ZOOM BAITS!!! ZLINKY

[Matt Hardwick]

I'm a die hard Zoom fan!! I just put all my other plastics on the give away shelf and boxes.... now got a giant pile aka 2 huge boxes of strike king, netbait, culprit, Yamamoto,  missle bait, BBB, and keitech collecting dust.... why? Well ZOOM is just cheaper and flat out catches fish!! My everyday fishing bag now consist of ZOOM trick worms, finesse worms, super vibe craws, Z hogs, baby brush hogs, Z drop shot worms, shakey head worms, mag shakey head worms, ol monsters, flukes, new swim baits,  toads, top water frogs, and the new to me ZLINKY!! fair to say if zoom dont make it, I wont throw it.... now I understand everyone has a preference and what they like and this is just mine. So please be courteous and not take what I say as a jab to anyone or you. But back to the new to me Zlinky.... wow.... its light weight but it falls and acts just as good as my GY senkos and its durable as all get out. Caught 5 fish on just 1 zlinky but heavy enough to skip and cast a country mile. Works great on Neko rig, wacky rig, t-rig ect.... I absolutely fell in love with them. Needless to say ZOOM is now all I will throw 100% of the time. I know I'm going to get the "well your missing out" or "you need....." comments but after trying virtually every brand out I just always find myself going back to zoom. But if any of you guys haven't used the zlinky check em out. Get 10 for liken 3.98 my fave colors are blueberry,  green pumpkin,  watermelon red flake, Houdini, and ghost shad. But I love all the zoom baits and I think I pretty much have every bait they make. Also the new "elaztech" type frogs are top water and absolutely bullet proof. But I recommend a 5/0 EWG hook with 1/4oz hook weight to keep it up right. But they skip and pull through cover like no ones business. But regardless.... I just wanted to share my thoughts and feelings toward zoom baits and just an avg guy who really likes them. It's not a cost issue either.... I just like em.  

[N Florida Mike]

Me too. Nothing beats em for the money. I’m excited to hear about the Zlinkies. I haven’t seen them in the store yet though. Looking forward to trying them. Z- hawgs are productive, but increasingly hard to find. Super Flukes are my favorite.

[Matt Hardwick]

38 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

Me too. Nothing beats em for the money. I’m excited to hear about the Zlinkies. I haven’t seen them in the store yet though. Looking forward to trying them. Z- hawgs are productive, but increasingly hard to find. Super Flukes are my favorite.

We got a national warehouse for zoom baits here in Virginia and 2 shops cary only and every zoom product and color. If you ever need any let me know and I'll hook a fellow angler up lol. Plus to me I love the classic red and yellow bags sitting in my box!!

[N Florida Mike]

I may need to. Thanks ! Even Academy doesn’t usually have the z hogs much anymore. Of course, I could always order them online. I think ZHogs look like a frog to the bass. Watermelon seed ones work the best for me. I get a better avg. size fish with them too.

what hook do you use for them though? I can’t find one that holds that bait in place- it slips down. 

[MountainMan83]

3 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

I may need to. Thanks ! Even Academy doesn’t usually have the z hogs much anymore. Of course, I could always order them online. I think ZHogs look like a frog to the bass. Watermelon seed ones work the best for me. I get a better avg. size fish with them too.

what hook do you use for them though? I can’t find one that holds that bait in place- it slips down. 

Z-Hogs are great! I haven't thrown one in a couple years though. I don't throw many creature baits these days but when I used to, I'd always throw a Z-hog first. Watermelon, June Bug, Black Sapphire... so many great colors. I would usually pick a thinner diameter offset hook to use.

[flyfisher]

Didn't you just have another post about a week ago that listed a bunch of other soft plastics you use?  Something seems odd here....

[Matt Hardwick]

1 hour ago, flyfisher said:

Didn't you just have another post about a week ago that listed a bunch of other soft plastics you use?  Something seems odd here....

You are right I had a post but then I just re did my baits and this is the final outcome.  Nothing odd about it. I still got the others,  but just prefer my zooms again and as said in original post.... personal opinion so lets stay on topic please. I've got a ton of gear and baits and I'm up and down with all the baits ... I just so happen to prefer zoom. Why does it bother you?

2 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

I may need to. Thanks ! Even Academy doesn’t usually have the z hogs much anymore. Of course, I could always order them online. I think ZHogs look like a frog to the bass. Watermelon seed ones work the best for me. I get a better avg. size fish with them too.

what hook do you use for them though? I can’t find one that holds that bait in place- it slips down. 

I use a regular old 4/0 ewg or same 3/0 ewg screw lock 

[flyfisher]

14 minutes ago, Matt Hardwick said:

You are right I had a post but then I just re did my baits and this is the final outcome.  Nothing odd about it. I still got the others,  but just prefer my zooms again and as said in original post.... personal opinion so lets stay on topic please. I've got a ton of gear and baits and I'm up and down with all the baits ... I just so happen to prefer zoom. Why does it bother you?

I use a regular old 4/0 ewg or same 3/0 ewg screw lock 

Nobody is bothered at all other than you obviously with that sensitive response lol.  Your posts just seem to be all over the place is all.  One says you are all in on a bunch of different baits and never leave home without a roboworm and now it is all zoom no matter what and now you are up and down with all your baits.  

I like zoom baits too and the z hawg and z craw are great creature baits.  I'll still take my rage craws as trailers over anything zoom makes.

[Matt Hardwick]

4 hours ago, flyfisher said:

Nobody is bothered at all other than you obviously with that sensitive response lol.  Your posts just seem to be all over the place is all.  One says you are all in on a bunch of different baits and never leave home without a roboworm and now it is all zoom no matter what and now you are up and down with all your baits.  

I like zoom baits too and the z hawg and z craw are great creature baits.  I'll still take my rage craws as trailers over anything zoom makes.

I'm not sensitive at all. If it came out that way my bad. I do like roboworm and all the baits but since I used the whole gamut of baits by zoom I to me at least realized I dont need anything else except maybe more abu Garcia reels and st croix rods 

[Jaderose]

Okey dokey.  Glad you like them.  Not sure I would give away all my other baits for any particular brand but hey....not my thing.

[Matt Hardwick]

1 hour ago, Jaderose said:

Okey dokey.  Glad you like them.  Not sure I would give away all my other baits for any particular brand but hey....not my thing.

I still got em. I'm sure there will be a time and place. 

[detroit1]

I'll take them...?

[geo g]

I too use a lot of Zoom products.  Priced well, hold up well, and make a good product.

[Cgolf]

I have a bunch of Zoom worms, brush hogs, lizards, grubs, etc and I rarely if ever throw them. Not that they are bad baits, I have just found better options.

 

One interesting thing is over the years Gman, a Zoom guy has had a menace grub tied on a lot in pictures.