High Power Herring

[J Francho]

High Power Herring, get one, they work. I was actually on the phone with Randall, thanking him when this one bit. Talk about timing!

[clayton86]

Nice that wasn't on Alice was it if so that's pretty good considering how that tournament turned out

[Primus]

Nice fish JFrancho, I have one that I just sent away to get custom painted with a Golden Shiner color. Looking forward to throwing over shallow flats this fall.

[1234567]

Jfrancho and primus,

I've got a custom bullshad on the way in baby bass. I've looked at the HPH a lot. Do either of you know the difference in action between the two? I've never used either.

[J Francho]

The HPH catches, LOL. I caught three in about 20 minutes, two on the slow sink, and one on the fast sink.

[J Francho]

Nice that wasn't on Alice was it if so that's pretty good considering how that tournament turned out

No, city dump. I only caught a bunch of dinks that day. It's like they disappeared.

[Primus]

I've only made a few cast with my 6" HPH bait and I was impressed with the action but have not put enough time on the water to evaluate the bait as mine came with a shad color. I know that color will catch fish, that said my local lakes do not have shad in them, but a lot of them offer Golden Shiner as forage. So I decided to have my HPH custom painted with this pattern. I realize color is secondary to action, location, presentation etc., that said I'm much more confident throwing swimbaits that match up local forage and confidence is the name of the game when throwing these baits. I will post a picture when I get this bait.

I also have a Gen 2 5" Slow sink Bullshad painted as a Golden Shiner by Dwain Batey/ Baitwerks and I've done well with it the limited time I've thrown it, stuck a solid 5lber a couple of weeks back which is nice bass in Michigan.

JFrancho I didn't realize that the HPH is avilable as a Fast Sink, I definetely will have to check that out as I need a bait that stays down more with a faster retrieve. Thanks for the tip.

[Randall]

JFrancho I didn't realize that the HPH is avilable as a Fast Sink, I definetely will have to check that out as I need a bait that stays down more with a faster retrieve. Thanks for the tip.

JFrancho's fast sinks were actually the last two fast sinks I made before I stopped making them in the new version. Here is why. Slow sinks in hard baits almost always swim better at slower speeds, jerks, pauses etc. than the fast sinks. Also if you stop a fast sink it sinks like a rock which isn't natural. The newer version of the High Power Herring was made to be a very thin swimbait compared to almost all others to match the actual forage better in profile, get more hookups, and to make a bait where you could buy/carry fewer baits and cover the water with better swimming baits. Since the bait is so thin compared to most other swimbaits it takes very little weight added to get it down. So all you have to do is carry a few different sizes of splitshot to pinch on up the line from the bait and you can fine tune the depth and speed for the bait. This in turn gives you a better swimming slow sink bait that will swim at the depth or even deeper/faster than a fast sink bait. I think yours is the old version but it will still work the same way but just take more weight to get it down.

[J Francho]

The fast sinks I have really allow me to burn the bait, and keep it down in that "iffy, tough to see the bait" zone that works so well with spinnerbaits. That could be as shallow as 4' deep in the Dump, or as deep as 8 in a clearer lake. I'll keep the split shot trick in mind.... Weighting line with moving baits - not sure I should let the cat out of the bag on that one. I'll let you guys figure that out :X

Thanks Randall for posting up. To be clear, my fast sinks aren't all that fast, not as fast as a Mattlure Hardgill or bass. The slow sink is probably the bait I'll use the most. It's too much fun watching the fish rise and take the bait.

[HopelesslyAddicted]

The HPH definitely has my interest.

But why is it so difficult to find information on it? Like colors, weight, and cost?

[Gatorbassman]

Here's another fish caught on a HPH

[Randall]

The HPH definitely has my interest.

But why is it so difficult to find information on it? Like colors, weight, and cost?

I just took a lot of the photos of the older model baits off the site since the baits have changed and will add some more colors as I paint them. Prices have been added to my site today. Weight is between 1oz and 1 1/2oz depending on the model. I haven't weighed the new models for exact weights but that was the old model weights and the ones I am making now are slightly lighter than the old models.

[HopelesslyAddicted]

I just took a lot of the photos of the older model baits off the site since the baits have changed and will add some more colors as I paint them. Prices have been added to my site today. Weight is between 1oz and 1 1/2oz depending on the model. I haven't weighed the new models for exact weights but that was the old model weights and the ones I am making now are slightly lighter than the old models.

Nice. I understand now. Thank you for replying.

I caught one of the biggest bass of my life on a 4" spro BBZ shad and I know that thing isn't that special. But it did open my eyes so to speak and I'm ready to step up to something a little more "professional".

Very interested in the HPH.