The Paddle Tail Come Back

[gottaflylee]

For a long time now I have been wanting to find some of the old style paddle tails. Sea Striker and DOA are now starting to make some.

For a long time, people were calling the top bait in this picture a paddle tail but to me, is was not, I called it a thump tail as I think that is what it does, thump.





Many years ago, I rigged them wrong as I thought it was how it showed them on the Manns grub package. It wasn't till a friend of mine that was in the top 100 bass fishermen ask me why I rigged the wrong and then preceded to show the correct way to rig them and tell me why.

So my question to you is which picture is the right way to rig them, how would you do it and why?

#1





#2

[Agitated88]

My first instinct would be that #1 is correct...the up/down motion of the retrieve should put some action in the tail, althought, hook placement in #2 looks more natural???

[clt_capt]

I rigged them like #1 - but you raise a very interesting point with #2

Sounds like a great science project to figure out which get hit more... Or you can go with the curly tail ones

[SeaBiscuit]

Is this a trick question?

[gottaflylee]

No trick Nick. I was rigging them wrong for years from looking at Manns grubs picture. Thought this may make a good thread when I ran across some of them the other day, so I put it up. keep the thoughts coming and tomorrow I will give you the answer...

[captnemo]

#2 bait fish have vertical tails, only thing that swims like #1 are mermaids and dolphins,

[HOLWACHAGOT]

Both wrong......slide the dang grub up.

Holwachagot

[scattered_grass]

I'd say #2 is "correct", although the looks of that bait in general don't do a whole lot for me.

[treyfry]

I would think number two because like memo said the baitfish have vertical tails. Looks like a good.bait for spooky fish. However I do love the thumpers. tourney day in destin that's all they would bite.

[95lbBull]

#2 will be the only way it will paddle, but I would not take that to the bank. Just A wild guess.