Specialty Tackle
Specialty Tackle
Back in the day, there was an online tackle retailer that carried quite a few JDM baits, one of which were Zip Baits. They may be still available or reintroduced.
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I think you mean the Zenith baits. One has already been reproduced:
http://www.tackletour.com/reviewskinnyb ... crank.html
http://www.tackletour.com/reviewskinnyb ... crank.html
Cal, Managing Editor
"fish with mindfulness : beware the darkside"
"fish with mindfulness : beware the darkside"
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Thanks Cal. That’s the ones. I remember someone asking about them on the forum a while back.Cal wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:10 amI think you mean the Zenith baits. One has already been reproduced:
http://www.tackletour.com/reviewskinnyb ... crank.html
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i still have some of their jerkbaits.
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I bought a couple of their fat bodied shallow running crank (1-2 foot diver) but they all sank. Ended up being a waste of money
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The Big Bite? that's weird.jerkbait22 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 5:04 amI bought a couple of their fat bodied shallow running crank (1-2 foot diver) but they all sank. Ended up being a waste of money
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That's it Cal. When I read the review here and they were no longer being made so I procured a few through an auction site.Cal wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:56 amThe Big Bite? that's weird.jerkbait22 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 5:04 amI bought a couple of their fat bodied shallow running crank (1-2 foot diver) but they all sank. Ended up being a waste of money
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bummer that they didn't perform for you...
Cal, Managing Editor
"fish with mindfulness : beware the darkside"
"fish with mindfulness : beware the darkside"
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Making a suspending crankbait isn't a big deal with a bit of Storm suspension strips. Does anybody have good data (or even just anecdotes) on how a suspending squarebill outperforms a rising one? (Nature of Fishing even has a video on it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCQ5ZPMArqQ)
Either way, I might need to get myself a couple of these Skinny Bear ones for convenience; I started throwing the 6th Sense "Quake 80 Suspending" lipless in a fishery where I throw 90% (well-balanced!) jerkbaits, and that suspending crank worked quite well to cover water while giving the bass the look they like. Maybe this will work, as well.
Either way, I might need to get myself a couple of these Skinny Bear ones for convenience; I started throwing the 6th Sense "Quake 80 Suspending" lipless in a fishery where I throw 90% (well-balanced!) jerkbaits, and that suspending crank worked quite well to cover water while giving the bass the look they like. Maybe this will work, as well.