I became Zman fan because of you!

The rigging innovations are incredible, the Texas eye has been a game changer for me. That being said, I can’t give CA credit for steering me to zman. That credit goes to Mr pinfish 😅

@flatsclasscharters

Жыл бұрын

👏🏼 love it

Thanks for all your videos and your time.

Thanks Capt for a great day! That was cool to see me “living the dream” Carpe Diem

@flatsclasscharters

Жыл бұрын

Good stuff and we will do it again!

@notsure7874

2 ай бұрын

Carpe aren't really good to eat, I prefer Snook Diem!

Thanks for the work you put into these videos. They are quite informative, an excellent job. I've been a fan of Z-Man soft baits for many years, and I have most of their new terminal tackle that you just showed. I have to say my thoughts on their new tackle are the same as yours, yes you could rig their baits before on other manufacturers tackle, but this new stuff is SO well thought out and designed that it takes an already amazing soft plastic way over the top. Sometimes I think it's unfair to the fish now, sometimes...

@flatsclasscharters

Жыл бұрын

Well said… thank you

Huge fan always have been I use z man because of you lol love these videos

I like rigging my diezel minnowz upside down. With the tail up i feel, the bait gets more vibration. Ive been doing this for years now and have caught some amazing fish, especially when they catch a case of lock jaw.

Love the ZMan line up of soft baits

Pretty much use Zman exclusively since I tried them some years ago. And those Probulletz jigs are the bomb!

Thanks for tips

Thanks for the shoutout! Sincerely, Zman

@notsure7874

2 ай бұрын

Ironically - this comment is "bait" :D

Hey CA maybe you can tell the Zman people to make the 1/0 trout eye finesse with the original, wider hook gap again

Eye strike jigs (Zman) are the best!

I love Z Man plastics in most ways, except they are a bit difficult to rig unless you stick within the Z Man ecosystem, and use their terminal tackle too. Salt Strong has some really good soft plastics too, the colors are mostly the same as Z Man (who I assume actually makes them for Salt Strong). I think the Slam Shady color is a bit better in the Salt Strong, I have both. There are trade-offs of course. I can get Z Man plastics basically anywhere I happen to be (I travel around), whereas I have to order the Salt Strong ones and bring them wherever I go. It's really hard to beat either of them. The Salt Strong guys also sell Z Man stuff, and have always talked very favorably about them. I think it was Luke that made a video on how to rig the Z Man plastics on to a twist lock type hook, you basically use the hook point to pre-drill a hole, then you pinch the bait while twisting it onto the hook. On the flip side of that, it can be difficult to impossible to rig a bait that isn't Elaztech onto some of the Z Man terminal tackle, because the baits tear as its being worked over the weight and chin lock parts. Texas Eyes aren't so bad, but the chinlock weighted hooks run a high chance of wrecking your plastic, especially the heavier ones.

I am mostly a fly guy, but when I do take the spinning rods out, I only use ZMan. Nothing compares honestly. Caught over 40 trout this past weekend on a single trout stick. Comparatively, I have tried out the NLBN Mini Mullets and I went through an entire $9 5-pack of them in one day because they tore so easily.

Thanks CA. Very helpful video.

Love me some Zman takes a little more effort to rig (thanks for the pull tip) but once you got it on there they don't move and 1 lure can last a bunch of fish, do wish they took a little better to color dips like plastisol but in every other way elaztech is better

Awesome content.

Huge fan of ZMan except when it comes to trying to get them on an Owner Screwlock! I have switched over to the ChinLockz with a lot of success!

@flatsclasscharters

Жыл бұрын

That’s what I’m talking about my friend

@leehowell4258

Жыл бұрын

@@flatsclasscharters what I really love is pairing them with the Eye Strike Texas Eye Jigheads! That movement makes them deadly!

I just went to Academy and bought the Zman Texas Eye Jigheads and Zman DieZel MinnowZ Beer Run (with a Flats Class Custom Color Sticker) and will see if I can catch some Redfish with them tomorrow in the flats off North Florida Gulf side.

Hop you don’t mind me making a comment…..When using a chinlockz with a smaller bait (3 inch minnow z) I find after casting hard for max distance the back will dip down, losing the parallel profile, the lock is holding fine, it appears the plastic is slipping on the hook allowing the back of the lure to slip up the hook and bend the back. . The slip is more obtainable with the smaller 3” paddle tails.

@flatsclasscharters

Жыл бұрын

Yea hard casting will do that sometimes… maybe try putting a small soft bait bead on the hook above back of 3” tail to keep that from happening. Maybe I can do a tip on this issue

@mikemcgovern8719

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking of trying a spot of glue on the hook at the back. Will try Thursday, next outing.

@errolwilcox747

Жыл бұрын

A dab of super glue works pretty well

Great tips, thanks. I have just subscribed! 👍 🎣 🇺🇸

Z-man the🎣MAN!!

I love Z-Man, but they're so soft and jelly like I struggle to rig them.

@notsure7874

2 ай бұрын

Its a lot easier if you're also using Z Man terminal tackle, which can be somewhat probmlematic. You CAN rig Z Man baits onto other terminal tackle, there are some tricks - but you'll probably wreck a lot of baits trying to put normal soft plastics onto Z Man terminal tackle. You're gonna have a hard time rigging Gulp onto a Chinlock weighted hook for example because it doesn't stretch over the weight, it just tears. If you really like Z Man lures, but you've got twistlock hooks - use the point of the hook to pre-drill a hole in the bait, then push the twistlock into that hole, pinch and screw while you're pinching. Its a little tough, but it does work. I have a lot of stuff from Salt Strong, and Z Man, they're my "go to" baits. I run hoss helix hooks, and weedless football jigs. I also use trout and redfish eye jig heads and texas eyes, but the Texas Eyes I'm phasing out in favor of weedless footballs and I gave away all my chinlock hooks because I its Z Man plastics only for those basically. Once I found a way to rig a Z Man onto a twistlock, it was game over for chinlocks in my tackle box even though they're better for Z Man baits.

@trollingdirty8910

2 ай бұрын

@@notsure7874 Yeah the new ZMan hooks with the plastic holder work well. Sodium is between the house and boat ramp here in crystal river, fortunately or unfortunately 🤣

@notsure7874

2 ай бұрын

@@trollingdirty8910 You'll never have money for drugs with that place between you and the ramp! :D

Hey C.A. , would like to venture back to an older Class you gave. On what lures do you decide to go to single hooks rather than treble? On the red fish about 10 days ago, would a ned rig work well?

@flatsclasscharters

Жыл бұрын

I like the single inline hooks around heavier cover or have a lot floating grass. And yes, the NED works great on redfish!

I doubt the captain will see this but do you ever use the zman crusteaz? If so what do you rig them with?

Does z-man make a 8 inch lizard that floats? I would pay top dollar for an 8 inch floating lizard to carolina rig with.

Any Circle hook options in the future...

@notsure7874

2 ай бұрын

Circle hooks are for natural bait, not artificials.

@sandywilson8169

2 ай бұрын

@@notsure7874 sorry, but not always, some of us use circles on harf n soft baits.

@notsure7874

2 ай бұрын

@@sandywilson8169 I was speaking in general terms. There are always edge cases. More frequently, there are misunderstandings. Like someone taking info about circle hooks, and trying to apply it to something that doesn't really work as they imagine it would. I'm not saying that's THIS case, just what I see mostly. I've seen people using steel leader to fish for bass for example. It didn't work, the guy had just heard that "steel leader keeps fish from biting through the line". And it does! If you're fishing for toothy fish which didn't really apply for bass. I would definitely like to see how you'd rig a soft plastic on a circle hook. I've never seen that. I can't imagine any way you could rig it and end up with a bait that could hook up on a fish reliably, but I don't know everything either. If I'm missing something, I'd love to learn more.

The word is RESILIENCE!… Resiliency IS NOT WORD!!! 🤦‍♂

@notsure7874

2 ай бұрын

He's a fishing guide, not an english teacher.

I used to like this channel a lot. But I have now unsubscribe from it due to the fact that it is all infomercials and no helpful advice. I feel like there is a major bait and switch going on here