Hi, let me tell you how I like to fish with the Yum Houdini Shad when I am fishing a lot
of lily pads like this.
What I like to do is I like to target areas that are open.
So, if I am casting, I try to cast in an open area where I can swim that bait right on top,
keep it up right above the surface, and pop it right over these pads.
What's that going to do is, it's going to get the attention of that bass sitting in
there.
It looks like a natural baitfish, so, when you're working it through work it through
real slow.
Depending on the condition whether they are aggressive or not aggressive you can work
this bait real slow and let it sink into these pockets where these lily pads are sitting
or you can burn it through there.
Which is a great thing, because you can actually see the fish either come up and wake behind
it and blow up on it.
When you are fishing this bait you want to keep the rod tip up.
What that does is it allows the bait to fall right over these lily pads.
These lily pads have Vs so, you want to try to maneuver it through these lanes to get
it through there so you don't get hung up.
If you do get hung up give it a little pop and it pops right out of that V.
Now, when you do this you're basically getting in an area that another bait can't get into
and these fish are in there.
They are going to come up and they are going to bite this bait.
Here we go, nice fish.
Get them out of the pads.
There he is.
The Yum Houdini Shad, I tell you what, there's no other bait that beats this.
Soft, plastic, jerk bait, this is what it produces right here, real nice fish.
I'm going to let him go.
Yum Houdini Shad, you just can't beat it.
Right out of the package, you get four different presentations.
Let me show you a few ways how I like to rig this bait.
One of the most common mistakes that anglers make is they use too small of a hook when
they are fishing these baits.
I use a 5/0 extra wide gap hook on these baits just to get a better hook percentage when
I'm fishing this bait.
There are different ways you could fish this bait.
You could fish this with a weight, you could fish this with no weight, Carolina rig, and
you can even flip this bait and catch fish; a lot of different presentations.
Yum has set themselves apart when they made this bait because, like I said, four different
presentations out of one bait.
What it does is right out of the package it comes in a full paddle tail.
The full paddle tail actually gives it a slow fall or if you're working it over pads you
can keep it on top and it helps keep it on the surface.
But, it also gives it a slow fall for a slow presentation.
Another way you can modify this bait is, they've actually perforated the center diamond cut,
you can take that piece out and give it a fast fall.
So, if you are fishing it with a weight, a Texas rig, or a Carolina rig actually gives
it a faster fall and a better action on the tail.
Another way you can fish this bait is with a slit or a quarter paddle tail.
What that does is it gives it that swing bait effect or buzz bait effect.
You can use this presentation in those pads and actually attract more fish to bite.
The last is a traditional V.
The traditional V is taking the center cut out and then cutting the bait so it has the
V at the tail giving it a fast action.
So, whenever you get a chance purchase one of these Yum Houdini Shads, and I promise
you'll catch a lot more fish.