Soft plastics
Shad fishing lure
A soft shad body for jig heads and dropshot.
Characteristics
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Body
Soft
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Sink
Sinking
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Action
Paddle tail
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Depth
Mid-water
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Habitats
Freshwater, Saltwater
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Methods
Spinning, Jigging
Shad body
Soft plastic body mimics the natural profile and texture of forage fish.
Boot or paddle tail
Thickened paddle tail creates strong swimming vibrations during retrieval.
Eye
Dark realistic eye adds a strike target for predatory fish.
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Species caught on a shad lure
How to fish a shad
Jig head for searching; dropshot or ned when fish are fussy. Keep the tail kicking at a slow pace.
When to fish a shad
Open water, current seams, and any spinning or light jigging session around baitfish schools.
What is a shad lure?
Shad-shaped soft plastics are the all-round paddletail for perch, zander, bass, and inshore species. They swim on a straight retrieve and still look right on a slow jig. The Shad is a Soft lure with a Paddle tail action. It is Sinking, fished Mid-water, for Spinning, Jigging in Freshwater, Saltwater.
Shad lure sizes
Common sizes and weights of this fishing lure.
- 5 g 7 cm
- 8 g 10 cm
- 14 g 13 cm
- 21 g 16 cm