MANIC SHADS

Lure casting in the shallows has always been a difficult proposition with weed being a major deterrent to the effective use of hard and soft bodied lures.
Anything that sank or swam subsurface was always going to contact submerged or free floating weed and impede the action of the lure to a point that made the lure inneffective.
Lures with hooks that hung suspended from the lure body also made life difficult as they found anything in the lures path and fouled.
I guess the perfect snagproof lure does not yet exist but the new Manic Shads go a long way to improving your success as a topwater bait that can be also jigged or swum subsurface.
The basic bait is soft plastic body that incorporates the famous Berkley scent and some holographic flash for extra stimulus. The head is a hard resin weight with a single vertically mounted hook, much like any conventional jig head.
The real difference is the plastic collar which is attached the the neck of the head. It acts like a bib in reverse.
When the lure is cast out, the bait sinks slowly and on retrieve, the collar drives the lure to the surface. You can walk it like a dog, burn and sink it, straight retrieve it then drop into holes or down dropoofs. The retrieves are only limited by your imagination. The collar also imparts a unique rock-n-roll action that fish like Barramundi would find irresistable.
Each Manic shad comes with three tails in the pack and a single jig head. The sizes are 5" or 7" and the colours available are Blue mackerel, Bleeding minnow, Firetiger, Holographic black and gold, Rainbow smelt, and Smelt.
The hooks are heavy duty and they should be selling around the $10 mark per pack.