| One of the most abundant bait fish in many bodies | | | | far as exclusively soft plastic threadfin shad imitations |
| of water is the threadfin shad. Any game fish that | | | | go Berkley's "Gulp Alive" jerk shads are very |
| swims in a body of water that has a population of | | | | effective baits as well. What makes these soft |
| threadfin shad will undoubtedly feed on these bait | | | | plastics so effective is the fact that they are |
| fish. For example, both large and small mouth bass will | | | | impregnated with fish attracting scents. These shad |
| feed heavily on this bait fish if they are available to | | | | imitations can be rigged just as any soft plastic would |
| them. For this reason it is important that any serious | | | | be and work very well. Soft plastics could easily be |
| fisherman have effective threadfin shad fishing lures | | | | the perfect fishing lure for imitating threadfin shad |
| available to them when fishing on these types of | | | | and are extremely effective in a variety of situations. |
| waterways. | | | | 2. The KickTail Fishing Lure - This shad imitation is a |
| There are many shad imitations on the market today | | | | swim bait, which means that it is part hard bait and |
| and I will outline two of the most popular and | | | | part soft plastic, and as realistic as a fishing lure can |
| effective versions. One or both of them are certainly | | | | get. These shad imitations are extremely realistic |
| the perfect fishing lure for imitating a threadfin shad. | | | | under the water and look almost like a live swimming |
| I'm not going to try to say which of these lures is | | | | threadfin shad. There is no doubt that these swim |
| the best, I will leave that up to you to decide, the | | | | baits have to be mentioned among the perfect |
| point is that these two lures imitate shad to an | | | | fishing lure when it comes to imitating shad. This |
| amazing degree. | | | | fishing lure is very effective for both large and |
| | | | smallmouth bass. The bottom line is that the |
| 1. Soft Plastics - Soft plastics imitate shad to an | | | | "perfect" fishing lure is impossible to determine, but |
| amazing degree and can be a wonderful fishing lure. | | | | the two types of lures above are among the best at |
| Some of the most effective forms of soft plastics | | | | imitating our friends' the threadfin shad. One or both |
| are Berkley's "Powerbait" and "Alive" products. The | | | | of these types of lures should be a part of your |
| 'Berkley Powerbait Manic Shad' offer anglers a soft | | | | fishing repertoire, especially if you fish in water with a |
| plastic bait paired with the power of Powerbait and | | | | population of bait fish known as shad. |
| the action of a hard bait, which is very effective. As | | | | |