Mr Twister Sassy Shads

[Cgolf]

This is a what's old is new lure for me. Apparently a long time ago I bought some but never used them. I tossed them in a box of stuff to try this year, what can I expect? Going to try them both on the river and in green and clear water lakes. Was going to rig them on a jig head and see how if goes. 

[scaleface]

They flat out catch fish .   In my opinion a short shank hook gives the lure a lot more action, the whole lure will vibrate similar to a lipless crankbait . I  use  crappie jigs and carefully open  the gap thus shortening the length , but I am severely weakening the hook in doing so . DOA makes short shank jig heads  but I have never seen any at the stores . I'll have to order some . I'm referring to the three inch lure bodies .

 

[Outdoor Zack]

1 hour ago, scaleface said:

They flat out catch fish .   In my opinion a short shank hook gives the lure a lot more action, the whole lure will vibrate similar to a lipless crankbait . I  use  crappie jigs and carefully open  the gap thus shortening the length , but I am severely weakening the hook in doing so . DOA makes short shank jig heads  but I have never seen any at the stores . I'll have to order some . I'm referring to the three inch lure bodies .

 

Interesting.  I tried them before but I could not get them to run "true".  They just seemed to twirl in the water as if they were rigged on a swivel, but I rigged them directly onto a jighead.....

[Heron]

6 hours ago, Outdoor Zack said:

Interesting.  I tried them before but I could not get them to run "true".  They just seemed to twirl in the water as if they were rigged on a swivel, but I rigged them directly onto a jighead.....

What weight was your jighead?

[Kevin22]

6 hours ago, Outdoor Zack said:

Interesting.  I tried them before but I could not get them to run "true".  They just seemed to twirl in the water as if they were rigged on a swivel, but I rigged them directly onto a jighead.....

They are made for jigheads.... 

 

I use the 3" for walleye, I catch a lot of bass as well. I use the 4" as a shad swimbait when the bass are on gizzard shad. I use a 3/8 jig head with a 4/0 hook for the 4". Standard 1/8-1/4oz walleye jig for the 3". 

[OK Bass Hunter]

I use them for everything. I've caught sand bass, hybrids, bass, flathead catfish and saugeye just to name a few  

[flyingmonkie]

As a teenager, the smaller (2"?) sassy shad on a small spinnerbait (no skirt) was THE ONLY THING I fished with! 

[Brayberry]

I pour my own heads for them, and don't have any issues with them running true.  I've done very well with them for bass and crappie.  Typically use a 1/8 or a 1/4 oz head, with a occasional 3/8 oz head for deep fish.  

[Bluebasser86]

I fish them on a 1/8oz jighead for hybrids in the river. Used to fish them on the same size head with a small jig spinner arm to catch most everything. 

[Cgolf]

Thanks for the replies, sounds like I will do pretty well with them. Will probably see more time on the river where vegatation isn't an issue and early season lakes before the weeds take over and even weedless ballheads come back slimed up. 

[Outdoor Zack]

15 hours ago, Heron said:

What weight was your jighead?

1/8 oz. ballhead on 10 lb. mono.  Rigged so that the eye of the hook was facing up and the hook stuck out the back. 

[Nate Stonefish]

Make sure you put it on straight. If you put the jig head too far left or right with cause the bait to spiral.  Most swimbaits have a line on the back where the mold comes together. Try having the hook pop out on that line for the best action and for it to run true.  Hope this helps you.

[Outdoor Zack]

2 hours ago, Nate Stonefish said:

Make sure you put it on straight. If you put the jig head too far left or right with cause the bait to spiral.  Most swimbaits have a line on the back where the mold comes together. Try having the hook pop out on that line for the best action and for it to run true.  Hope this helps you.

Will do.  thanks

[Bankbeater]

I use the 2" size. Sometimes I bring the hook out of the back so the bait swims at a 45 degree angle. I usually throw the bait when the bass won't hit anything else.

[primetime]

If you visit the Mr. Twister Website, they have rigging options with ball head style jigheads being the most popular. I have used all sizes, the larger 5-6" mostly in saltwater and I use the 3" shad bodies on my light spinning rod when I want to have some fun and just get action...I use a 1/8-1/4 darter style jighead if fishing around grass and I find the Kalins brand fit well, but so do most ballhead style jigs as well...The key is getting the hook through the top perfectly straight since the hook acts like a rudder and keeps the bait tracking true, otherwise is spirals and runs off track if the weight is not balance right or if you are slightly off center...They work well for getting strikes from smaller fish in the 3" size on light line through sparse grass and ripping them free and letting them fall a few feet and fish them erratic..DOA makes a good jighead with a strong hook for heavier line, same with most saltwater jigheads, but the standard ballhead jigs you would swim a 3-4" grub with will work well. Shorter shank as mentioned seems to help but sometimes a certain jig just won't work due to balance etc...

I have heard of guys using smaller scrounger jigheads with a sassy shad and doing well but I am not sure of what size..I never use the scrounger heads but I know that some guys do really well with them and use them with alot of different style swimbaits...They work great on a light action spinning rod with 8lb test mono and are good for covering water without making too much noise. A 3" Firetiger shad body in a pond will get bit by everything in the spring time.