When professional bass angler Stacey King set out to design his namesake suspending jerkbait for Lucky Craft Lures, he wanted to reproduce the physical attributes of his favorite jerkbait, the classic High-Back Shiner, which was once made by Bass Pro Shops.

“Bass Pro Shops sold the High-Back Shiner jerkbait about 15 years ago and it was one of my ‘go to’ lures,” says King. “The high back gave it the same profile as the big threadfin shad that are so prevalent in Ozark impoundments and I won a lot of money with it.”

The problem, however, was that the original High-Back Shiner was a floating jerkbait made of balsa. In order to get it to cast far and suspend down deep, King had to spend hours drilling, weighting, filling and repainting each one by hand.

Now those modifications are no longer necessary since King has teamed up with Lucky Craft Lures.

“I basically took the high-back body concept and put it on Lucky Craft’s superior suspending jerkbait design that features their patented Weight Transfer System,” King adds. “Now, long casts and pinpoint suspension down to 5 or 6 feet are standards right out of the package.”

Determined to build his lure to his exact specifications, Lucky Craft even asked King to provide some of his own unique paint schemes.

“I worked with Tim Hughes, the renowned custom lure painter, to come up with some of my favorite colors and their all available at Bass Pro Shops.”

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