Canal Tackle® Canal Shad 5" 2oz Sinking Jig | Best Snook and Striped Bass Paddle Tail Lure
The Heavy-Current Heavyweight | Built for Northern Stripers & Trophy Florida Snook
Tame the Current. Reach the Bottom. Strike Big.
When the tide turns and fast-moving water forces smaller lures to the surface, the Canal Tackle® Canal Shad 5" 2oz Sinking Jig gives you the weight and control needed to pin your bait in the strike zone. Engineered with a heavy 2oz lead head and a high-vibration 5" paddle tail, this jig is designed to punch through ripping currents, wind, and deep water channels where trophy predators wait to ambush prey.
Born in the heavy-current ditch of the Cape Cod Canal to crush Striped Bass, the 2oz Canal Shad is equally deadly in the South. For Florida anglers fishing deep ocean inlets, residential canals, and bridge shadow lines, it provides the precise depth control necessary to drag big, linesider Snook out of heavy structure.
Key Features
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Fast-Sinking 2oz Lead Head: Drops quickly through ripping tides and heavy swells, keeping your lure swimming in the bottom third of the water column where big fish feed.
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Full-Bodied 5" Profile: Perfectly matches medium-to-large forage, including adult finger mullet, pilchards, threadfin herring, menhaden, and mackerel.
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Thump-Heavy Paddle Tail: Creates powerful micro-vibrations and water displacement, making it easy for predators to track in murky water, stained estuaries, or pitch-black night conditions.
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Heavy-Duty Saltwater Hook: Built with ultra-sharp, corrosion-resistant steel designed to withstand violent headshakes and strong drag settings near abrasive rocks and pilings.
How to Target Big Snook & Stripers
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Florida Inlets & Deep Canals (Snook): Cast upstream into heavy current at locations like Sebastian Inlet, Jupiter Inlet, or bridge pilings. Allow the 2oz jig to sink close to the bottom and execute a slow, steady roll with subtle rod twitches as it swings through the shadow line.
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Cape Cod Canal & East Coast (Striped Bass): Pitch parallel to rip-rap or drift through canal eddy lines. Keep your rod tip low and maintain tension to feel every tap as the paddle tail thumps along the bottom rocks.
