Z-man Report

Z-man Gremlin Creature Bait

Traditional creature baits exhibit three stand-out qualities: They crash through grass and kick around in woodcover like a wrecking ball. The baits elicit big bites in heavy cover. And if they’re made from run of the mill plastisol, one or two bass are all you get before adding another shredded bait to the scrap heap.

A quick glance at the new Z-Man Gremlin might mislead you to believe it’s like other baits in the category. But comparisons to every other creature end at the superficial level, as the Gremlin’s next-level anatomy reveals all kinds of sneaky-valuable bass catching talents. Built for off-road, heavy cover flipping and punching, the new Gremlin is equally effective on a Carolina rig, swimjig or swing head jig—or a gnarly looking trailer on the back of a ChatterBait® bladed jig.

Stretching the properties of the next-gen superplastic material it conjured nearly twenty years ago, Z-Man boosted the Gremlin with a brand-new soft plastics formulation. In the past, one of the challenges with ElaZtech has been that it’s so soft that when you flip the baits in heavy cover, the hook can punch through the body too easily. The Gremlin is the first bait composed of Z-Man’s new ElaZtech Flipping Formula.

To allow the hook to quickly penetrate the material on a hookset yet remain fully weedless throughout the retrieve, the advanced Flipping Formula was developed right in Z-Man’s U.S. based laboratory.

The new Flipping material is even tougher than regular ElaZtech formula, yet it still holds the hookpoint in check during the retrieve. It also makes Texas rigging much easier, too.

4.5” Gremlin Creature Bait

The 4.5” Gremlin presents bass with a bulky, creature bait profile with refined, action-driven anatomy. Constructed from new ElaZtech Flipping Formulation, the Gremlin offers enhanced durability with optimal hook penetration. It’s offered in 8 color schemes retails for $4.99 per 4-pack.