atttacts fish with amazing action ... very little body roll with tons of tail action.

it caught a number of fish

most underrated aspect of spoolteks is how easily you feel the tail vibrate when it's swimming right

Great set up to prevent the fish from throwing the hook set

The 4" spoolteks are awesome and catch almost everything from fresh to saltwater. Only down side is the price because they do get snagged easily if your not carful.

I've used these lures countless times and have caught peacock pass, tarpon, and snook on it, however while fighting a decently sized tarpon I had the cable break on me. Despite that this lure is great but must be thoroughly washed and kept away from sticky bottom as once it's stuck it's gone.

I bought the 4 inch version because I�d heard people were using these with success. Went beach fishing and landed two the two biggest snook I�ve ever caught, 28 and 34 inches.

While dozens of other anglers were throwing live baits and many "proven" favorite lures trying to entice snook and redfish bites without success after midnight on a full moon on a pier in the Fort Pierce, Florida inlet I fished from the sandy shoreline. My Spooltek 4" Threadfin Fatty got dozens of hits or resulted in hooked fish making an exciting night of fishing for me during slack and light tide periods. I learned lessons that I hadn't seen or paid attention to in product instructions or reviews. My previous experiences using this Spooltek lure were in fresh water from a boat in 10' deep water. No problems. My most recent use of the same lure during my midnight madness was in high salt content water in fairly shallow water with very fine sand bottom where attacking fish stirred up sand. By the time I had a chance to rinse my gear the next morning the damage was done. The combination of salt water and fine silt had rusted the eye of the hook, jammed the wire leader around the tiny spool under the winding knob in the head of the lure. Once home I tried to free the leader winding mechanism using using pliers after rinsing in water, drying, and eventually spraying silicone lubricant into the mechanical mechanism. I had the leader deployed and extended about 2 inches when it was pulled back in. The multi-strand wire leader began to fray and after considerable time I finally gave up and will try to retire a hook on the stub of a leader. My recommendation is IF FISHING IN SALT WATER OR SANDY AREAS THOROUGHLY RINSE SPOOLTEK WINDING MECHANISM WITH FRESH WATER AND DRY WITH THE LEADER AND HOOK DEPLOYED. If this review was just based on the performance as an attractive effective lure it would be 5 stars. My bottom line solution was to replace my "lost" Spooltek fatty by purchasing 2 more.

This lure has a great swimming action, but I have yet to entice a fish to bite on it. To be fair, I am only fishing from shore or a pier. Perhaps it would be better from a boat.

Absolutely love the way this lure swims in the water ontop of it being the perfect weight for my medium heavy action rod, still haven't caught a fish on it but will soon enough.

Did not really have a problem with the lure except the swimming action isnt as great as the 6 in or 9 in but the spoolteks sure are better than using other swimbaits.

This lure is perfect for many freshwater and saltwater applications and a variety of fish sizes