Zman Micro GOAT
This 1.75" micro creature bait is amazing for river and creek bass, particularly Smallmouth in creeks and Spotted bass in TN River. It is much smaller in person that what you would expect - i think you can even catch crappie with it. The small size is precisely why I like it - it doesn't limit my bites to only big fish.
This bait CAN SWIM. If u jerk it with the rod tip, the appendages on the back start to kick! You can't swim it slow as a Keitech, of course, but its good to switch it a little from time to time and after just hopping it off the bottom as a NED bait, just jerk it and u will get some very nice kicking action out of it to attract attention.
It looks amazing with the size 8 hook BG-1s (1.5#8, 2.0#8, as well as the super slow sink 1.2#8 Ecolite). If you want a super slow sinking creature jig for shallow creeks, put this on the 1.2#8 Ecolite, which is made of low-density allow that is much lighter that lead and sinks super slow and couple with this buoyant lure, u will get a super slow sink lure that still casts very easy!