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What's the best way to fish a Hinkle Shad?
The Hinkle Shad is a popular bait for bass fishing. To fish with a Hinkle Shad, there are a few techniques you can try.
One common method is to work the bait slowly over the top of fish that are five to ten feet below the surface. This is especially effective when using live scope to locate fish. The natural posture and slow movement of the Hinkle Shad can entice these fish to bite.
Another technique is to fish the Hinkle Shad around high percentage spots such as isolated pieces of timber or the tip of a grass point. These are areas where bass are likely to be located, even if you can't see them. The Hinkle Shad's realistic appearance and action make it a great choice for these situations.
In terms of retrieve, it's important to work the bait at a pace that matches the fish's activity level. If the fish are aggressive, you can burn the bait through the water to trigger a reaction strike. On the other hand, if the fish are less active, a slower retrieve with occasional pauses can be more effective.
It's worth noting that the Hinkle Shad is just one type of bait, and different baits may work better in certain situations. The video context suggests that the Hinkle Shad is particularly effective for fishing around lily pads and in open areas. However, it's always a good idea to experiment with different baits and techniques to see what works best for you in your fishing conditions.
Please let me know if you have any more specific questions about fishing with the Hinkle Shad or any other bass fishing topics.
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Making a Shad Glide-Bait from a REAL FISH!!! (IT WORKED) by Milliken Fishing → gonna add any more weight but the hooks everything will and we can always that lid wire on the hooks too but that is awesome to see that's about like the Hinkel because the Hinkel floats too until you realize and this waters trouble with holder out of the tap that it's gonna be the lake tomorrow you can see let's drop them both at the same time just to kind of see what they look like Oh identical almost okay I guess that's good sweet sort of sided I'm not happy with the size hook hangers I got so I need to run to the the old store in a second this is too small this is too big and clunky and clumsy since I mean looking at these this is one thing I don't have that I wish I do I need to invest in some of these but the Henkel actually this one doesn't even work that well but oh there we go that one you can see it the Hinkle actually comes with these it's like a little post inside and then the hook hanger can swivel that way fish can't get leverage to throw the bait so we're really going to winch on these fish if and when we hook one on this guy but I got the holes drilled for everything real quick before going to store gonna pick dab master up from school so we're just gonna go the store
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Making a Shad Glide-Bait from a REAL FISH!!! (IT WORKED) by Milliken Fishing → nine and a half inches so almost as as but maybe even a little bit taller profile but a mite kind of kind of shave some of that off especially through the process of course putting that joint in and everything but yeah this is gonna be a little bit longer bait the Hinkle is and I think we're gonna add a little class hard plastic tail to it as opposed to a soft plastic design but pretty excited about that and I'm really excited about that it's a chop [Applause] hello actually I really like the thickness of this too I think we're gonna leave it about like this it's about an inch and half - no I'm just totally kidding guys we're probably gonna make it kind of similar to mr. Hinkle shed when it comes to thickness so the first part of the bait it has a blunt nose it widens to about I will measure that real quick but we'll make it similar to that because we don't want this bait to be too heavy it's already a big bulky bait and it's gonna be wood we're going to add some weight to this for sure because this Hinkle is a resin bait so you can make it a little bit lighter and has a little bit more sinking properties we're gonna have quite a bit of lead to the bottom of this guy to get to sink just right I'm
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How To Fish the Yum Houdini Shad | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → Hi, let me tell you how I like to fish with
the Yum Houdini Shad when I am fishing a lot of lily pads like this. What I like to do is I like to target areas
that are open. So, if I am casting, I try to cast in an open
area where I can swim that bait right on top, keep it up right above the surface, and pop
it right over these pads. What's that going to do is, it's going to
get the attention of that bass sitting in there. It looks like a natural baitfish, so, when
you're working it through work it through real slow. Depending on the condition whether they are
aggressive or not aggressive you can work this bait real slow and let it sink into these
pockets where these lily pads are sitting or you can burn it through there. Which is a great thing, because you can actually
see the fish either come up and wake behind it and blow up on it. When you are fishing this bait you want to
keep the rod tip up. What that does is it allows the bait to fall
right over these lily pads. These lily pads have Vs so, you want to try
to maneuver it through these lanes to get it through there so you don't get hung up. If you do get hung up give it a little pop
and it pops right out of that V.
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99% of Anglers Fish a Glide Bait WRONG!! #1 Retrieve for EVERY Type of Glide Bait by Milliken Fishing → achieve what it's capable of because this pool is like i don't know 30 feet long as far as i'm making this cast if you bomb this thing out 120 feet it can glide like four feet each direction while still maintaining that really good posture in the water now where i'm going with that is i get these comments all the time or even just people making a point of saying that oh you throw the hinkle shot all the time clearly you like that more than the sixth sense draw or you throw the hinkle shad all the time clearly you like that better than a chad shat or a legend or an s waver or anything when in reality is it's just a totally different bait i spend a lot of time throwing the hinkle shad and this big moby right here to isolated fish that are five to ten feet below the surface that i see on live scope so because of that because i can work this bait this natural postured looking bait so slow over the top of these fish it's an absolutely perfect bait for live scoping fish it's also a really really good bait for if i'm fishing like a giant isolated piece of timber if i'm fishing a right on the tip of a grass point or something like that basically a super high percentage spot whether i can see a fish there or not
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How to Catch Fish YEAR ROUND with Big Swimbaits! (BEST Bait for Each Situation) by Milliken Fishing → off the bank and honestly these style baits will work in watercolors of any type I've caught them in dirt muddy water I prefer it to be cleaner and really the cleaner the better just to have fish see this big profile this big loud profile this is a PB rat it's got two joints there's a lot of clack going on muddy water too this Evergreen noisy dicks once again super loud bait but a very natural swim the fish just don't see so for guys that are gonna go the other direction in the middle of summer you're going to be fishing offshore a lot obviously you guys know I throw this Hinkle shot a lot on live scope for fish over the top of brush piles or suspended fish off the edge of some points I can't tell you guys how many times I've caught giant fish that wouldn't eat anything else on these giant Shad Glides that you can't even get a bite on a drop shot in a lot of these areas you can't get a bite on a 10 inch worm or a jig or a swing head a Nico rig it's it's crazy what the the amount of pressure that's that's gone on and happened with with all the people getting into fishing which is great but it's so hard to catch fish sometimes in these situations you can weight these two baits to get down there
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1v1 GIANT Bait vs. tiny Bait FISHING CHALLENGE!! (Surprising!) by Milliken Fishing → fish out here today we're the link it's got a lot of good fish in it things are gonna be freaking active a hole saw you're after the challenge good I'm gonna whoop your home rap reason I chose this Lake is because there's a lot of big bass in here the reason there's a lot of big fastest eat a lot of big baits because there's a lot of big shad in here so hoping the old trusty swim bait box we need something over 9 inches so I'm thinking maybe the Hankel maybe this little prototype guy this is the depth slide swimmer 250 it's a 10 and a half inch bait but plenty of big baits in here and because there's big shot in here they naturally eat big long profile bass especially this time of year in the post one I think I'm going to start with the old Hinkel but definitely gonna get these couple baits out here get them on the front deck some long shad color shad profile-based mr. hinkle you guys can see I mean tons of freaking trees out here we got grass lines on the whole lake so I'm gonna start with a big bay like a 10-inch glide bait and then I throw a 10-inch worm a whole bunch - am i catching a ton of fish in the 10-inch worm of course even though it's a slender profile it is over the 9 inch minimum that I'm allowed
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