Strike King Zero

[Cephkiller]

I bought a pack of these recently after having forgotten about them for a couple years.  Wow!  These have to be the best value in a soft stick bait.  I have been fishing 3 times, used them for a total of 2.5-3 hours and caught approximately 20-25 bass and I'm still using the first one!  The action is very good as well.  I would estimate they fall somewhat slower than a GYCB, but with all the same tail wiggle.  I know I've been a GYCB supporter and I'll continue to be one, but I think the Zero has a place in my tackle box from here on out.

[ILfisherman]

Its awesome, isn't it? The only bad thing that if you t-rig it w/ the hook embedded, your hookup ratio is going DOOOWWWWNNNN.

[Cajun1977]

i havent seen those in a while

[RoLo]

I agree Ceph, the zeros are very effective and practically indestructible.

I'm also crazy about their 7" Finesse worm, but are you following the goings-on at Strike King?

First there was a 3x Floating worm (fortunately I stocked up), then in spite of high demand it was abruptly dropped!

Then it was Cyberflexxx finesse worms, zeros, etc, which they dubbed "3x" plastic in honor of 3M the founder.

Now 3x (cyberflexxx) has suddenly been dropped and renamed "ElaZtech"

What's up with all that? My guess is that it's due to some legal entanglement.

Roger

[bassnleo]

The zero's skip like a dream and are one of my favorite dock baits.

[airborne_angler]

Throw them T-rigged for a while and youll notice that they start wanting to float and not sinking like it should. Seems they do wear out after being fished aggressively for a while,But they do Catch fish!!

[Matt Fly]

I love the presentation of the floating baits for Carolina rigs when fish seem to be a little off bottom in the summer on road beds.

Getting hard to find in DFW area also.

Matt

[.ghoti.]

3X baits, or cyberflex, or whatever they decide to call them will always have a place in my plastics bags. The one that looks like a fluke ( I think they call it a Zulu ) is one of my favorite topwaters. The Zero is a good bait when you need a slower fall rate. The worms are one the best to put on a jighead. On the rare occasions when I fish a C-rig, a 3X bait is my first choice.

They are getting harder to find around here. I just picked up a dozen bags at a local tackle shop for a buck a bag. I think I may just go back and get a bunch more.

Talk about cost-effective. It's not uncommon to catch 20 or more fish on one bait. Try that with a senko. It would be rare to catch 20 fish on one bag of senkos.

airborne, I think the reason the Zeros start to float after a while is the salt does not stay in the bait. It will pop out when the plastic is stretched.

Cheers,

GK

[.dsaavedra.]

i while ago i had a bag of 3x zeros. then i went to walmart and there were none. instead there were just plain strike king zeros, but they said elaztech on them. they are just as durable so i picked up two bags at 2.92 each. elaztech also makes the chatterbait brand trailers. i fished these zeros texposed and one problem i found is that the head would slide down the hook with even the slightest jerk. it became annoying so i went to my gycb's. anyone know why this is happening? how can i fix it? superglue?

[ILfisherman]

i while ago i had a bag of 3x zeros. then i went to walmart and there were none. instead there were just plain strike king zeros, but they said elaztech on them. they are just as durable so i picked up two bags at 2.92 each. elaztech also makes the chatterbait brand trailers. i fished these zeros texposed and one problem i found is that the head would slide down the hook with even the slightest jerk. it became annoying so i went to my gycb's. anyone know why this is happening? how can i fix it? superglue?

It happens to me too. What kind of hook r u using? I use a gammy 4/0 ewg. I've found that if u stretch it a bit when you trig it, it will stay on better. But I've heard superglue works great.

[Cephkiller]

the head would slide down the hook with even the slightest jerk

I use 3/0 or 4/0 EWG and bury the eye about 1/4" into the head.  I have not experienced the head slipping down on these baits.

[.dsaavedra.]

im usin gammy 2/0 ewg's. whast the ewg mean anyway? is that what that little bend behind the eye is?

i suppose i'll just burry the eye further in the worm...i dont think it was in deep enough.

[Cephkiller]

whast the ewg mean anyway? is that what that little bend behind the eye is?

Extra Wide Gap refers to the shape of the hook bend (the distance between the hook shank and the point).

[.dsaavedra.]

ooook thanks!

i really like EWG's then. cuz i had some eagle claws that werent EWG's and i had a problem w/ them: they wouldnt remain weedless when texposed. if you look closely at an EWG the hook point lays in a flat line w/ the eye, maybe just a little higher, but on a regular gap'd hook the hook point sticks up, and is hard to texpose with.