Storm Wild Eye Swim Shads

[Key of Sea Too]

God bless these little things. I can't say enough good about them, I have always caught fish, and if the striper are there....BANG!!!

Only downfall is that a blue makes quick work of them so bring some xrta poles so you don't miss the school.

PS. Stay out of my Wal-Mart... that is my storm

[Christian]

the only thing i dont like about them is they fall apart too fast. sometimes only 1 fish will shred those.

thats why i like G.S. rubber better. they hold up wayyyy better. and when the rubber is snipped by a blue or eventually falling apart you just throw another body on the jighead. you dont waste as much either because your not loosing all that stuff molded into the wildeyes.

those owner jigheads are the BEST too. i love those hooks.

you should try some.

[thefishingfreak]

not to impressed with the storms.
if you get one that was molded a little crooked? might as whell throw it out.
no way to "tune" them.
mike

[Mr. Sandman]

The good:

They work, catch fish and cast well. I like the packaging and cost. My favorite place to use them is from a boat working a rip..they sink great and look real. perfect for edge working on a lightish rod.


The not so good:
How many time do you put them on, feel one good tug and pull up a half storm? I like em but I think they (among others) are starting to cause a problem. What happens when a fish consumes the tail? I read in a fishing mag that 1 billion rubber bodies are made each year. I am no tree hugger but that is a lot of plastic. I see lots of cut bodies scattered on the beach. I think there will be push to come up with a bio-safe plastic of sorts.

This season I picked up a couple of real big rubba fish for trolling. I got a few bass but then one mighty blue severed a 15 buck rubber fish clean off. Good idea but thats that.

The GS stuff is also very good. I like the ower hooks and have found a new source for the sled-heads that I think work great. Too much of a hassle doing wrapping the wire or soider thing for me but that works too...he clearly has mastered the art of the rubber eel...al and lou (from the al-lou eel) would be proud of him.

So while I have a few bags of storms and couple planos loaded with GS stuff in the truck and boat, I tend to use them less often now and opt for wood or hard plastic lures or live bait.