Quote Originally Posted by Jigging15 View Post
Actually I use even bigger baits in Fall and Winter. Shad are at their largest this time of year. November all the shad we seen flipping were 3 1/2"-4" long. I used a 3 1/2" Mike Coffey bait to out fish several guys in my boat pretty bad a few of them until they would finally put the "that's to big of a bait" they said before hand on their jig head. Then they would start catching fish. We still caught a bunch of short fish on them to.


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I am in agreement. Kinda figured that all the 'young of the year' was either grown up or eaten up. I use what I tie nowadays, and I tie 2" minimum, closer to 2 1/2--3. It's what I use year round now. Even bream get after it. Thanks