This Is The Best Lure For Fishing In The Colder Months
- By: Sean Person
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Do you want to catch more fish this coming winter?
What is the #1 lure you MUST HAVE to catch more fish in the colder months?
The secret is the Prawn Jr. shrimp imitation lure!
Check out how effective this lure is for fishing in the winter down below!!
Best Lure For Fishing In The Colder Months [VIDEO]
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The Prawn Jr. rigged on a jighead is one of the best lure options for catching more fish this winter.
When the water cools down, the fish become lethargic and hold near the bottom in deeper water.
To increase your catch probability, you want to present lures that are right in front of a fish’s face and not something they have to chase after.
The Prawn Jr. provides a very natural and realistic presentation to baitfish and shrimp behavior when the water is cold.
A jighead rigged with the Prawn Jr. allows you to cover the depths you need to catch fish near the bottom.
The most important factor when fishing in the colder months is getting your lure deep enough down near the bottom.
The Prawn Original rigged on a jighead provides a realistic presentation along with staying in the strike zone longer.
Another effective use of the Prawn Jr. is targeting Tripletail around crab-trap buoys.
By using the Prawn Jr. to patrol the outer edges of grass flats and shorelines, you can catch a variety of species on a single lure.
The Prawn Jr. is made of TPE (Thermoplastic Elastomer) which is very strong and lasts a long time.
Jighead Types
The round-ball Prawn Original jigheads are the perfect pairing to the Prawn Jr.
However, you still can use Z-Man Trout Eye Jigheads or other traditional jigheads as well.
How To Rig The Prawn Jr. On A Jighead
Traditional jigheads can have a larger keeper than the Prawn Original jigheads in order to keep your lure in place.
The downside of using traditional jigheads is the TPE material of the Prawn Jr. can stick to jigheads.
You can still rig the Prawn Jr. on traditional jigheads with larger keepers because of the rattle cavity within the lure itself.
If you use a traditional jighead with the Prawn Jr., you will not be able to use rattles.
In order to rig the Prawn Jr. on a jighead, as with any soft plastic lure, line up the jighead next to the soft plastic to indicate where the hook point will come out.
Then, with the point of the hook, go right down the center of the head of the lure and down towards the body to where you made the mark with your finger.
When you reach the point you marked, pull the hook point out.
Because the material of the lure is very tough and strong, you have to apply a lot of force to push it up and over the keepers on the jighead.
Once you slide the lure over the keeper, it is not going to come off.
Now you are ready to fish the entire day with the Prawn Jr. on a traditional jighead.
If you want to create the best presentation possible, the Prawn Jr. on the round-ball Prawn Original jigheads is the best pairing.
The Prawn Original jigheads do not have any keepers which allow the lure to be easily rigged and you will be able to insert rattles into the cavity if you wish to.
Conclusion
The Prawn Jr. is hands-down the best lure for fishing in the colder water as winter approaches.
It mimics the behavior of a shrimp bouncing along the bottom where most predatory fish will be holding due to colder temperatures leading to lethargic behavior.
Be sure to create the best possible presentation with the Prawn Jr. to catch the most fish!
If you have any further questions on rigging or using the Prawn Original, please ask me down in the comments!
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Hi Jie, will this work for surf fishing.?
But of course Luke this is your own personal opinion! My favorite shrimp lure is still the chasebaits flick prawn in jelly color and if I want more weight I just pinch 1 or even 2 split shot to the already weighted worm hook and it has a rattle as well but unlike your Prawn Original the flick prawn is totally weedless because the hook point lays in a slot on the top of the lure but if you want it exposed just pull out the point and it will be visible to me it’s the most realistic shrimp lure out there other then the no action having livetarget that while looking real is only a stiff piece of plastic I have caught tons of fish on this shrimp and speaking of triple tail I only caught 1 so far and it was on the chasebaits different strokes for different areas of folks you got yours and I got mine
Thanks for posting the helpful comment Steven! The flick prawn is a great lure too.
You ain’t kidding Luke; the Prawn Original has been dominating my hits & catches the past 10 days in Beaufort, SC. We have so many oyster beds, though, I have a personal preference for the weedless twist lock hooks (though they have a tendency to slide down the twist lock which has small barbs). Caught 6 Reds this morning
A little Super Glue will resolve the problem Angelo ! Stay on those Reds !!
What type of glue do you use George?
Thanks for making time to post the nice comment Angelo! Great work on catching those reds.
Hello Luke, nice video and thanks for the complete info. Possible you can also use green luminous beats for the shrimp eyes in stead of black beats. Perhaps it is better fishing in dark water. Greetings, Jaap van Veen, Holland.
Thanks for making time to post the comment. The eyes on these Prawn Original lures are actually painted on, so we can’t change them out other than to ask our manufacturer to use a different paint. Based on testing these lures out both with and without painted eyes (the paint will end up wearing off after some abuse with snook mouths), there has not been a noticeable difference in strikes per cast when the eyes are black vs. not painted at all. So I do not believe that painting them a different color will impact fish catching.
What trout/redfish eye for the bigger Prawn Original?
For the bigger Prawn Original, the custom Prawn Original jig heads are needed because the rattle cavity is positioned too far down to enable easy rigging like the Prawn Original jig allows for.
I’ve been having good results by throwing it up current in a 1/8 Oz 4/0 grip pin hook. Nothing seems to rip them off. Caught many many fish on 1 Prawn Original. Very resilient. Let them fall to the bottom with current and twitch it on a slow retrieve. Just another way to try it. Tight lines. 😎
Thanks for making time to post the helpful comment Pat!
If the only thing you have is Trout eye jig head and don’t like the keepers, The jig heads are made of soft lead. You can always take a file and file down one or both keepers.
Good point Mark!
Hi Luke, I’ve thought that for Tripletail, freelining a live shrimp was the way to go. I know you’ve been catching them on the Prawn Original. Are you using a jig head? If so, what weight?
I have caught way more tripletail on Prawn Originals than I have on live shrimp, so I now don’t even bother with live shrimp when going after them.
I like the 3/16th oz jig heads best. But 1/8th (my 2nd favorite) and 1/4th works too.
Thanks for the reminder! I have been trying a few different lure combinations and getting some success, however the Prawn Original hasn’t made it out recently… time for that to change LOL.
I hope you enjoy putting it to use this winter
Hey Luke, great video and excellent info, as always! I was wondering if the standard Prawn Originals are also good for the colder months, and if they can be rigged on the standard jig heads as well? Thanks, Steve
Thanks Steven! Yes, the larger Prawn Originals can absolutely work in the winter too. I just seem to get more action on the smaller ones so I generally switch to them once the water cools down.
Yes, the larger Prawn Original lures can be rigged on other jig heads as long as they have larger hooks (like the Redfish Eye jigs from Zman). But just know that they are more difficult to rig since the material is so strong.