Z-Man

Master the art of Midwest finesse with the Z-Man TRD MinnowZ, a slender 3.5-inch baitfish imitation designed to mimic a wide variety of small forage species. Built with Z-Man's legendary 10X Tough ElaZtech superplastic, this bait offers unmatched durability and extreme buoyancy that keeps it performing long after traditional soft plastics have failed.

The TRD MinnowZ features a unique, small flat tail that provides two distinct actions: it accentuates a darting, quivering movement when rigged vertically or a graceful gliding action when oriented horizontally. This versatility makes it a "must-have" for tournament anglers facing tough conditions or clear-water predators that require a more subtle, natural presentation.

Key Features:

• Anatomical Baitfish Profile: Accurately mimics minnows, fry, and small baitfish preferred by both freshwater and saltwater predators.

• 10X Tough ElaZtech: Delivers extraordinary durability, allowing you to catch dozens of fish on a single lure without tearing.

• Salt-Free Formulation: Ensures extreme buoyancy, allowing the bait to stand up or glide effortlessly for a realistic vertical presentation.

• Versatile Rigging Options: Perfectly suited for a Ned Rig, drop shot, split shot, or even weedless around heavy cover.

• Optimized for Finesse: Pairs seamlessly with Z-Man Finesse ShroomZ, NedlockZ, and Finesse BulletZ jigheads.

• Proven Performance: A top choice for Midwest Finesse enthusiasts (including Ned Kehde) for targeting largemouth, smallmouth, and inshore saltwater species.

Z-Man Banded Replacement SkirtZ are professional-grade silicone skirts designed to revitalize or customize a wide range of fishing lures, including jigs, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, and chatterbaits. With decades of experience as a primary supplier to major lure manufacturers, Z-Man offers these same high-quality components directly to anglers for personal lure modification.

Key Performance Features

• Premium Material: Constructed from 100% silicone, these skirts offer a lifelike pulsating action in the water while maintaining long-term durability.

• Balanced Profile: The 45-strand construction provides a full, motion-packed profile that attracts fish without being so bulky that it interferes with the action of your soft plastic trailers.

• Universal Fit: These skirts are designed to fit securely on most standard wire baits and jigheads.

• Banded Design: The skirts are pre-banded for a quick and easy "on-and-off" application, allowing you to change colors or replace worn-out skirts in seconds while on the water.

Take your finesse game into "four-wheel drive" with the Z-Man Football Nedz a specialized jig head designed to bring the legendary Ned Rig tactic to deep-water structure. Engineered with a precision-molded oblong football head, this jig excels at dragging, crawling, and walking seamlessly over jagged rocks, brush, and uneven underwater terrain. Its unique shape is designed to deflect off obstructions, causing the bait to pivot and activate in a way that triggers instinctive reaction strikes from wary predators.

Built to handle trophy-sized smallmouth, largemouth, and spotted bass, the Football Nedz is armed with a custom medium-wire 1/0 black nickel hook. This hook provides the perfect balance of needle-sharp penetration and the "horsepower" required to pull big fish away from heavy cover. Equipped with a welded wire keeper, these heads lock your favorite ElaZTec plastics firmly in place, so you can spend more time fishing and less time re-rigging after every strike.

Key Features:

• Oblong Football Head Design: Engineered specifically for dragging finesse baits along rocky bottoms while minimizing snags and hang-ups.

• Custom 1/0 Medium-Wire Hook: Features a premium black nickel finish for maximum strength and penetration on offshore structure.

• Welded Wire Bait Keeper: A unique design that locks ElaZtech plastics securely to the hook shank, even through aggressive strikes and heavy cover.

• Perfect Pairing: Optimized for use with popular Z-Man finesse baits like the Finesse TRD, Hula StickZ, Baby GOAT, and TRD BugZ.

• Multiple Weights & Finishes: Available in 1/8, 3/16, and 1/4 ounce weights with durable Green Pumpkin or Black finishes to match any water clarity.

• Quantity: Each package contains 3 high-performance jig heads.

Take your Ned Rig into the thickest cover with the Z-Man Finesse ShroomZ Weedless, a specialized jighead designed to navigate grass, brush, and laydowns without constant fouling. This weedless version of the best-selling mushroom-shaped jighead features a double stainless multi-strand wire weedguard that is fully adjustable, allowing you to fine-tune the snag resistance for your specific environment.

Built on a premium high-carbon black nickel hook, the Finesse ShroomZ Weedless maintains the same bottom-hugging stability as the original, keeping your bait in a vertical "feeding" posture. It is also equipped with Z-Man’s exclusive welded wire keeper, which locks ElaZtech plastics firmly in place so you can skip docks and drag through heavy wood without your bait sliding down the shank.

Key Features:

• Adjustable Dual Wire Weedguard: Provides exceptional snag resistance while remaining flexible enough for reliable hook penetration.

• Signature Mushroom Head: Engineered to stand your bait upright on the bottom, mimicking defensive crawfish or feeding baitfish.

• Welded Wire Bait Keeper: Securely grips 10X Tough ElaZtech plastics without the need for super glue, improving your efficiency on the water.

• Premium Hardware: Armed with super-sharp black nickel hooks that ensure quick and deep penetration even on light-line setups.

• Perfect Pairing: Specifically designed to mate with Z-Man's finesse lineup, including the Finesse TRD, Hula StickZ, and TRD TicklerZ.

• Available Options: Comes in 1/10, 1/6, and 1/5 ounce weights in standard Green Pumpkin and Black finishes.

Dominate big-water environments with the Z-Man Mag SwimZ , a super-sized 8-inch swimbait specifically engineered to target trophy-class predators. Designed at the request of big-game anglers, this full-bodied paddletail delivers the perfect combination of supersized presence and the legendary durability of 10X Tough ElaZtech material.

The Mag SwimZ features a unique curved paddle tail that creates an irresistible side-to-side thump and lifelike wiggle, even at slow retrieve speeds. Its extreme durability makes it the ultimate choice for "toothy" battles against kingfish, barracuda, musky, and pike, surviving onslaughts that would shred traditional soft plastics.

Key Features:

• 8-Inch Supersized Profile: A large, full-bodied presentation ideal for targeting trophy species like tarpon, cobia, bull redfish, and stripers.

• 10X Tough ElaZtech: Virtually indestructible material that withstands savage hits and outlasts dozens of standard swimbaits.

• Exclusive Curved Tail: Delivers a natural, high-impact vibration and a "hunting" side-to-side swimming action.

• Extreme Buoyancy: Naturally buoyant material provides a unique "Rate of Stall" and allows the bait to be crawled slowly across the surface or over shallow cover.

• Integrated Hook Slot: Features a deep slot along the back for easy weedless rigging, keeping the hook point protected yet ready for deep penetration.

• Versatile Rigging: Optimized for use with heavy-duty hardware like the 8/0 HeadlockZ HD jighead or a 10/0 ChinlockZ weighted hook.

• Saltwater Grade: Proven to perform in the harshest coastal conditions, making it a staple for offshore and nearshore heavy-hitters.

The Z-Man Giant TRD is a supersized 6-inch soft plastic stickbait designed to take the effective Ned Rig profile and optimize it for targeting large-caliber bass and other gamefish. While traditional Ned baits are small and subtle, the Giant TRD offers a thick, magnum profile that commands attention in deeper water or heavy cover.

Key Performance Features

• 10X Tough ElaZtech: Constructed from Z-Man’s proprietary superplastic, this bait is extremely durable and can withstand dozens of bites without needing to be replaced.

• Maximum Buoyancy: Unlike standard PVC plastics that sink, ElaZtech is naturally buoyant, allowing the Giant TRD to stand vertically off the bottom at rest.

• Salt-Impregnated Texture: Features a dimpled surface and heavy salt impregnation, providing a lifelike feel that encourages fish to hold on longer for more successful hooksets.

• Versatile Rigging: While optimized for a "Mega Ned Rig," it also excels when used for flipping, pitching, Texas rigging, Carolina rigging, and wacky rigging.

Elevate your finesse game with the Z-Man TRD SpinZ Tail Spinners a specialized accessory designed to add instant flash and vibration to your favorite soft plastics. While most tail spinners rely on difficult screw-locks, the TRD SpinZ features a unique stainless steel centering pin and a molded plastic dual-prong keeper. This innovative system allows you to easily push the spinner into 10X Tough ElaZtech material, where it locks securely and won't fly out during long casts or aggressive fish battles.

Equipped with a premium ball-bearing swivel, these blades are engineered to spin effortlessly on both the descent and slow retrieves. Whether you’re adding "jazz" to a Finesse TRD for a unique search-bait presentation or rigging one onto the belly of a DieZel MinnowZ to create a custom underspin, the TRD SpinzZ is a "smart play" for triggering strikes in stained water or high-pressure situations.

Key Features:

• Easy-Insert Centering Pin: Features a 1-1/8 inch stainless wire that pierces easily into tough plastics without the frustration of traditional screw-locks.

• Dual-Prong Plastic Keeper: Specifically designed to grip ElaZtech material securely, ensuring your blade stays attached through multiple catches.

• Premium Ball Bearing Swivels: Ensures maximum blade rotation even at ultra-slow speeds, providing constant attraction throughout the water column.

• Versatile Search Bait Tool: Ideal for transforming a standard Ned Rig into a horizontal search bait that can be cast and retrieved over grass or brush.

• Custom Performance Options: Available in Colorado (#1) for maximum thump and Willow (#2) for higher-frequency flash, in both gold and silver finishes.

• Multi-Species Dominance: A proven producer for largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass, as well as panfish and trout when used with micro-finesse baits.

• Tournament-Ready Quality: Sold in a 3-pack, providing an inexpensive and durable way to customize your entire finesse arsenal.

Keep your soft plastics organized and in prime condition with the Z-Man Bait BinderZ specialized storage system designed specifically for the unique needs of ElaZtech superplastics. This rugged binder is engineered to prevent the chemical reactions that can occur when ElaZtech baits come into contact with traditional soft plastics, ensuring your gear stays tournament-ready.

The Bait BinderZ features a zipper-free design and heavy-duty, corrosion-resistant rings that align perfectly with the pre-punched holes on standard Z-Man bait bags. This innovative "file-system" approach allows you to flip through and access your baits without even removing the bags from the binder, making quick color and profile changes effortless on the water.

Key Features:

• Custom Ring System: Features nickel-plated or zinc-plated rings that fit the pre-punched holes on standard Z-Man bags for secure, easy-access storage.

• Durable Construction: Built from 500 denier nylon for long-lasting performance in harsh saltwater and freshwater environments.

• Bait-Safe Storage: Specifically designed to keep ElaZtech baits separated from other soft plastics to prevent melting or damage.

• Internal Clear Pocket: Includes a transparent internal storage pocket perfect for organizing jigheads, leader spools, and terminal tackle.

• Zipper-Free Design: Modernized with plastic snap closures to eliminate rusted or jammed zippers, ensuring smooth operation every time.

• Compact & Portable: The standard 9" x 9" size is ideal for grab-and-go fishing trips or keeping your most-used baits handy in a boat compartment.

• Expanded Capacity: Also available in a Doublewide version (17.5" x 11") for anglers who need to store up to 20+ bags of plastics alongside more tools and tackle.