Soft Plastic talk: SHAD BODY vs. EEL

[tlapinski]

I too generally lean towards throwing an eel style soft plastic, but not for any sort of good reason. I used to fish the Ledgerunner shads a TON in the breachways, regardless of bait present, and did quite well. Breachways are where I seem to throw them more often than eel style. That said, last year I made a concerted effort to throw shads in the open surf and did extremely well on the Z-Man Diezel Minnowz. I now cycle them in with the eels baits as another option in the same way I would cycle needlefish - darter - glide bait, etc.