what's so special about Keitech?

[Choporoz]

A lot of retailers were discounting the Salty Core sticks last year and I bought a few packs.  I tried them off and on with no success.  However, just the other day, I got to thinking about them and did a little reading up.  I'd fished them T-rigged and belly weighted hook rigged.  By design, their key is supposedly the straight fall shimmy.  I probably didn't bring that into play the way I fished them.  So, I'll try them wacky and weightless before I write them off again.  I also tried the Flappers, on a shaky head IIRC, but didn't get any action so buried those in my bag, also.  Maybe I'll try flipping them this spring.

Their swimbaits will always have a place in my bag, however.  Aside from traditional swimming as described above (LOVE the slow speed action), I also fish the 3 inch Swing Impact on an Owner Finesse ball head much the same as I'd fish a Ned rig.  That tail flaps even when its just sitting there on the bottom.

[everythingthatswims]

5 hours ago, reason said:

Yes, but that's not always a good thing. They are certainly good baits, but nothing that can't be substituted for. If I remember correctly, in the LMB world, the lure de jeuer has been everything form basstrix, roboworm, Yamamoto, paca, RI, and this other one that escapes me, but it was all the Rage. JDM is where the sheep are grazing right now, that,s all.

 

 

 

All of those still have a ton of hype and still set themselves apart from the rest because they are quality bait. If you know a substitute for a keitech swing impact and/or swing impact fat I would love to know about it.

[roadwarrior]

31 minutes ago, everythingthatswims said:

All of those still have a ton of hype and still set themselves apart from the rest because they are quality bait. If you know a substitute for a keitech swing impact and/or swing impact fat I would love to know about it.

We will have an alternative from Rage Tail shortly.

 

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

13 hours ago, Allen Der said:

is anyone using their other plastics besides the swimbaits?  their stick bait and finesse worms look interesting

I used their salty core tubes a couple years before trying the swimbaits. The tube is solid like a Fat Ika or Damiki Hydra but more firm not as squishy. I rig it backwards too like I do the others. Sticks Ive used 4.5" & 5.5"wacky with good results but if had to choose, a senko would be my 1st choice.

[ibobpeb]

To be honest it's not that special. I think it catches fishermen more than fish. I own all the Keitech products and I have cheaper plastics that catch more and bigger fish. 

That said, Keitech lure's design is superb and action is great but for some reason I still have more production using other brands.

Last summer I was sight fishing and there were a few hogs cruising around weeds. I drop shotted, swimmed, and t-rigged some fat impacts right in their face and none would take. Then I threw a cheap Luck-e-strike minnow, ($3 for a pack of 20) and bam caught 2 bass back to back in the same spot. I no longer buy into the hype.

I do like Keitech products but it's just not that special to me.

 

 

[J Francho]

I stopped using them, shaved my beard, and let my fade grow out WAYYY before it was cool. I'm on to other things now - they'll be cool in a bit.

Kidding - I use them because they work.  There was nothing as good when they came out.  I use a few other baits from them - they are all quality.  Still have a few boxes of old spiders that you can have - if you can pry them from my cold, dead hands!

[Choporoz]

On 4/26/2016 at 9:17 AM, Choporoz said:

A lot of retailers were discounting the Salty Core sticks last year and I bought a few packs.  I tried them off and on with no success.  However, just the other day, I got to thinking about them and did a little reading up.  I'd fished them T-rigged and belly weighted hook rigged.  By design, their key is supposedly the straight fall shimmy.  I probably didn't bring that into play the way I fished them.  So, I'll try them wacky and weightless before I write them off again.......

 

 Makes you want to go out and throw one right now, doesn't it?

[Nice_Bass]

eh...I think there are better brands out there based on action/design, durability, and price. (in that order)  I just think the reason that you hear more about them now...is more people use them now.

[jbrew73]

On April 25, 2016 at 4:56 PM, avidone1 said:

I've been fishing for so many years that I tend not to get excited about the newest lure to end all lures.

But that doesn't mean I don't pay attention when something seems to have 'legs'.

Keitech baits seem to have an excellent and enduring reputation.

Please tell me what makes them so special as opposed to Yamamoto plastics, or zooms to name a few of my favorites.

what makes them special?. nothing.. they are just another variation of a soft plastic lure. 

[iabass8]

[Airman4754]

On 4/26/2016 at 10:26 AM, everythingthatswims said:

All of those still have a ton of hype and still set themselves apart from the rest because they are quality bait. If you know a substitute for a keitech swing impact and/or swing impact fat I would love to know about it.

Kalin Seizmic Shad, Kicker Fish Tail Slapper, and BPS Speed Shads are the exact same bait as the Keitechs. 

I fish the Speed Shads mainly now because they are the only one I have found that makes a 6" model. I have all four brand's 4.8" in a bag and I have no clue which one is which and neither do the fish. If you do your job they will do theirs regardless of packaging. 

[Hogsticker]

They aren't the same fellas. Same design, different plastic, different molding process. If you're catching more fish on a certain variation it's because you have it tied to the end of your line more often. 

[J Francho]

9 hours ago, Hogsticker said:

If you're catching more fish on a certain variation it's because you have it tied to the end of your line more often. 

Oh, logic!  This is a good point.  And to add, what you use most frequently, you have the best "feel" for what the bait is and isn't doing. 

[primetime]

Marketing and threads like this make them special. Plus paddle tail grubs work really good.

[J Francho]

Funny, because when they came out there was pretty much no marketing, and zero mention on the internet of them.

(No one wanted to say it on the web, lol)

[FrogFreak]

They don't work and no one should use them.......just give your unused Keitechs to me and I'll dispose of them for you for no fee.

[YoTone]

a few weeks ago i decided to try it out but  put it on my chatterbait.   next thing i know im reeling in what i think was a monster largemouth but turned out to be a striped bass.

[primetime]

8 hours ago, J Francho said:

Funny, because when they came out there was pretty much no marketing, and zero mention on the internet of them.

(No one wanted to say it on the web, lol)

Great Point. Now that I think about it they never really advertised. I guess that is how you know it truly is a great bait..Plus every company has made a copy which proves it is a good bait.  Nobody has been able to duplicate the consistency and texture of the Original's, yet all cost pretty much the same if not more.