rig by either threading or hanging on jig hooks to suit your needs.
2 sizes cover all jig-fishing applications
10X tough ElaZtech construction
Replicate the natural defensive posture of a crawfish
Web ID: 1406100731421
Rated 5 out of
5 by
hambweld from
Great trailerHookem on a swim jig, use them as a punch trailer, hangem on the back of a chatterbait. Adds great action to any bait. On a jig they will float up like all elaztech. Gives a football the look and action of a fighting craw. A+ in my book. Wish they made a chartreuse color.
Date published: 2016-07-04
Rated 4 out of
5 by
Johnny3311 from
i like emTypical z man product, stretches, durable, etc. and catches fish. But, no what you got, can't store them with other plastics and keep em outta the sun.
Date published: 2015-09-06
Rated 5 out of
5 by
jbmw002 from
Great TrailerThe other person who made the review with 1 star doesn't seem to have a clue as to how this bait was meant to be used. It's not a "swimbait" as he mentioned and it's certainly not meant to be used on a wacky rig. So I hope no one takes the review from Wisguy very seriously. Any avid fisherman knows that this is a trailer. It can also be used on a punching rig or texas rigged. You may even be able to use it on a drop shot. I have not tried. The bait is "flimsy" as he said because it's made of Zman's ElaZtech. Anyone who knows anything about Zman plastics knows that ElaZtech is not meant to be mixed with other plastic baits or placed in a plastic box that is made of PVC. There are warnings on the bags of plastics telling you to keep them in there original packaging. The ElaZtech has a chemical reaction with anything containing PVC which will cause the bait to melt. This will also destroy your plastic tackle box if it's in contact with it because they are also made of PVC. Most other plastics also have PVC which is why it melts with other plastic baits. Furthermore, ElaZtech baits are really way more durable then any other plastic baits. You can pull them and stretch them and they will not break ever. You can catch way more fish on one of these then if you used a RageCraw bait. I just felt like there were some clarifications needed since the only review had 1 star and was written by someone who has no clue on how to handle or fish these types of plastics. That is the problem with being part of a monthly subscription and getting sample packs from MTB. Maybe the sample pack didn't have all of the proper info on it since it was not a retail pack.
Date published: 2015-08-20
Rated 1 out of
5 by
Wisguy from
Worthless - Melted In My TackleboxI got a pack of these in green pumpkin from an online monthly tackle grab bag service to which I subscribe a few months back and I put this crawfish-type swimbait on a 1/16 oz. VMC Wacky Weedless jig head. I thought from the start it seemed like it was made from too soft and delicate of a rubber. I've been fishing a variety of crawfish swimbaits for several years but the ones that have had the best apparent action to me, that have been most durable, and have by a 2:1 or 3:1 margin caught the most fish are by Net Bait, their Paca Craw. I thought the swim action on this Z-Man Batwingz bait was too fluttery, didn't have enough structure to the wings and it was not as realistic as that with the Net Bait Paca Craw; however, it may be that this lure was intended more as a trailer for a jig than to stand as an independent swimbait lure.
I caught no fish. In the same area I switched to the Net Bait Paca Craw and caught several bass. I chalked up the Batwingz lure as a bad design because of poor materials selection and forgot about it.
A few weeks later, I was rummaging through my tackle box and noticed a loose 1/16 oz. jighead and a sticky, gooey mess in one of my compartments, one I remember had once held a Batwingz. This Z-Man bait had melted in my tackle box!?! I had it in a two-sided box with a green transluscent lid, not a clear one, and as far as I can recall, it's never seen direct sunlight for more than a few minutes (I keep the lid latched - an open tackle box and a clumsy foot taught me my lesson years ago). By the way, I don't live in the South or Southwest where this might have encountered 100+*F days amplified by sitting in a car - I live in the upper Midwest, we've had a very moderate summer, I think we've had about only three days all summer over 87*F and only one that hit 90*F. Sure, the tackle box has been inside my car on maybe 8 or 10 warm or sunny days since I put the Batwingz in it, but all of my other plastic baits on the same side of that tackle box were fine and none melted.
So not only did the Batwingz bait not catch any fish, but it self-destructed in typical sorts of conditions any angler might encounter 3-6 months out of the year and not only became altogether unusable but it created a sticky, gooey mess in my tackle box. I saw no warning on the packaging that this product should be kept in a cool environment or it could melt and the product description on this and other websites fails to give this warning, either. I've seen another review of this product online that had the same thing happened - his Batwingz melted, too, but all his other soft baits were fine.
That's an altogether useless product and I give it a 1/5-star rating.
