2.8" Lil' Bat
Our 2.8" Lil' Bat is similar to a Z-Man TRD "Ned" style bait which has floating plastisol to keep the tail sticking straight up when drug along the bottom on our Toadstool Ned Heads. The tickle tail will slowly Twitch as the bait is drug along the bottom or erratically popped and paused. Another popular technique due to it's "minnow" profile is retrieving it like our phat swimmer swimbaits. All of these techniques provide the ultimate finesse application for aggressive or weary uncommitted bass.
Our color selection allows the Lil' Bat to mimic a wide range of small bite sized foraged species such as a minnow, crawfish, helgramite, or a goby.
We use the same soft floating plastisol in our worms which gives the bait that tail up, nose down feeding position, as the jig head is slowly drug along the bottom or popped eratically, making it irresistible to any sized bass and works great when you need to fill a limit, get a bite, or the fish are just finicky and a downsized offering is needed.
Rod/Reel/Line: Pair up our Lil Bat on a 6' 6" Medium to Medium light spinning rod with a 2500 series spinning reel and 12lb braid to a 6lb florocarbon leader.
Rigging: The ideal rig we've found for these is on one of our 1/16th oz Toadstool Ned Heads. Simply thread the bait onto the Ned head with the tickle tail facing away from the jig head.
Additional Rigging Options:
Ned
Micro Jig Trailer
Neko
Texas
Drop Shot
Underspin
Swimbait Jig Head
Hover Rig
Retrieval: The ideal retrieve is either dragging the bait along the bottom allowing the tickle tail to undulate vertically, swimming and mimicking a little minnow on a steady retrieve, or a pop, pop, pause which will cause the bait to erratically dart up off the bottom and than lay still on the bottom again. They usually bite on the pause.
Durability: Medium, 3-5 fish/bait
Length: 2.8"
Bait Design: The body shape has a circular rounded head which tapers into a pointed "tickle" tail.
Scent: Like all our baits they are heavily scented with our Phat Juice which is a Craw/Leech/Shad combination.
Salt: None
Floating: Yes
Customer Reviews
The lil bat has been the best Ned bait I’ve ever fished!! The little pin tail has such subtle vibes the bass here in East Tennessee can’t resist them. I throw them on a Ned head and just drag them down ledges or 45 degree banks. Once the water gets to about 50 degrees the smallmouth just suck them up and swim off. Spinning gear with 10-15lb braid to 6lb flouro leader 7’6” med-light and 2500 series reel.
John,
You've been with us for a long time. thanks for your repeated business. Yes our Lil' Bats are a killer Ned bait, especially for cold water smallies. thanks John
Jessie the owner is a great guy and super friendly! All his baits are high quality. All the soft plastics you will need to get those bass!
Great bait at a great price!
We will always remain competitive, offer an industry leading larger pak size, keeping everyone on the water longer.
Caught my personal best a 7lb 11oz largemouth on the lil bat emerald shiner love phat pack
WOW!!! We've also had reports of double digit bass being caught on our 2.8' Lil Bats. Don't overlook finesse, they even fool Giants!!
Do you have smaller bags of lit bat2.8