Heddon baby zara

[James D.G]

Anyone ever heard of , and or fished a heddon baby zara. Can’t find any info on it, seen some on eBay, and all were listed as vintage heddon baby zara. I figure someone on here has to know something about them. 

[crypt]

oh yeah,got a couple of em. fish em just like a regular size spook. light tackle,big fish bait. good luck with em.

[waymont]

Excellent top water bait. Catches lots of fish when the time is right. If you have any streams with smallies in them definitely give them a try.

[smalljaw67]

Are you talking about the Zara Puppy?  It is the 3" 1/4oz version and is a killer for pressured fish. I don't use it much but I always have it on river trips. There are times during the summer when Damselflies are all over and the smallmouth start feeding on them. When that happens they are reluctant to chase other baits but we found 2 that work extremely well when that happens. One of those is a Zara Puppy, we tried poppers and the regular Zara Spook, Super Spook, and Super Spook Jr. but none work for that situation. The Zara Puppy in black shore minnow and blue shore minnow work all the time but the blue is by far the best and we believe it is because the hue is similar to the Damselfly color. Sorry for rambling but I don't often see anyone looking or talking about that bait very much.  https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Heddon_Zara_Puppy_Walking_Bait/descpage-HZP3.html

[webertime]

Toss on a light spinning rod.  Sick bait along cattails and tules.

[CountryboyinDC]

On 5/10/2019 at 10:35 AM, smalljaw67 said:

Are you talking about the Zara Puppy?  It is the 3" 1/4oz version and is a killer for pressured fish. I don't use it much but I always have it on river trips. There are times during the summer when Damselflies are all over and the smallmouth start feeding on them. When that happens they are reluctant to chase other baits but we found 2 that work extremely well when that happens. One of those is a Zara Puppy, we tried poppers and the regular Zara Spook, Super Spook, and Super Spook Jr. but none work for that situation. The Zara Puppy in black shore minnow and blue shore minnow work all the time but the blue is by far the best and we believe it is because the hue is similar to the Damselfly color. Sorry for rambling but I don't often see anyone looking or talking about that bait very much.  https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Heddon_Zara_Puppy_Walking_Bait/descpage-HZP3.html

I use the same pattern (black skeleton looking one) for a little torpedo bait that I use on rivers around me.  I hadn't tried the blue color, but the dragonfly/damselfly explanations makes it seem like it would be worth getting one next order.

[fin]

This is the lure OP is asking about:

 

 

I've never used one, or even seen one that I recall, but I can't imagine it would walk as good as a puppy.

[Catt]

I got one around here somewhere, never fished it cause it belonged to my Dad.

 

They were wooden & I don't believe they were in production that long.

[Bankbeater]

I’ve got 3 or 4 of them. They’re old so I don’t fish with them. 

[greentrout]

 

[James D.G]

15 hours ago, fin said:

This is the lure OP is asking about:

 

 

I've never used one, or even seen one that I recall, but I can't imagine it would walk as good as a puppy.

This is the lure, same color and everything.. I’m not even sure where I got it

[BASS302]

16 hours ago, fin said:

This is the lure OP is asking about:

 

 

I've never used one, or even seen one that I recall, but I can't imagine it would walk as good as a puppy.

I have one, but I could never get it to walk.  But then again, I'm not very coordinated.

 

 

[Paul Roberts]

I've never seen that one. I was thinking Zara Puppy, like others, and yes, the Puppy is a killer in high vis conditions.

 

The Baby Zara looks like it would be a short darting walker, bc it is so short, like the way a weedless "frog" bait walks. Longer baits glide further. One short darter I have is the Bomber/Excalibur Spit'n Image. It should behave in a similar way as the Baby Zara. And, it's still made:

 https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Heddon_Spitn_Image_Walking_Bait/descpage-HSI.html