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Strike King's Red Eye Shad

Source: James Niggemeyer
Bassmaster Elite Series Pro

The key to finding and catching these shallow fall bass is to cover lots of water, and a lipless crankbait is a great tool to do just that. This is a great time to tie on a 1/2-ounce Red Eye Shad in chrome Sexy Shad and get cranking. It's a great baitfish imitator in clear water, but if the water's stained or cloudy, use the old standby, Sexy Shad. The 1/2-ounce Red Eye Shad is just right a lot of the time, but if the bait's smaller than that, drop down to the 1/4-ounce model.

Three places the Red Eye Shad is great at this time of year are around boat docks, submerged grass and rocks. When fishing grass, make a long cast and use a lift and drop retrieve that keeps the bait just above the cover. The Red Eye Shad has a terrific shimmying action when it falls, and you can get lots of strikes then. You want the bait to fall to the top of the grass before you lift it up again. Be sure to let it fall on a semi-slack line so the lure has plenty of action. If the bait gets into the grass on the fall, just rip it free. You'll get a lot of strikes just as it pulls loose. If the lift-and-drop retrieve doesn't work, try a straight retrieve. You have to experiment to find out just what the bass want on a particular day.

While grass is great for this pattern, docks and rocks can be good, too. Riprap and retaining walls are excellent targets for your Red Eye Shad. The algae that collects on these rocks and concrete really seems to attract baitfish, and, of course, that draws in the bass.

When you're fishing boat docks, be sure to get your Red Eye Shad as close to the pilings as you can. They'll usually deflect right off when you bump them, and that can also get you a lot of reaction strikes. It's also good if you can get the Red Eye Shad up underneath the dock. Those bass may see some lures, but they're not often lipless crankbaits.

Mattlures' Baby Bass

First, there was the very successful Mattlures’ Bluegill bait and then comes the Mattlures Baby Bass series.  The Baby Bass is 5 inches long, weighs an 1.5oz. and come in four fish catching colors; Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Striper, and Yellow Bass.  The stock hook is a 3/0 Black Nickel Mustad Ultrapoint.  The body is individually hand poured soft plastic and hand-painted.


Just like the Mattlures Bluegill, the Baby Bass series has an awesome paint job.  The colors look great in & out of the water. The construction of the body on the Baby Bass is solid and should expect to get 20 fish per bait with it, some have reported even more. Mattlures have done a great job blending durability and action on the tail of the Baby Bass. When cast out on slack line the Baby Bass will flutter on the sink and when tossed out with the tight line, the Baby Bass will swim on the way down. The overall action on the Baby Bass is a very fast tail flutter combined with a slight body wobble. 


Just like the Mattlures’ Bluegill, there have been many reports of big catches on the Mattlures’ Baby Bass. My final take on this lure is that it is an excellent swimbait to use especially after the spawn because this bait replicates a baby bass perfectly! At $11 a piece, maybe a little much to spend on a swimbait, but well worth it.

Abu Garcia Revo S


A revolution in low profile reels, Abu Garcia has lowered the profile while increasing performance on their toughest low-profile reel to date! The Abu Garcia Revo S features precision machined Duragear™ brass gears with an oversized main gear housed within an aluminum frame. This gear configuration makes the reel smooth and reliable while increasing its overall strength and durability. The Carbon Matrix Drag™ system is constantly smooth across all drag settings, and the shielded stainless steel bearings and corrosion resistant roller and spool bearings provide ultra smooth casting and retrieve with life-long performance. The six-pin centrifugal brake aids in controlling casts in varying fishing conditions. The Abu Garcia Revo S is an excellent reel.

• Great price at under $120
• High line capacity
• Holds up under heavy use
• Very smooth casting reels
• Good drag system

I purchased an Abu Garcia Revo S reel a couple of years ago. It is an excellent reel that holds up well under heavy use. I have it on 7ft medium-action Fenwick rod and throw topwater baits, spinnerbaits and crankbaits with it. I have put this reel to heavy use for the past couple of years and have caught many fish with it. After all the work that I've put this reel to, the Abu Garcia Revo S still cast well, smooth and as reliable as when I first got it.

Abu Garcia has always been my favorite brand of reels, they have the reputation of building reels that holds up over time, the Abu Garcia Revo S will continue that tradition.

Buy it now: Abu Garcia Revo S - $199.99