Z-Man SJS5-60PK5 Elaztech Jerk Shadz Scented Swimbait, 5", Electric Chicken

These baits are so resilient and tough that I couldn’t get a solid hook while using the standard Texposed rig. I lost two really nice bass from lousy hookups!Went to the same spot the next day but went to weedless hooks, and hooked the baits about 1/4” behind the nose, bottom to top. Problem solved!!! I caught 12 bass, with the largest being around 4 pounds and the average size around 2 pounds.These babies really do hold up AT LEAST 10 times longer than standard plastics! Even with the toothy chain pickerel mauling them all day, they held together for the most part. Only exception being when they missed the hook and stole the whole bait from me, but out of maybe 12 pickerel hits, they only managed to tear 2 baits from the hook

Z-Man plastics, across the board, are my go to soft plastic lures. There is no comparison to anything else on the market (with the exception of a few Strike King plastics that Z-Man makes for them with Elaztec) as far as durability. You would think they would sacrifice some action but they don not at all. The Jerk Shadz tail wiggle as enticingly as any fluke on the market. I’ll take these over the Zoom Fluke any day. Same with the Paddle Tail swim bits, crawz, frogz, wormz, the TRDs etc. all fantastic action. In fact, they have another advantage. Even without the use of a Ned rig, Theis baits are buoyant which makes that tail stand up and dance on the bottom.Don’t over order. It’s going to take you a long time to go through one bage of these. Even Pike and other big toothy critters won’t tear these up.

This was my first time using z-man soft plastics. I used it this weekend and caught 5 trout, and around 6 lady fish on just one these plastic baits and its still intact! I plan to use the same one next time I go out. I would highly recommend these for how durable they are and how effective they are at attracting fish.

Worked very well with the Z-Man trout eye jig. Read my review on that one and you will see the success story. I normally don't write reviews but this jerk bait deserves one. I may just be a Z-Man fan from here on!

Can't say enough about Z-man soft plastics. Switched from Gulps two years ago and very happy with the results. They hold up 10 times better and have great action.

I was using anchovies in a lake with striped bass and I hand absolutely no luck till I started using these things. EXTREMELY effective. Every cast was a catch!

Looking for Zman fishing products and ordered here. Good value and quality with fact shipping. Will keep info to order next time.

Innovative and durable material, life-like when properly presented and retrieved, elicits aggressive strikes, cannot ask for a better “artificial”...