Entry 316-5
Shaw Grigsby Fishes Salt Water with Strike King Lures
Editor’s Note: Strike King has secured a strong presence in the freshwater fishing market, but most anglers don’t know that Strike King also produces some of the best saltwater lures on the market today. Because Shaw Grigsby lives in Florida, he has been using many of the Strike King saltwater products to catch a wide variety of saltwater fish. This week, Grigsby will tell us what saltwater lures he’s been fishing, and what fish he’s catching when he fishes in salt water.
Part 5: Put the Poison on the Fish
Question: Shaw, is the Pure Poison a freshwater bait?
Grigsby: The Pure Poison has been designed for freshwater bass fishing, but I’ve learned that it’s equally effective for catching saltwater species. This bait shakes, wiggles and vibrates your rod tip. It’s designed to be fished like a racket bait with a swimming jig, but in salt water, I’ll put a longer body on the Pure Poison. The Pure Poison has a shad-like body, and I’ll fish that body type until it tears up. Then I’ll put a Zulu body on the Pure Poison because the Zulu body won’t tear-up. 
Too, it gives the bait a different look. I’ll put a little PRO’s Soft-Bait Glue on the nose of the Zulu to make it hold tighter to the jighead.
You can cast this underwater bait around a grass bed, an oyster bar, a pier piling or any other type of structure. Make sure to hold your rod really tightly because the fish will crush this bait. Although this is primarily a redfish bait, I’ve caught plenty of other species of fish, including snook, using the Pure Poison with the Zulu body. The bait is a little fast for flounder, so I prefer to fish the Glass Minnow when I’m fishing strictly for flounder.
Contents:
- Part 1: Doing the Zulu
- Part 2: Bet on the Glass Minnow
- Part 3: The Magic Spinner Bait
- Part 4: The Spot Tail Special Hits the Spot
- Part 5: Put the Poison on the Fish
