Prawn USA Lures: How To Rig & Use These Lures To Maximize Results
- By: Luke Simonds
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This page will show you how to catch the most fish possible while using your The Prawn USA shrimp lures.
The videos below will walk you through the essential details to make sure that you know the specifics for the following:
- How to retrieve The Prawn USA to trigger strikes
- How to rig the The Prawn to get the best motion in the water
- Ideal equipment and hook set technique
- When to NOT use The Prawn USA
- Rattle tips
- Storage tips
Just click on the respective videos below to see the details:
How To Rig The Prawn USA
The following videos show how to rig the Prawn USA lures to maximize your fish catching. You’ll see the top ways to rig these great lures on jig heads for covering the deeper water as well as a unique weedless rig for covering shallower water with a lot of structure.
Weedless Weighted Hook Rig
These Power Prawn USA lures can be rigged on a variety of weighted hooks. You’ll just need to make sure that the hook has a wide enough gap to enable good hooksets.
Here’s a video showing the best weighted hook we’ve found so for for these lures:
See a fun trip skipping this lure under docks
Jighead Rig
Rigging the Prawn USA lures on jigheads is crucial when in need of fishing water more than 3 ft deep because they enable the lure to get down to the bottom where most of the feeding activity takes place.
These lures can be rigged on a variety of different jig heads, but these Hoss Football jigheads have made it to the top of our list of jigheads to use based on how well they work:
Hoss Weedless Football Jigheads
Here’s a table for selecting the right jig head based on depth zone coverage needed:
- 1/8 oz – for the shallows down to roughly 3 ft of water
- 1/4 oz – for 3 ft depths down to roughly 8 ft of water
- 1/2 oz – for 6 ft depths down to roughly 20 ft of water
- 3/4 oz -for 20 to 40 ft of water
- 1 oz – for 40 to 70 ft of water
- 2 oz – for 70 to 120 ft of water
Notes:
– These depth zones are just estimates… you may need to go heavier if you’re fishing an area with strong currents or if you’re fishing with thick lines.
– We’ll be bringing on larger jig heads soon for those who want to fish these shrimp lures in deeper water.
Retrieving The Prawn USA
The following videos show how to rig the Prawn USA lures to maximize your fish catching. You’ll see the top ways to retrieve these great lures on jig heads for covering the deeper water as well as how to use the weedless setup for covering shallower water with a lot of structure.
Shallows With Structure
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Skipping Under Docks/Trees
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Ideal Equipment & Hook Set
This video explains the type of equipment that will help maximize your results using these Prawn USA lures along with some hookset tips from a fun video I filmed with the original Prawn USA lures.
Rod
I highly recommend 7′ to 7’6″ Fast Action blanks with Medium Heavy power (Medium for some brands like TFO).
- [Spinning] Click here to see the overall cross-brand rod review for Club Members
- [Baitcasting] I am newly starting to use baitcasting for saltwater fishing when using these lures for dock fishing because it helps me get better casting performance when using stronger line (30 lb braid). The rod I’m testing is the Omen Black from 13 Fishing (7 ft Moderate power… I wish I got a MH power because this one is only rated for 8-17 lb lines)
Line
I highly recommend using a braid mainline and a ~2ft mono/fluoro leader for maximizing your results when using the Power Prawns… I like 10 lb for the open flats, 30 lb for bigger fish close to structure (docks, rocks, etc.), and in between 10 and 30 if used to fish a heavy mix of structure and open.
- Click here for the overall cross-brand line review for Club Members
- Click here to get PowerPro from our online store
Reel
In my opinion, the reel is not as important as the rod and the line. I recommend 3000 sized reels for inshore fishing with the Prawn USA lures because they hold plenty of line and have sufficient drag strength while they weigh much less than the larger reels.
- [Spinning] Click here for the overall cross-brand reel review for Club Members
- [Baitcasting] I am newly starting to use baitcasting for saltwater fishing when using these lures for dock fishing because it helps me get better casting performance when using stronger line (30 lb braid). The reel I’m using is the Quantum Smoke SM100 HPT, and I have been extremely happy with it. Click here to get this reel from our online store.
When To Not Use The Prawn USA Lures
This Power Prawn lure is at its best when fishing coastal areas with shrimp populations, so these lures get less effective when pushing up into inland creeks and rivers with lower salinity.
Also, this lure’s core appeal is that it has great action in the water (similar to a bucktail jig) clearly looking like a shrimp (big benefit over bucktail jig) which is why it has a knack for catching very big fish.
Given that its motion and visual definition are its top attributes, this lure is best suited for clear to moderately clear water. If you’re fishing in murky water zones, I’d recommend adding rattles and perhaps even using it under a popping cork so fish can feel it better. Otherwise, use a paddletail lure so that you’ll have more vibration in the water.
Rattle Tips
One of many great things about these Prawn USA lures is that they are made from a material that can allow for rattles to be inserted into it without any negative consequences.
The use of rattles seems to help draw more strikes in most conditions. But I prefer to not use them when fishing in calm and clear water because the extra vibration can come across as unnatural and spook fish off.
So having the ability to quickly and easily add and take away the rattles is very helpful for us to maximize our time out on the water.
My personal favorite rattles are these Battle Rattles because they are nice and small while having a good amount of noise/vibration
Here’s a video showing the best way to insert them into the Prawn USA lures:
Battle Rattles: https://fishstrong.com/products/battle-rattle
Storing Tips
Just like all soft plastics, it’s important to not mix them with other brands when you’re storing them 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 keep their form and which will ensure that they look great in the water.
Note: 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.
Conclusion
These Prawn USA lures will enable you to catch quality fish across all regions in areas where predator fish are feeding in the shallows even when other lures don’t seem to work.
The key is to practice the rigging and retrieve techniques shown in the videos above.
In a short amount of time, you’ll undoubtedly be catching more and bigger fish up in the shallows by using these unique lures.
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Please leave a comment down below if you have any questions… I am here to help!
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Do what the “SMART ANGLERS” are doing and join the Insider Club.
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love the video
Great mini-course. I have also rigged the power prawn upside down on the hoss weighted hooks, so the hook point is in the slot. You do not have to skin hook it but it is still weedless and results in great hook sets. Have you ever tried doing this? What are the downsides to rigging this way?
Thanks Donald. Although rigging the prawn upside down can work, I don’t recommend it because the hookup ratio is worse when in the slot since the hook point will often have to penetrate through the side wall of the slot since it won’t always push up.
Has anyone tried jigging the prawn around piers and bridges? Interested in seeing how that would work.
Yes, these shrimp lures are by far my most trusted lure for fishing around bridge and pier pilings. Here’s a link to a video of them working great even in super clear and heavily pressured water down in the FL Keys: https://www.saltstrong.com/articles/bridge-fishing-with-new-shrimp-lure/
Hope to have some good fishing this year with this setup.
Thanks for sharing, great info! I’m a newbie!
When I fish with the prawns on a jig head I insert a wooden toothpick between the eyes or the prawn through the hook eye and snip it off with nail clippers so its flush or slightly inside the body of the rubber body — keeps the prawn in place allot longer –good luck!!
Thanks for sharing the tip Bob.
Ok so I have a question since you need to change out lures when your on the water do you put a connector on the end of the line so you just open it and slide it on or do you tie a know every time you change lures thnxs
I recommend tying a knot every time so that you guarantee that your line is not compromised (which can happen often if you’re fishing tight to structure from the line rubbing against the bottom).
Thank you 🙏 sir just didn’t know what to do on that part
More great info and videos. Thanksa
That was a 2fer for sure, one snook in the boat, and one Otis in the boat(still)!
Haha! Yes, Otis sure makes each catch more of an adventure.
I like those for flounder they are very good dragging on the bottom