Stroll through the overstocked aisles at your local tackle shop or flip through the pages of your favorite retailer’s catalog, and the choices in plastic stick-baits are nearly endless. Floating, suspending, sinking, bright colors, dark colors, natural finishes, fat baits, skinny baits- there are choices that perfectly mimic every baitfish species and for every scenario. Along with all of the different swimming actions and appearances, one cannot help but wonder if size, particularly length, makes that big of a difference as well. I mean, come on now, fish eat fish!

When the topic of teasers is brought up in sailf ishing circles, one immediately pictures natural ballyhoo or split-tail mullet rigged in multiples of ten. Afterwards, visions bounce to traditional artif icial squid chains and the latest innovations in Mylar spreader bars and collapsible multiarm dredges.