Dougs Custom Lures 4" inch Pintail Shad Soft Plastic Bait

Doug’s Custom Lures 4-Inch Pintail Shad is a sleek, soft plastic bait built for finesse fishing and precise presentations. The streamlined body and thin pintail design create subtle yet realistic action that excels in clear water or pressured fishing conditions. Whether you're chasing finicky bass or targeting schooling fish, the Pintail Shad mimics a variety of baitfish and small forage with uncanny realism. Its versatility and finesse-oriented action make it an essential addition to your tackle box.

The Pintail Shad is ideal for a range of conditions, especially when targeting pressured fish in clear water or during colder months when subtle presentations shine. Lightweight and incredibly lifelike, it’s a bait you’ll want in your arsenal when precision is key.

Doug’s 4-Inch Pintail Shad delivers a lifelike presentation with subtle action that gets bites when other baits can’t. Whether you’re targeting deep-water bass or finessing your way through a tough bite, the Pintail Shad is ready to perform. Grab a pack and get ready to outsmart even the wariest fish!

How to Rig Them:

• Drop Shot: Nose hook it to present a suspended, natural-looking baitfish hovering just above the bottom.
• Jig Head: Pair it with a ball head or swimbait jig for casting and slow retrieves in open water.
• Split Shot Rig: Add a light weight and let the Pintail Shad glide through the water column with subtle tail movement.
• Weightless Rig: Cast it out and let it flutter down naturally for shallow water bass.
• Damiki Rig: Perfect for vertical presentations when targeting bass holding in deeper water, especially with sonar.

The Pintail Shad is designed to mimic small shad, minnows, or other baitfish that bass feed on year-round. Its slim body and pintail create the appearance of a weak or injured baitfish, triggering instinctive strikes. In addition to shad, it can also imitate smaller forage like silversides or smelt depending on how you present it.

How to Fish It:

• Vertical Jigging: Use a Damiki rig for targeting suspended fish directly under your boat. This technique works especially well when you’ve located fish with sonar.
• Slow Retrieve: Cast it out and reel it back slowly, keeping it just off the bottom or in the mid-water column to mimic a relaxed baitfish.
• Twitch-and-Pause: Give it short rod twitches followed by pauses to imitate a darting, panicked baitfish.
• Dragging: Drag it along the bottom with a jig head to imitate a feeding minnow or shad.
• Open Water Casting: Fan-cast over schools of fish or near points and ledges where bass are ambushing prey.