Flicker Shad

What’s the word on the Flicker Shad? I am thinking of long-lining some on Lewis and Clark in Yankton this weekend. Have you guys tried them yet?

I have not tried trolling them yet, I like to cast them even though you can not wing them way out there because they weigh next to nothing

They work well for bass

I like them though, Kinda like a shad rap. I have done ok on them.

I just picked up some of them at Gander’s. They had a pretty good selection of colors, except no Firetiger

At half the price of a Shad Rap I’m a little less concerned about sticking them into the face of a wingdam

Rootski

I trolled them at chamberlian last weekend they produced as many white bass and eyes as the live bait

Do they run straight? I tend to stay away from frenzy lures due to not being able to tune them. How deep do they run.

I ran a ton of them on Big Stone this year with good results. I would say I maybe had to tweak 1 or 2 out of 10, and those were easily tunable. I liked the rattles in the dirty water. I ran the same color and size Flicker and Rap side by side and the Flicker won.

they run perfectly straight for me! I have had no problems with the flicker shad, or frenzy lures in general for that matter. Their Traps are the bomb!!

Glad to hear this. I picked up a bunch of them (clearance) at Scheels in Sioux City just recently. Haven’t been able to try them out yet.

JD

Wade, I think they work well. They rattle really loud, are a little light to cast but work great long lining or trolling on core. I used them at the Mississippi FLW tournament and did really well on them. The price is excellent and they have a couple great colors

Love them ordering 30 more of them next week! The firecraw is a sweet pattern that is really going on pool 3 and 4 right now

I love the Flickers! I have bought close to 400 of them since they came out last year. I’ve caught a ton of eyes on them when nothing else would work. I think Scheels sell them for $3 but a few months ago Cabela’s had them for $1.99. I’ve heard that next year you can exspect to pay over $5.00 for them.

Scheel’s has them for $1.99 right now.

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I love the Flickers! I have bought close to 400 of them since they came out last year.

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Dude! That is a serious amount of baits! Good thing you won some $!

I have been using them a lot due to the price points. I have had to tune quite a few of them. If you are running at 1-1.5 MPH, you may not notice it. But step up the speed, and they blow out one way or the other quite regularly. I imagine it may be due to the weight, and the lack of mass. You are asking a lot out of a bill at 2 MPH+.

I do like the colors.

Chris, are you talking about 1-1.5 into the current? I have been pulling them up to 3MPH on the lake and have to tune a few but for the most part they are pretty good.

Glad to hear they did better on tuning the flicker shads than some of there other products. I tryed trolling a couple of shallow running frenys lures last fall and they did nothing more than spin in circles. Figured any company that would put out that bad of product wasnt worth the time of day. Guess everyone needs to get it right ever now and again.

How deep do they run?

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How deep do they run?

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Mike, I hear 7 to 10 ft. I spoke to a buddy today who said they run a little deeper than the shad rap, making them a little tougher to troll longline in shallower water, unless you want to use boards. I’ll be running some of each – shad raps, flicker shad, and wally divers this weekend. I’ll post results. Thanks guys!

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How deep do they run?

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They will be in the next precision trolling book! Mark Romanack from Precision Trolling has tested the Flicker Shads. He was willing to give up the max depths for these lures.

Flicker Shad 5 150′ back 10# mono 9 feet down
Flicker Shad 5 150′ back 10/4 Fireline 10 feet down

Flicker Shad 7 150′ back 10# mono 14 feet down
Flicker Shad 7 150′ back 10/4 Fireline 15 feet down

Be sure to tune them after catching a fish. Even smaller fish can take them out of tune. I still tune more Rapala’s out of the box than the flickers.
Berkley put a little more work into these lures than some of their others. That’s why they come with tripple grip hooks on them already.

I have had really good luck with them

What is the price? I just paid nearly 6$ for my number 5’s at WallyWorld.

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What is the price? I just paid nearly 6$ for my number 5’s at WallyWorld.

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Cabela’s and Bass Pro have ran them on sale for 1.99 but I believe their regular price at those stores is 2.99. Most other places have them for 3.99. I’d almost bet next year they will be 5.99.

I picked up a few at Joe’s out of the bargain bin for $1.99
about a week ago. I haven’t had a chance to try them yet; but I will soon.

dd

Working good for eyes up in my neck of the woods. I was getting depths of 9 to 11ft.

I just picked up about a dozen of them at Cabela’s for 2.99 They do have some pretty good looking colors too! Now I just have to get time to use them. Heading to Devils Lake tomorrow, maybe I can find a good use for them there

I caught a lot of eyes at Devils Lake last year while pitching the Flickers.

I fished these flickers with Wade before leaving for the BWCA and they outfished the shad raps on that day by a sizable margin.

They haven’t proven themselves to me to the point where I can put them in the same class as some of my favorite producers but after one outing they have certainly got my attention.

Anyone else tried them this season?

Last week was throwing a couple of them. Caught 3 eyes on 3 consecutive casts. Granted I didn’t hit anything for the next hour, but like you said, they have my attention too.

Out of about 6 lures 2 of them needed to be tuned although only slightly. Once they were tuned properly they stayed tuned even though we were throwing some considerable abuse at them pulling them through some flooded timber.

So far the firetiger and black gold have been the best colors for me. In the #5 size. I did pull some #7’s but didn’t connect on the larger baits.

We fished them for the wisconsin Opener and they did vary well around Hayward. I had a pike hit one and bent the hook quite a bit. The pike was not big. I did not have anymore trebles with so I just bent it back. After every fish I had to bend the treble thereafter. Was happy with how man fish they produced

Some of the Flickers had triple grip trebles, some of them didn’t. I’m not sure why some had them while others had a more “run of the mill” hook on them. Anyone know if all the flickers in the future will have the triple grips?