Cicida-Style bass lures

[RandyFish]

Hell all,

Do any of you use those Cicada-style lures........They info-mercial the heck out them in the summer, but I cannot think of the name of the television version.

Bascially, it is an all-metal lure with a large dorsal fin, and there is a snap mounted on the top of the fin toward the front of the lure, giving it a tight wobble.

It is supposed to be quite versatile: jigged, swam like a rattle trap, etc....I bought a couple, but they foul too much for my liking.

I was just wondering if anyone uses them and in what situation...(I wish I could remember the name from the info-mercials, which are great! Of course, I own a lot of Ronco products, too.)

[Bobb-o]

i have used them successfully in late summer when the bass set up on the outside of edges of weedlines, it helps cover a lot of water and really seems to call in those aggressive fish, havent caught any really big fish with one, but plenty of 2-3 pounders, and a lot of northerns. I also like to use them through the ice to call in fish when i am fishing in places like Red Lake, or anywhere where there is a large flat. They name they use on the info-mercials is the Zip-Lure, but i have seenseveral manufacturers of these lurs in bait hops. The two i have just say Cicada on them.

[delmuts]

there are a lot of names for them. they have been around for a long time. the earlier ones went by the name of sonar. i mostly use them when verticle jigging. they will work for all kinds of species. i even use a ultra lite version for panfish.

[Granny]

After my wife saw the Zip Lure on tv she just had to have one. So I finally bought her one and it sure does attract the pike! I got tired of taking off pike so I some how lost it last year . I could see it being a lure to toss on the deep weed lines but I can also think of many other baits I would rather toss for bass.

Granny