What can I do with a Spit'n Image?

[Bazoo]

I've loved the Excalibur Spit'n Image since I was a kid. I have only ever fished it one way though. That is by giving it short, medium power jerks, thereby causing the lure to cut sideways a bit. If I do it right, I can work the bait in semi-circles a long ways. It seems to be the best way. Once in a while I'll get it to jump out of the water too, but I haven't mastered how to make it do that yet.

 

I never really "learned" how to fish the lure, I just started playing with it and ended up with my technique. Is this the way others fish it? Do yall walk the dawg? Am I missing out on something great?

[Bluebasser86]

It's a nice little walk the dog bait if the conditions are right. It's a little finicky because of the smaller size but it can be pretty deadly in the right situations. 

[TnRiver46]

Walk the dog and slay bass 

[Bazoo]

4 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

It's a nice little walk the dog bait if the conditions are right. It's a little finicky because of the smaller size but it can be pretty deadly in the right situations. 

That gives me a great idea, to make one larger! Thank you. I've been working on making a wooden version, almost identical in size, so I have a non-rattling version, and just to see how it performs. I never considered making a larger one to aid in the technique I described.

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

Walk the dog and slay bass 

Oddly, I've never had any luck when walking the dog with it. I always work it slow, giving it jerks on top, and letting it cut sideways. That has always worked pretty well for me.

 

Got these the other day fishing in the rain with my aforementioned slow sideways walk. Does that retrieve have a name?

 

 

 

My friend gave me this old Spit'n Image the other day, that I gave him some years ago. I had a new one, but gave it to a gent at the lake last fall.

[Bazoo]

Since we're on the subject of Spit'n Images... what's everyone's favorite colors? I've only ever used the Tennessee Shad color, like pictured, or the new one with purple back. 

[TnRiver46]

Sounds like you just walked the dog slowly haha. 

[Pat Brown]

Walking the dog is the deal - the tn shad color is the only color I use.

[Bazoo]

Thanks Pat, How far do you walk it before a pause? 

[Lead Head]

I love this for a fast walk the dog retrieve. Many baits will walk well slow and steady, but few can walk as fast and smooth as a spit'n image. It's absolute money when bass are aggressively feeding on the surface. My first choice when chasing schools in the hot summer.