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season wherein the SteelShad can

not be used!”

With that Bassmaster Elite Series
Pro Jay Yelas listed the following
seasonal opportunities anglers
have for utilizing the SteelShad;

SPRING:

✓ Rocky tapering points,
humps, large flats and
pockets, sunny warmer
areas.
✓ Technique: Cast and Reel,
Stroking the SteelShad off

the bottom in a Yo-Yo
Pattern as well as vertical
jigging over baitfish.
✓ SteelShad Bait: 1/4, 3/8, 1/2
and 3/4 oz.

SUMMER:
✓ Deep-water humps, over

submerged grass lines,
channel bends, riprap,
isolated cover, Deep-water
docks and schooling fish
busting the surface.
✓ Technique: Cast and Reel, bending the SteelShad to run left or right, burning the SteelShad over
submerged vegetation, crawling along the bottom.

✓ SteelShad Bait: 3/8, 1/2 and 3/4 oz.

FALL:
✓ Schooling fish busting the surface, docks, inside & outside weedline, transitional areas from
summer to fall, first drop-offs, secondary points to main points, key factor follow the baitfish.
✓ Technique: Long cast to schooling fish, ripping out of vegetation, cast and reel, bending the
SteelShad to run left or right, burning the SteelShad over submerged vegetation.
✓ SteelShad Bait: 3/8, 1/2 and 3/4 oz.

WINTER: (Ice)
✓ Deep-water humps, over submerged grass lines, channel bends, riprap, isolated cover, docks and
schooling fish busting the surface.
✓ Technique: Cast and Reel, bending the SteelShad to run left or right, burning the SteelShad over
submerged vegetation.
✓ SteelShad Bait: 1/4 oz. and Heavy Series 1/2 oz.