Flicker Shad

[Phil Lilley]

Dang... do I need to start a forum just on Flicker Shad? There's quite a following.

[Feathers and Fins]

Dang... do I need to start a forum just on Flicker Shad? There's quite a following.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LOL

[jerry241]

There is almost as much of flicker shad following as those dang pre rapala warts HA

[J-Doc]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LOL

DITTO!!

NO! (please and thank you).

[powerdive]

I troll 'em on leadcore for walleyes. Unfortunately, they also catch tons of bass. Less unfortunately, they also catch just about every other species that swims. And the factory trebles are Mustad Triple Grips, designed to hook 'n' hold when trolling with no-stretch lines. Good quality bait, easy to tune, has a wider wobble than fat-bodied bass cranks. Worth keeping a few around, both for trolling and casting.

[marknsaw]

I have two and a 1/2 trays full of flickers ( they catch fish and are cheap compared to many others ). Best results I have had was with pearl white (white bass and crappie), uncle rico (walleye and crappie, my girlfriend always wants the rico ), silver black (everything with gills...trolled up a 10 1/2 " sunny last summer), black gold sunset (walleye and smallies), purple tiger(pure crappie), and blue tiger(anything with gills). Most others are hit or miss. Just bought several of the new pro colors and have yet to get a bite on any of them in various sizes. Fished Monday and caught 4 keeper crappies just with the #9 uncle rico trolling. Another outstanding bait last year was the lindy shadling, I bought these direct from cabela's on the advice of a friend ( looks like they no longer carry them, last I checked). The white shad and tulibee colors crushed the flickers late summer trolling over standing timber in creek arms. Caught everything on them. Bass, crappie, walleyes... even a 14# Gar!

[kjackson]

Just to throw something else into the mix-- Storm's Smash Shad is another inexpensive bait in the Shad Rap/Flicker Shad family. It does work well, and last summer I had a day where it outfished the Flicker. It wasn't a major smackdown, but still...

One thing I like about the Smash Shad is that it has a UV finish available, several in fact. I'm not saying that Flicker Shads don't, but they aren't noted as such in the pattern book.

UV-reflective finishes are a big deal in the salmon/steelhead/trout/kokanee world for a lot of reasons, but the main one is that (generally) they are more easily seen by these species (depending upon life stage), AND they result in better catches when compared to the same lure without the UV finish.

The kicker to this is that not all fish see in the UV range, and they don't necessarily at all stages of their life. On top of that, not much research has been done on various fish. I talked to Berkley boffins involved in the bait development end of things, and what I got is that scientists think that bass don't see in the UV range as they don't have the right cones or rods to see it. However, the guy in charge of soft bait development says that in his experience, he has done better on walleyes where he's supercharged the UV components in the baits he uses personally.

My experience is limited on what we have here, but I do know that the Smash Shad does work well and is another option.

[Phil Lilley]

In Fisherman posted an article on Flicker Shad Pro.

http://www.in-fisherman.com/2014/03/26/berkley-flicker-shad-pro-series-crankbaits/

I'll be posting it on OA this morning.

[Fish24/7]

recently tried one of the slick flickers, after just a couple fish bites and a few hours in the water the paint was already coming off... maybe I got a bad one idk.

[dtrs5kprs]

In Fisherman posted an article on Flicker Shad Pro.

http://www.in-fisherman.com/2014/03/26/berkley-flicker-shad-pro-series-crankbaits/

I'll be posting it on OA this morning.

There's that darned old Ned again.