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Why is all the talk about the Gizz 4 shad. What is the difference than other shad baits?
Are they good trolling lures for Stripers? Can you utilize them with umbrella rigs?
Are they good for casting the banks?
I am interested in these lures as from reading the reports that seems to be the go to bait when all else fails. I have my best luck with buck tail jigs.
I have 3 or 4 Gizz 4 Shad lures and they are good. I have not caught any stripers with them yet, but I have caught some nice bass. They do troll well behind planer boards. I'm sure they will catch stripers well! I spoke with one of the owners of the company and the took a mold from a shad to make this lure. Check out their website at [url]http://www.smacktackle.com/[/url]. Good luck!
I've been using these baits since last fall and have caught a ton of stripers on them. They usually outfish live bait trolling due to the fact that you can cover more water.
I have looked at these baits and they look very realistic. Would this be a good bait to do some cranking with or is it designed more for trolling for stripes. I know it is a large/heavy bait. How does it run in the water? tight or wide wobble and is it a floating or sinking lure.
Thanks
I bought a couple of them to try for cranking. To me they are kind of like a floating rattle trap with a little bit wider wobble....my logic is that they would work well on schooling bass, like in the summer during those early morning feeding frenzies. I haven't fished with them enough yet to say whether they are awesome or not but they are definitely good looking baits!
[QUOTE=skeeter175;293682]I have looked at these baits and they look very realistic. Would this be a good bait to do some cranking with or is it designed more for trolling for stripes. I know it is a large/heavy bait. How does it run in the water? tight or wide wobble and is it a floating or sinking lure.
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They are suppose to float and mine do however a buddy has one that sinks like a rock. They look awesome like Art said however I don't like the action of them much as it is rather bland in my opinion. Not much wobble and eratic on retrieve. To me they have better action worked as a jerkbait then a steady retrieve. I think they are a good bait, are they as good as the hype??????, I'm still out to school on that one yet.
[QUOTE=skeeter175;293682]I have looked at these baits and they look very realistic. Would this be a good bait to do some cranking with or is it designed more for trolling for stripes. I know it is a large/heavy bait. How does it run in the water? tight or wide wobble and is it a floating or sinking lure.
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I haven't caught anything trolling them (yet). I have caught fish casting. You can fish it like a jerk bait, or a med steady retrieve close to the banks at night. It has a pretty wide wobble. It thumps the waters very well when jerked.
I need to play with the speed, but I think it will do fine trolled. Sometimes, you just have to figure a bait out on certain water...
Mark,
Sounds like your buddy has one that leaks...
[QUOTE=Duayne;293747]Mark,
Sounds like your buddy has one that leaks...[/QUOTE]
That's what I told him the other day, it still runs pretty good though.
Sometimes a bait does not have to provide much action to catch fish. If you notice how shad swim, they do not wiggle very much so it may be that it is a good visual bait, but the rattle in it may be enough in off colored water to do the job. I think the new sinking Gizz-4 will have a little more wiggle than the shallow running lure. I think the fact they look so much like a shad, makes it a product lure for larger bass, especially if it is worked slow.
[QUOTE=mhall;293750]That's what I told him the other day, it still runs pretty good though.[/QUOTE]
Hey Mark, have your buddy contact me Jeff Plummer of Smack Tackle, [email protected]
We'll replace his leaker, we want the leaker so we can do QA on it and see what might be causing the leakage.
Appreciate you all using the Gizz4, we've caught a lot of Stripes, wipers, smallies, LM, my first fish ever on it was a 30" flathead cat! ;)
If the fish are eating shad, they'll hit the Gizz4.
LMJ
[QUOTE=mhall;293690]They are suppose to float and mine do however a buddy has one that sinks like a rock. They look awesome like Art said however I don't like the action of them much as it is rather bland in my opinion. Not much wobble and eratic on retrieve. To me they have better action worked as a jerkbait then a steady retrieve. I think they are a good bait, are they as good as the hype??????, I'm still out to school on that one yet.[/QUOTE]
Hey Mark, that action has been developed over years of testing, this is just one (two!;) ) examples of what that "rather bland" action will do to fish:
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Heck, one more:
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