BassdozerStore.com: SEBILE Flatt Shad SU ~ Suspending Lipless Crankbaits

September 28, 2010

SEBILE Flatt Shad SU ~ Suspending Lipless Crankbaits

Among the many, probably hundreds of lipless crankbait variations on the market, only a rare few are suspending models and the only one of these we know that's really devastatingly effective is the SEBILE Flatt Shad 77 SU suspending version. It suspends from 12" to 18" deep and does not swim deeper than that.

Model	Size	Weight	Type	Level	Line Test
Flatt Shad 77 SU	3" / 77mm	1/2 oz / 15g	Suspending	1 to 1-1/2 ft	8 to 20 lb

The 77 SU is ideal for fishing shallow water or flats of any kind, over submerged weedbeds, underwater rocks and through the tops of flooded brush. Basically anywhere that sinking Flatt Shad models can't easily be used in shallow water without getting stuck, that's where the suspending model excels.

Plus, when fish are hiding in thick, shallow cover where they are holed up waiting to ambush bait, you can work the 77 SU right up to a likely spot, and then just stop it right where you think is best, right in front of the spot where you think a fish is waiting in ambush. That's what the 77 SU is made for. When you let it suspend there, that truly antagonizes them. It's not like something that's swimming by, that's passing through. It stops and stays right in front of their hiding spot. So it's kind of like sitting there in their space, and they're going to attack it for that reason. Just let it sit there, give it a twitch or jerk, and watch out! That's a reaction strike you can really only get with the suspending Flatt Shad model.

Both the 77 SU (1/2 oz suspending) and 77 SK (3/4 oz sinking) look identical. The way to tell them apart is written on the bait's tail.