Like I always say, “There are people who love blade baits and there are people who just haven’t discovered they love blade baits”.

Thanks guys,

The stand-up one is very snag resistant so I am guessing it is landing up-right most of the time. I have no proof except for my kids 16′ pool…. it lands great in there! On a bottom covered with zebra muscles, ??? But it is catching fish.

I’m not sure how much you guys deal with Gobies out on the Mississippi but here on the Great Lakes, it is probably the #2 (sometimes #1) food source for Browns and Lakers. In summer it may be #1 for Smallies at times. I’m no biologist but I drop an Aquaview down and there are 200 gobies for every crawfish! I believe it’s why we have the 6-7-8 pound smallies right now in Sturgeon Bay. Its one of the reasons why we have 25 pound Browns in Lake Michigan. The species that diversify to this secondary food source are thriving. Species like Chinooks and Coho who key in on the pelagic baitfish (alewives) have a harder time finding food at times.

Yes, that was a crankbait. Echo tail is also putting a twister on the back of a blade. This has a very unique action that it darts.

Hi Tom and James,

I continue to fish this bait with great success including the current migration of King Salmon and Brown Trout into the Lake Michigan harbors.

I have always been a blade bait addict and this has taken my interest to a new level. Now, this bait will dart left and right when you flick it and glide on the pause instead of slicing through the water and dropping quickly.

As far as going vertical with it, yes it has all the vibe and then some of the original blades. Now, with the tail added, it will travel forward on the lift and glide in the fall. You can get this to dart and circle in a 4-6 foot diameter below the boat like a Jigging Rapala but with the vibe of a blade.

One thing that worried me was only having one hook, but so far it hasn’t been a factor. Everything has been crushing it. In fact yesterday morning I had a 6-7 pound brown completely engulf it’s 4″ profile and it took a long forceps to pop the hook free.

Marc