The Slam Series Bomber Paddletail Lure Mini-Course
- By: Luke Simonds
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Welcome to the mini-course for the Slam Series BOMBER paddletail lures!
The video lessons below will show you everything you need to know in order to maximize your results when using these excellent lures to catch redfish, seatrout, snook, and a wide variety of other species.
You’ll see detailed video lessons showing the following:
- How To Retrieve
- How To Rig
- Setting The Hook
- Essential Equipment (rods, reels, & line)
- Skip Casting Tips
- Getting Out Of Mangroves
- When To NOT Use The Bomber
- Storing Tips/Recommendations
And at the bottom of this page is a Comments section in which you can ask questions and get answers to anything relating to these Slam Series BOMBER paddletails.
Here are the lessons:
How To Retrieve
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How To Rig
Setting The Hook
Essential Equipment (rods, reels, & line)
Get a rod that works great with the Bomber here
Get a reel that works great with the Bomber here
Skip Casting Tips
Getting Out Of Mangroves
When To NOT Use The BOMBER
These Slam Series BOMBER lures are at their best when fishing expansive shallow areas with 5 inch+ baitfish because it casts a mile so you can to cover a lot of water with minimal effort.
Their big paddletail design puts off a lot of vibration in the water which enables these lures to attract fish by both sight and feel from a good distance.
The situation where this lure design is at its worse is when fishing smaller zones of structure in calm shallow water when you don’t need to cover an expansive area…
In that situation, the Alabama Leprechaun jerk rigged on a weighted hook is the way to go.
Also, this BOMBER lure can be too big to use during periods where only small baitfish are in the area (winter and early spring)…
When fishing areas with smaller baitfish, you’ll need to use a smaller paddletail like the Slam Shady 2.0.
Storing Tips
Just like all soft plastics, it’s important to not mix them with other brands when you’re storing them.
Most importantly, do NOT store these SS Bombers with any lures made by ZMan (even the original Slam Shady lures due to them being made from Zman’s Elaztech material).
This is because some materials have a chemical reaction when exposed to different materials from other soft plastics.
I personally recommend storing them in their packages they come in to make sure that aren’t any accidental touches against other soft plastics.
If you want to store them in a tackle tray, you of course can do that as long as they are isolated into their own section.
This material does not require that you keep it wet, so you can store it for long periods of time while rigged on your rod and you can even store them pre-rigged in your tackle tray as well.
Conclusion
This new lure is an excellent choice if you’re fishing for redfish, seatrout, snook, and flounder in shallow water.
It can help you cover a lot of water with very little effort which will enable you to more consistently find the top feeding zones because of how much water you can fish.
Best of all, it’s easy to retrieve so your wrist won’t be tired from having to retrieve this lure even if you fish it all day long.
Guarantee: Just like all of our Salt Strong products, we fully stand behind their performance with a 100% satisfaction guarantee… so if you get them and find that you somehow aren’t catching a lot of fish with them, all you have to do is let us know and we’ll process a refund for what you paid for them.
If you have any questions about the Bombers, please do not hesitate to let us know using the comment box below.
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These “Bombers” work great for bass in the middle basin of the St. John’s & Lake George, also.
I was psyched to receive my Bombers and will be using them for the first time tomorrow morning. However, 4 of the Bombers had their tails bent in the package to the extent that they are unusable. The 2.0 comes in that packaging which is a big advantage over other brands. Any how I just wanted to let the SS guys know this is occurring.
I agree with Ken as well. I also received my Bombers of which 3 were deemed unusable and several others questionable because the paddle tails were actually off center and would not run true. Not sure if this is an inherent problem but nonetheless should be looked into. Looks like it could be a quality control issue.
What type of reaction occurs when these lures come in contact with other brand lures.
It’s very slow… but they’ll eventually melt into one another if touching each other for an extended period of time.
will be doing this
Solid info thanks
Great course, Very informative
Great mini course on the slam shady! I would like to see the same course on the jerk shad.
Good stuff Luke
I’m sure that the rod selection would be updated since 2021 when this video posted but the skipping and mangrove retrieval were enlightening.
The essential equipment video did not touch on leader length. Any recommendations for leader length?
Here’s a lesson on that: https://www.saltstrong.com/articles/leader-line-length/
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