How To Maximize Your Results With Paddletail Lures [The 2.0 Edition]

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This page will show you how to get the most fish catching with your 2.0 paddletails throughout all seasons with the least amount of equipment needed.

You can also see all of the documented species that have been caught on the Slam Shady lure (on our way to a world record) toward the bottom of this post.

The great thing about soft plastics is that they are so versatile and can be effectively used in so many different applications making them a lure type that can catch fish in pretty much all regions throughout the year.

But the bad thing about soft plastics is that they won’t work well at all if they aren’t rigged properly or if they aren’t paired with the right sized jig head or weighted hook.

So the videos below will walk you through the essential details to make sure that you know the specifics for the following:

  • How To Rig Slam Shady 2.0
  • How To Retrieve Paddletails

Just click on the respective videos below to see the details:

How To Rig Slam Shady 2.0

Click here to see the Rigging Guide that shows how to target specific depths.

How To Retrieve Paddletails

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Species Caught On Slam Shady Paddletails

Want to join us on our way to setting a world record for most species of fish caught on a single swimbait (of the same color)?

Below is the list of species that have been caught on this lure so leave a comment below and send us a picture at fish@saltstrong.com if you’ve caught a new species on the Slam Shady!

  1. Almaco Jack
  2. Barracuda
  3. Bar Jack
  4. Bigmouth Sleeper
  5. Black Acara
  6. Black Drum
  7. Black Sea Bass
  8. Blue Runner
  9. Bluefish
  10. Bonefish
  11. Bonito
  12. Bowfin
  13. Brown Trout
  14. Bullseyes Snakehead
  15. Bumper (Atlantic Bumper)
  16. Chain Pickerel
  17. Channel Cat (catfish)
  18. Cobia
  19. Coho Salmon
  20. Crappie
  21. Croaker
  22. Cubera Snapper
  23. Flounder
  24. Freshwater Catfish
  25. Freshwater Drum
  26. Gafftopsail Catfish
  27. Gag Grouper
  28. Gar
  29. Green Sunfish
  30. Grey Chub
  31. Halibut
  32. Herring
  33. Hybrid Striped Bass
  34. Jack Crevalle
  35. Kingfish
  36. Ladyfish
  37. Lake Trout (Canada)
  38. Lane Snapper
  39. Largemouth Bass
  40. Lizardfish
  41. Lookdown
  42. Mangrove Snapper
  43. Mahi Mahi
  44. Mayan Cichlid
  45. Musky Sucker
  46. Mullet
  47. Needlefish
  48. Northern Pike
  49. Northern Snakehead
  50. Orange-Spotted Trevally
  51. Oscar
  52. Ozark Bass
  53. Peacock Bass
  54. Pinfish
  55. Pleco
  56. Pufferfish
  57. Queenfish
  58. Rainbow Trout
  59. Red Grouper
  60. Red Snapper
  61. Redbreast Sunfish
  62. Redfish (Red Drum)
  63. Remora
  64. Ribbonfish
  65. Rock Bass
  66. Sawfish
  67. Sea Robin
  68. Sennit
  69. Schoolmaster Snapper
  70. Shad
  71. Shark (multiple species)
  72. Sheepshead
  73. Silver Sea Trout (Sand Trout)
  74. Smallmouth Bass
  75. Smallmouth Buffalo (Carp)
  76. Smoothback Puffer
  77. Snook (common)
  78. Spanish Mackerel
  79. Speckled Perch
  80. Speckled Trout
  81. Spotted Bay Bass
  82. Stargazer
  83. Strawberry Grouper
  84. Striped Bass
  85. Sturgeon
  86. Swordspine Snook
  87. Tarpon
  88. Tilapia
  89. Toadfish
  90. Tripletail
  91. Walleye
  92. Warmouth Bass
  93. Weakfish
  94. White Bass
  95. White Perch
  96. Whiting
  97. Yellow Jack
  98. Yellow Perch
  99. Yellowfin Croaker

Conclusion

These Slam Shady paddletails will enable you to catch quality fish across all seasons and water columns as long as they are paired with the proper jig head or weighted hook for the specific conditions you’ll be fishing.

To maximize your results, it’s very important to have the size selections listed above on hand because just that small amount of equipment will enable you to be ready to catch any species that feed on small baitfish anywhere in the water column from the surface all the way down to 7 ft…

And if you’ll be fishing deeper water, you’ll just need to get some heavier jig heads to enable the lures to dive down farther.

Your Feedback Is Appreciated!

Please leave a comment down below if you have any questions… I am here to help!

And if you have already begun using them, please use the Comment sections below let us know what size slam shady you like best along with the hook and jig head size.

P.S. If you want to get 20% off the Slam Shady paddletails, the weighted hooks, and the jig heads, plus discounts on tons of other gear, click here to join the Insider Club.

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Darren Ellinger
39 minutes ago

Y’all are awesome

Jonny Disse
8 days ago

A couple of questions, Luke. Regarding round-eye vs. football hooks—do either work for a paddletail lure? Or are they both used in different situations?

Also, I noticed you’re using your trolling motor in this video. I know trolling motors can spook fish, so I’m a bit confused. I thought pin anchoring was the preferred method when fishing shallow rather than using the trolling motor?

Rob Martin
1 month ago

Add another species to the list… I’ve caught 2 brown bullhead catfish on the 2.0

Louis Hernandez
3 months ago

First trip with Slam Shady and it was a good one. Out fished live bait. 1 legal redfish, 3 legal trout, a short flounder and 3 short trout. Held up well, only used 3 Slam Shadys on the trip.

Ken Washuta
5 months ago

Wow, I just learned I’ve been rigging slam shady 2.0, on trout eye jig heads and traditional jigheads, exiting through the wrong side of the paddletail. I thought it went through the lure and exited through the slot on the lure, but the video suggests the hook comes out on the opposite side of the slot.

Since I’ve caught quite a few fish over the past few years with it rigged this way, it will be interesting to see if I get more hookups with it rigged the opposite way (with the slot on the opposite side of the hook point and barb)?

Thanks!

Ken Washuta
5 months ago
Reply to  Luke Simonds

Thanks, that’s helpful, and definitely makes sense regarding more FPL (fish per lure)!

Jan Sestak
5 months ago

Thanks for the video. I just ordered some glow slam shades.
Can’t wait to get them.

Joe
5 months ago

Would be nice to have a link to a kit of these 3 exact jig heads.

Richard shaw
6 months ago

been using plastics and now know ive been rigging it wrong for years……..great stuff love the skin hook trick

Christopher Montiel
6 months ago

I caught a 14″ flounder doing a straight retrieve on a 2/0 weedless 1/4 oz hook this morning in about 3 ft of water in a Charleston marsh

Ethan Maness
7 months ago

Will the slam shady lures work for surf fishing and in inlets? also what hooks should i use for it if i am surf fishing? we are going to sanibel beach and blind pass to go fishing soon

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