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Are the Jackall soft plastics any good for dropshot ?

I was thinking of getting the following;
Jackall Super Crosstail Shad
Jackall 4” Super Pintail Shad
Jackall Clone Fry.

Let me know your experiences with the above and what would be your favorite dropshot bait and why.

Horrible. Avoid at all costs.

Lol.

BucketHunter wrote:Horrible. Avoid at all costs.

The 4 inch cross tail shad and I-shad are simply two of the best drop shot baits I have used. Can't speak to the other Jackall products but the two I noted above are great.

My biggest fish to date on a drop shot in 5 minutes so I would say yes. Although, you don't need to buy the expensive 'super' crosstail shad, the standard variety floats better and is obviously tasty.

The crosstail shad is my absolute favorite dropshot lure; purple winnie or ayu are my goto colors. I suggest NOT getting the super crosstail shad or the clone fry. Although they're more realistic looking, I have gotten skunked with them consistently. Fishing them back to back with the regular/plain crosstail shad has proven to me that the regular crosstail shad is much more effective.

I can't quite put my finger on why this is, but the regular crosstail shad is much softer than the other two. The only negative is that the crosstail shad can rip easily due to its softness. Expect maybe 2-3 fish before the nose gets torn. But I usually just wacky rig the torn baits and continue to catch another fish or two before it's time to retire it.

Like BucketHunter said, "Avoid at all costs." Especially the 4" Crosstail Shad in Morning Dawn when fishing for smallmouth. It's terrible.

Inspectorlee wrote:The crosstail shad is my absolute favorite dropshot lure; purple winnie or ayu are my goto colors. I suggest NOT getting the super crosstail shad or the clone fry. Although they're more realistic looking, I have gotten skunked with them consistently. Fishing them back to back with the regular/plain crosstail shad has proven to me that the regular crosstail shad is much more effective.

I can't quite put my finger on why this is, but the regular crosstail shad is much softer than the other two. The only negative is that the crosstail shad can rip easily due to its softness. Expect maybe 2-3 fish before the nose gets torn. But I usually just wacky rig the torn baits and continue to catch another fish or two before it's time to retire it.

My experience as well. I pretty much only fish a Roboworm or the Crosstail shad on a dropshot now...

Teal101 wrote:

Inspectorlee wrote:The crosstail shad is my absolute favorite dropshot lure; purple winnie or ayu are my goto colors. I suggest NOT getting the super crosstail shad or the clone fry. Although they're more realistic looking, I have gotten skunked with them consistently. Fishing them back to back with the regular/plain crosstail shad has proven to me that the regular crosstail shad is much more effective.

I can't quite put my finger on why this is, but the regular crosstail shad is much softer than the other two. The only negative is that the crosstail shad can rip easily due to its softness. Expect maybe 2-3 fish before the nose gets torn. But I usually just wacky rig the torn baits and continue to catch another fish or two before it's time to retire it.

My experience as well. I pretty much only fish a Roboworm or the Crosstail shad on a dropshot now...

+2. Tried the twice the cost "realistic" Jackall baits with limited success. I catch fish consistently on the crosstail. I too love the robotworm 4 or 6" straightail worms.

We added 4 new colors to the 4" Cross Tail for this year.

Yes, but they are very expensive and you will have to replace a lure after every fish because they are not durable

jerrylo913 wrote:Yes, but they are very expensive and you will have to replace a lure after every fish because they are not durable

Not my experience

I have found the Cross Tail Shad to be very durable.

jerrylo913 wrote:Yes, but they are very expensive and you will have to replace a lure after every fish because they are not durable

$4.99 a bag is pretty typical of most plastics give or take a few cents. I usually get 2-3 fish per bait on average. Again pretty typical for soft plastics with lots of action and salt content like GY senkos.

This is like making a thread if the 5" GYB senko is good for wacky worming