Jackall Raises The Bar on Finesse Baits, Again

Jackall Lures has been known for its awesome power fishing baits when they broke into the market with their finesse type baits. Soft plastic baits like the Flick Shake and Crosstail Shad showed the US market just how high the bar could be raised in the finesse fishing market. Just when everyone thinks they have shown all their cards they bring out something new for anglers to learn and beat the competition with, the Super Pintail.

The Super Pintail was introduced to the market as an awesome new dropshot type bait and while testing it I found it is just that. I also found it could be just as awesome when fished several other ways. This article is going to touch on just a few of these ways along with the equipment we found it to work at its best for each situation.

The first way we fished the bait was the traditional dropshot rig. We started rigging the bait on Lake Fork Flourohybrid 10 pound line with a small Owner dropshot hook. We fished the bait on the Jackall Power Inch Wacky rod with a Daiwa Steez reel. This combo allowed us to fish the bait both fast and slow and detect even the slightest bite. We found the bait worked well with the traditional nose hook rigging but worked just as well rigged on the small Owner SOS hook and made weedless like the Texas rig style. The bait also held up very well after boating several fish over the 2 pound range. We found it held up better than most hand poured of the same type.

One of the other ways we found the bait worked in producing bites was on a small jighead. I had my clients use this style when we had problems catching schooling fish that were chasing bait that were just about the same size as the Pintail. We rigged the bait on the same set up using a 1/4 oz screw lock type jighead. I had the clients work the bait like a small twitch bait then as it reached the larger numbers of schooling fish on the surface drop the bait and let it fall to the bottom. It seldom made it to the bottom without a bite. Once the fish had stopped coming to the surface we worked the same area letting the bait get to the bottom and I had them work it with a slight hopping action while shaking the bait. This also seemed to catch some bigger fish in the school. When fishing this type of situation rigging the bait weightless will also work well for a slower presentation. We used an Owner #2 SOS hook for that style.

One other way we found the bait to work well on was rigged on bladed baits like Spinnerbaits and surface baits. This type of rig worked best on the Jackall Master Stroke rod topped with a Daiwa Steez reel and Lake Fork Flourohybrid in the 26 pound class. This line has the same dia. as about 17 pound in most other brands. I used the bait on the surface/buzzbait first and found it worked well and had an increase in hooking fish when rigged as a trailer. I would just run the Super Pintail nose first up the hook and let the point of the hook come out in the back of the bait. We found alot of fish that would short strike the bait never missed when rigged with the Pintail. I believe the Pintail caused the fish to target the bait more than just the noise made from the blades on the surface because of the life-like action and appearance. We also found the same results when placed on the Spinnerbait as a trailer as well.

One thing we found during the testing process of this bait is Jackall has certainly raised the bar again and made an awesome versatile bait that works in a number of situations and conditions. We feel confident any angler that uses these will feel the same way. Be sure to let us know some of the other ways you guys find to use the bait. If you would like to see these tactics in action feel free to give us a call at Fins-N-Grins Freshwater Adventures and get your adventure started