Minnow Soft Plastic for Bass Lures

Minnow soft plastics, sometimes referred to as baitfish soft plastic, are small and mimic a minnow. Some retailers list them as under drop shot soft plastics category as drop shot lure is the main lure for minnow soft plastics. To help avoid confusion, the jighead minnow lure typically doesn’t use minnow soft plastics as jighead minnow lures typically use jerkbait soft plastics. This may change with the new popularity of the jighead minnow.

Why are Minnow Soft Plastics Important?

Minnow soft plastics are important to:

Mimic Forage: Can be used to swimming, stationary, fleeting or injured minnow.

Understanding Minnow Soft Plastic

Common Sizes: Commonly 2 to 4 inches.
Distinguishing Features: Generally have small forked tail and a nondescript head. Some have paddle tails.
Enabling Lure Action: Generally, none, except for slight movements when twitch when stationary.
Vibration: None.
Options:
- Body Types: Generally similar to a soft jerkbait except smaller and without the action.
- Fork Tail: [Figure 1,2] Common, essentially, a soft jerkbait.
- Paddle Tail: [Figure 3] Less common.
- Ribbed: [Figure 4] Not common.