Big big swim shads

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I have not been able to find any big swim shads. I am looking for either 14" or 16" swim shads. Has anyone seen any this big. I can find 12 inchers.

[R. J. Ziert]

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[R. J. Ziert]

This un makes a 12 incher.

http://www.histackleboxshop.com/Optimum-Swimbaits-p/optimum-swimbaits.htm

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Thanks Ziert.
The selection of swim baits has really multiplied. I can even get some that are shad shaped vs trout shaped. So far it looks like 12" is the biggest I can get. That is probably the biggest that those pig largemouths will hit.

Those small MattLure shad look good, and Castaic has some shad shaped swim baits. Those Optimums look pretty good.

I am going to start looking saltwater. My problem is that a 10 lb striper will hit a 12" shad no problem.

[R. J. Ziert]

We should all have such a problem. :)

Good luck.

[Backwater Eddy]

D & J Plastics. Look them up on the net.

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I have not been able to find any big swim shads. I am looking for either 14" or 16" swim shads. Has anyone seen any this big. I can find 12 inchers.

Duckworth uses 20- to 21-inch skipjack, or yellowtails (a gizzard shad), whichever he can catch, on balloon rigs, and he floats three miles downstream from the dam. He places two of his lines on a 2-ounce downline at 10 feet, and this keeps the bait tight to the bottom and places the balloon on the main line just above the swivel, and (with a 5-foot leader) he fishes this just below the surface. He uses 30-pound-test line on the leaders and 40-pound line on the main reel. He also uses baitcasting reels and 7 1/2-foot heavy-action rods.