The Ghost of Fishing's Future

Mad Scientist Tackles Ghost Shad features powerful and proven UV coatings on a popular lure design

When it comes to versatility for fishing situations and species, its hard to beat lipless rattlebaits. From shallow to deep, the angler can control what the baits doing and exactly how to fish it for maximum results. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, walleyes, pike, lake trout, wipers, stripers, and even inshore speciesthe rattlebait is the Swiss Army Knife of lures, catching about everything with fins, scales, and an appetite. 

Meet the Mad Scientist Tackle Ghost Shad and elevate your rattlebait game. 

GHOST SHAD (Green/Holographic Basecoat)

Besides its forage-matching shad profile, agitating action, and raucous rattle, the Ghost Shad features Mad Scientist Tackles exclusive and advanced APEX Vision coatings, which include seven colors: red, blue, green, gold, pink, and natural for the highest possible visibility in the visible, UV and infrared light spectrums. Plus, holographic scale patterns help with the reflectivity and baitfish-mimicking to produce a rattlebait that summons bites unlike any that have come before it.

From crankin green bass or smallies, pitching walleyes, to vertical jigging for lake trout, and more, the Ghost Shad is just a producer. Its been used side by side with other rattlebaits and just plain outperforms thanks to its APEX Vision coating, said Mad Scientist Tackle Sales Director and hardcore angler, Patrick Kalmerton.

If want to cover water, its hard to beat the Ghost Shad. Its a power fishing wonder. And the Ghost Shad not only looks good to fish in all water clarities its built-in rattle chamber attracts them from afar, too. The visual and audible properties combine into something special.

Kalmerton added: With bass anglers, pink is popular, as are blue and green, which reflect like baitfish and young-of-the-year scales. Weve had great results on bass with those colors. Plus, to match the hatch of fall-spawning cisco (tullibee), walleye and pike anglers have had extremely positive results on natural. 

Kalmerton concluded: If youre putting together that survival kit tackle box with baits that just produce fish, youre going to want to include the Mad Scientist Tackle Ghost Shad.

Natural/Holographic Basecoat

Pink/Holographic Basecoat

Blue/Holographic Basecoat

Gold/Holographic Basecoat

Ghost Shad FEATURES:

• Hyper-realistic design for relentless strikes
• Built-in rattle chamber for maximum attraction
• Versatile for all fishing techniques and environments
• Equipped with razor-sharp, high-carbon steel hooks
• Available in a variety of APEX Vision colors
• Built tough to handle the fiercest fights

MSRP: $8.99

About APEX Vision Colors: Made For the Way Fish See

All Mad Scientist Tackle baits start off as either nude, pearl, or black base lures that are then customized through a multistage process whereby they end up in an APEX Vision coating, which radiate color in the visible, UV, and infrared spectrums, mimicking real baitfish scales and making it highly visible to predatory fish. Available colors include red, blue, green, gold, pink, natural, and cisco-colored, which is designed to mimic pelagic baitfish and radiates UV light farther than any of the companys other coatings. And for some baits like select topwaters and Ghost Shad you can also choose the pattern in shadow or holographic scale application, finetuning the look.

The novel coatings were developed to appeal to the way fish see, creating flashing iridescent colors in visible, UV, and infrared spectrums that attract fish from farther than ever.

Here are recommendations for when to use each APEX Vision color: 

APEX +RED: Proven to entice reaction bites, Apex +RED imitates bleeding baitfish so perfectly that predatory fish cant resist. Its also the best choice for fishing in the green, algae blooms of late summer. 

APEX +BLUE: In stained to dark water, APEX +BLUE outperforms other colors. Thanks to the iridescent flash of the lure, fish see it in stained to murky water conditions with low light. 

APEX +GREEN: One of the best colors on any body of water, APEX +GREEN resembles young-of-the-year and other baitfish. It works best in spring and summer in clear and stained water. 

APEX +GOLD: Gold is a standard in every anglers arsenal, but APEX +GOLD has brought fishing to a whole new level. It resembles a school of baitfish/minnows and is a great choice year round in any water color. 

APEX +PINK: One of the most popular colors to attract predator fish from a distance. It works well in clear and stained water conditions. 

APEX +NATURAL: Resembles crayfish and gives off a more natural presentation, especially when fishing near rocks. It performs well in clear and stained water.