Tackle Max Lures

[Mitch f]

2 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

We’ll see. Mitch might owe me a cheeseburger. 
 

Wow thank you! I owe you a burger!! You drove up from Springfield to Denny Dennis?

[Flysmallie]

4 minutes ago, Mitch f said:

Wow thank you! I owe you a burger!! You drove up from Springfield to Denny Dennis?

Yep. Hell of a drive to get some worms!

 

 I'm working in St. Peters so I drove over tonight to check it out. My absolute favorite bait is a floating worm. Those Shark Fins might be perfect for that. Going to be a couple of months for prime floating worm time but I will give them a good shot. Maybe you can get us some pink ones by then. Or maybe I take a sharpie to one of these white ones? Great looking baits though, and a really good price. You might be underpriced. 
 

 

[Mitch f]

8 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

Yep. Hell of a drive to get some worms!

 

 I'm working in St. Peters so I drove over tonight to check it out. My absolute favorite bait is a floating worm. Those Shark Fins might be perfect for that. Going to be a couple of months for prime floating worm time but I will give them a good shot. Maybe you can get us some pink ones by then. Or maybe I take a sharpie to one of these white ones? Great looking baits though, and a really good price. You might be underpriced. 
 

 

Those Shark tails weren’t made to float, but you could do a light finesse hook set up maybe. They seem to excel around the spawn. They work great on a shaky head or a drop shot. Guys have been cutting the bigger ones in half and say they are a great spinnerbait or chatterbait trailer.  Also if you’ve ever done a Donkey rig (double fluke rig) they look amazing. The tail movement is key to this bait. One of the LOZ guides wants me to do a Tequila Sunrise or Morning dawn color for it. It would incorporate your pink as well as some purple. 

[Quillback]

Mitch, you got a mention in the Bassblaster email.  And so did OA.

 

"Mitch Fields started Tackle Max Lures and yep one of the fist baits is a hellgrammite.

Thanks to ol' bud Keith for the heads up. Can't link it, it's at forums DOT ozarkanglers DOT com"

[Mitch f]

2 hours ago, Quillback said:

Mitch, you got a mention in the Bassblaster email.  And so did OA.

 

"Mitch Fields started Tackle Max Lures and yep one of the fist baits is a hellgrammite.

Thanks to ol' bud Keith for the heads up. Can't link it, it's at forums DOT ozarkanglers DOT com"

Can you put up a link?

[Al Agnew]

Sure glad to see Mitch back in the lure business.  His original HD Craw design was a game changer, and I have no doubt that these lures will also be great.  The Shark Tail looks terrific in the water from the video I saw.

[Flysmallie]

16 hours ago, Mitch f said:

Those Shark tails weren’t made to float, 

A good floating worm doesn’t float. It’s a stupid name or maybe I’m just stupid calling them that. I use different hooks and different lines to control the sink rate. From the video they look like they will work.

Now I’m going to have to try one out ASAP. 

[Quillback]

9 hours ago, Mitch f said:

Can you put up a link?

It's an email, I can forward it to you, and anyone else that wants it, PM me with your email addy.

[Mitch f]

2 hours ago, Quillback said:

It's an email, I can forward it to you, and anyone else that wants it, PM me with your email addy.

Oh ok, no biggie just curious 

[Flysmallie]

So I tried one of those shark tails out as a floating worm. I didn't have much time and I didn't go to a good spot, but one where I could watch the worm. It worked as well as anything else I have used. There are some differences in the Zooms I have used exclusively for this the past 30 years or so.

One, the heads are heavier on the Shark than on a Zoom. Obviously, since the tails are much smaller than the head. But the Zoom is a little more evenly balanced when you need a slow level descent. But they aren't so heavy on the Shark that they do a nose dive. I'm sure it could become better balanced, if needed, with heavier line. 

Second is that tail. I like the little flips at the end of a tug. That could convince a follower to eat it. It will almost "swim" during a long slow pull.

I didn't get any love from the fish for the 25 to 30 casts I made. (3 of those were real good too) But I wasn't expecting any either. Just a quick lunch trip so I could see one in the water. But Probably the main reason it didn't get bit is because it was white, not pink. 

That's a real nice worm you have there Mitch.