lizards

Most lizards fall into the 6-7 inch category with a few in the 5″ range. Here is a 4″ lizards done in a fairly buoyant plastic for when some down-sizing tactics are needed. Being relatively light in weight, it can be fished using a good wide gap hook weightless and will have a dynamic drop rate since the plastic will help slow its fall. I’ll keep one rigged on a spinning rod with some 20 pound power pro spooled to drop into the open pockets of duckweed mat where bass have been working. I just let it slowly drop out of sight and it usually doesn’t get far before it gets nailed. Occasionally a bass will swing at a frog fished in the same way but not commit to a hit. After a couple passes with the frog I’ll leave that hole for ten minutes, come back and try the lizard with the first cast. Many times it turns out to be the clincher.

These lizards have a grayish cream hand poured belly. The larger black spots are applied to the inside of the top half of the mold and then the watermelon top color is injected to finish the bait. The green eyes are added and really help set this lizard apart from others.

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I keep hearing how a great lure in the spring for largemouth is the lizard. But most of the lizards I had in my tackle box were 6-7 inches. Always seemed a little too big and “in your face” for spring. Last year I tried a Rage Tail Smokin’ Rooster at 5 inches. I did very well in mid summer and fall with it but caught nothing in the spring. Even at 5 inches that might be too big for early on. But it’s hard to find many good action lizards at 4 inches IMO. Looks like you’ve got a good possibility there… Let us know how you do.

I know how well these smaller lizards do with cold water walleye and sauger. Bass and I have a pretty narrow window in which to develop a relationship. lol I’ll go hit up bass with top-waters and frogs/lizards while the crappies are spawning in a couple of my favorite lakes. Inside those pockets in the mat cover I mentioned lizards of this size are mean and make an excellent switch-over bait when something else isn’t getting the job done. Lizards have a totally different profile and I think that’s the trigger.

I’ve used lizards for years Zoom makes both 4 and 5 in lizards and other sizes .
Stan

Tom was nice enough to send me a couple prototypes of his Lizards for a spring largemouth trip I was planning in SoDak. Well, life got in the way and the trip didn’t happen.

So I had been looking for the right situation to use one of his lizards, thinking a nice open pocket of water between weed beds. Hadn’t had the right situation yet.

However, this morning I was fishing up North on a shoreline with rip rap and boulders. I caught one little smallmouth but noticed a sore on his forehead. I assumed he was down in the rip rap nosing around for crayfish. So….thinking there might be more fish down there, I grabbed Tom’s lizard and tossed it 6 inches from shore. POW! The 19 incher in the picture locked on, and you can still see the lizard hanging from his jaw. Caught a 16″ and a 17″ too before leaving for lunch.

I guess lizards aren’t just for largemouth Thanks again Tom, your lizards are very life like and – they work!

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Nice job.