Strike King King Shad jointed swimbait.....opinions please...

[Bassnajr]

Hey all,

I was at BPS this past week and saw one of these lures. I am into swimbaits lately so I grabbed one. Nice looking bait...a little expensive.

Anyone have any experience good or bad with these? Let me know how/where you use them, and hopefully your success stories.

Thanks,

ajr

[FD.]

I have a couple...they swim fine and should work but no fish on them yet.  I have thrown other baits on the same days I used them without much success either so I don't know either way.  I do know they will wear you out if you throw them long.

[Dan:]

They have some really nice looking colors available but I have heard some stories about them breaking at the joints and even KVD (who is sponsored by Strike King) says he switches the hooks out before using them so they probably aren't that good.

[paul.]

overpriced piece of crap.  there are much, much better swimbaits you can buy in that price range.

[Branuss04]

overpriced piece of crap. there are much, much better swimbaits you can buy in that price range.

well said

[Bassnajr]

Please suggest some better swimbaits than the piece of crap I paid $20.00 for.

Thanks,

ajr

[Eddie Munster]

Please suggest some better swimbaits than the piece of crap I paid $20.00 for.

Thanks,

ajr

mattlures has a line for around that price. Sell that one from BPS on Ebay for like $10.00 or so. Get something back for it.

[paul.]

Please suggest some better swimbaits than the piece of crap I paid $20.00 for.

Thanks,

ajr

mattlures has a line for around that price. Sell that one from BPS on Ebay for like $10.00 or so. Get something back for it.

very good choice eddie.  also jackall giron, jackall mikey, and sebile magic swimmer.  these are all about the same size and price of the king shad.  

there are also some other great ones of different brands and bigger sizes for only slightly more.  

good luck with whatever you use ajr.  i hope you catch a pig on whatever bait you throw.  

     

[Primus]

I've had a different expierience than the other posters, I own 4 of them and have been using them a couple of seasons and have not had one break. I've also have caught a fair number of 3-4 lbers along with a couple of fives. The key to throwing this bait is wind, with it running only a couple of feet down the fish need to be roaming the shallow flats, early mornings are a prime time. What I like about this bait is that I can fish it with a fast retrieve without it turning on it's side, another positive is that it can be thrown on a regular cranking stick with no  problem. This is one one of the better swimbaits I've tried along with Matt Lures bass, MS slammer and the River2Sea V joint wake minnow. I also own the Jackall Giron and this has been the most disapointing one that I've tried, anyway good luck if you decide to get one.

[Micro]

I have 6 of these baits and I've caught fish on them.  They have decent actions, good hooks, and I haven't run into any issues with respect to durability - except paint durability.  The paint seems to chip off very easily.   Once they are used up, I won't get anymore,  I have all the baits Paul recommended Jackall Girons, Mikey Jrs and Sebile Magic Swimmers (and a local store to buy them - which helps, too).  I've only fished th Girons but the Girons seem to be much nicer baits.  Girons sink (the SK floats), but they sink slowly and always parallel to the surface.  I recommend the Girons over the SKs.

[djmax22]

Had a problem with one of the joints breaking. This seems to be a common problem with the King Shad.  I have had some success with SK king kong swimbait.

I cant think of any good hard swimbaits in the $20 price range. I would save up a little more and get either a 9"slammer or a 3:16 baby wake.

[bottom fisher]

Please suggest some better swimbaits than the piece of crap I paid $20.00 for.

Thanks,

ajr

i like the sebile swim bait action and have caught some nice fish with it the paint does chip off after a couple 4 lb ers and have lost some fish from them thrownig the bait when jumping

the only thing is it swims very shallow 2ft 3ft  i would like to figure out a way to get this bait 10ft with same action thought off wieghting above bait but not tried if any one has found a way to get bait 10ft and not hurt the action would love to know what worked for u