Sick smash
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Sick
Smash
Tight rolling action with a great trail swing! The Sick Smash is the ultimate softbait when casting for pike. Made of supple but rough rubber, the Smash has great action and will catch more pike than you can imagine. It can be rigged with a screw-in weight or a shallow screw, whatever the situation asks from your bait presentation.
When predators hunt, they aim their attack at the eye of the prey. The large eye is a trigger point for the attack
Can be rigged on a pike jighead or with a (weighted) shallow screw.
The bulky, round body has an enticing rolling action and tail swing.
Supple but super durable material.
New size
There is a new size
18CM
vamper
There is no softbait in the Sick range which has caught more trophy pike and zander then the largest Vamper! Specifically designed for pelagic sharpshooting, this bait has a great belly flash with awesome tail movement when jigged.
When predators hunt, they aim their attack at the eye of the prey. The large eye is a trigger point for the attack.
Can be rigged on a screw-in head, jighead or on an offset hook.
Beautiful waving tail action and a weighted dot for more kick.
Enticing flanking action when jigged aggressively.
Life-like and bright colour patterns.
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Tight rolling action with a great tail swing! The Sick Smash is the ultimate softbait when casting for pike. Made of supple but tough rubber, the Smash has great action and will catch more pike than you can imagine. It can be rigged with a screw-in weight or a shallow screw, whatever the situation asks from your bait presentation.
Available in sizes: 17cm, 23cm
The Berkley Sick range is a family of 6 types of softbaits, designed to cover every situation you will face on the water. The Sick Vamper is a V-Tail bait with a fat body. The skinny tail makes a beautiful waving action when fished on a dropshot rig or jighead. The triangular shape of the body will create a belly flashing action when the bait is fished aggressively. Fish it trough thick cover with an offset hook or use it as soft jerk bait.
Available in sizes: 9cm, 14cm, 18cm, 22cm
Probably the most all-round applicable softbait in the range! Due to its shape, the available sizes and color schemes the Flanker can not miss in your tacklebox. The smaller sizes are perfect for perch and zander fishing, but even big trout have fallen for these. The larger sizes perform amazing when fishing for zander and pike.The beautiful flanking action, which gives the Flanker its name, combined with the attractive wiggling of the tail make this bait absolute irresistible to your target predator.
Available in sizes: 6cm, 8cm, 10cm, 14cm, 20cm
Bulky and with a big paddetail, the Swimmer really makes some noise under water! The big silhouette makes the Swimmer perfect for catch-and-retrieve fishing as a searchbait.It helps you cover a lot of water and find active fish. The Swimmer is also great for jigging or dragging, imitating a small goby or wounded baitfish. The big tail helps slow the fall right down and increase the moment of suspension, staying in the strike zone longer whilst you are still able to fish it with a medium heavy jighead. An absolute killer for big perch and zander.
Available in sizes: 9 cm, 12cm
This slender allrounder has some big fish to its name! We love to fish the Vibe on flowing water, where the shape allows you to use a lighter jighead. The small tail gives the high frequency vibrations that sluggish winter fish just cannot resist. The vibe is a bait which shouldn’t be missing in the tacklebox of avid dorpshot anglers, the thin tail base guarantees movement of the tail on the slightest movement on the rod tip! The largest size also performs great when fished pelagic for those big pike and zander.
Available in sizes: 9 cm, 12cm, 15cm
How to
How to use it
The baits
When to use which colours
Bloody Burbot
Yellowfin
Brown Bleak
Brown Chatreuse
Bream
Motoroil Burbot
Wagasaki
Salt and Pepper
Transparent Perch
Silver roach
In general, when the water is clear we advise to use natural colours like the Perch, Transparent Roach or Bloody burbot. The pikes have great eyes so they will commit when they see something natural swimming by.
Yellowfin
Bream
Motoroil Burbot
Hot Fire Tiger
Bloody Burbot
Wagasaki
Silver roach
With lower light conditions it’s smart to use a non-transparent and high-contrast coloured lure. A great choice is the Bream color, with an orange belly, bright flank and black back.
Brown Bleak
Brown Chatreuse
Bloody Burbot
Hot Fire Tiger
Wagasaki
Salt and Pepper
Transparent Perch
Silver roach
With sunny weather it’s smart to go for a transparent coloured lure and use something with glitters which reflect the sunlight. The Transparent Perch, Silver Roach or Yellowfin colours are best.
Bream
Motoroil Burbot
Hot Fire Tiger
Brown Bleak
Salt and Pepper
Transparent Perch
In stained water it is wise to try some brighter coloured lures. Patterns like Hot Fire Tiger or Brown Chartreuse are a great choice. These colors stand out better in cloudy water and the pike will track them down easily.
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| Linear cast/ retrieve on jighead | Jigging on the bottom | Offset hooked techniques (weedless, carolina rig, texas rig, etc.) | Pelagic | Trailerbait (chatter/spinnerbait) | Weightless pike rig | |
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| Smash | x | x | x | |||
| Vamper | x | x | x | |||
| Flanker | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Swimmer | x | x | x | x | ||
| Vibe | x | x | x | x | x | x |
Smash – The Sick Smash has a tight rolling action with a great tail swing. It’s wide profile and enticing high-amplitude vibrations draw a lot of attention from the predators!
Vamper - The Sick Vamper is a V-Tail bait with a fat body. The skinny tail makes a beautiful waving action when fished on a dropshot rig or jighead. The triangular shape of the body will create a belly flashing action when the bait is fished aggressively.
Flanker - The Sick Flanker is a high-profile paddle tail that creates a high amplitude vibration on every speed. This bait makes a lot of noise with it’s oversized paddletail and powerful body flanking action.
Swimmer - The Sick Swimmer is a round, fat profile paddletail with a strong rolling action. This movement is known to be irresistible to all types of predators.
Vibe - The Sick Vibe is a high frequency vibration paddletail. The long finesse tail will move at any speed and trigger bites in the slowest situation.
Smash – Works best with a weightless or weighted screw-in rig.
Vamper – The 9cm version is great for dropshot rigging or micro jigheads. The 14cm & 18cm are great for bottom jigging techniques. The 18cm & 22cm versions excel in pelagic fishing, rigged on a screw-in head.
Flanker – Best rigged on a weighted jighead, the 14 & 20cm versions also work great on a weightless screw-in rig. The 8 & 10cm versions work great as trailer baits on a chatterbait or spinnerbait.
Swimmer – Best rigged on a weighted jighead.
Vibe – Rig it on a jighead or use the offset hook slot with an EWG hook for a weedless presentation. The 9cm works great as a trailer bait on a chatterbait or spinnerbait, or on a dropshot rig. The 15cm you can weightless screw-in rig for pike or use a heavy screw-in head for pelagic fishing.
The Sick softbaits are versatile as they come in 12 different colours, allowing you to adapt to any type of weather or water condition. With this range of colours, you can choose the best one to imitate the prey of the predator fish in the specific environment you are fishing in. This variety of colours can give you an edge in catching more fish and increasing your chances of success on the water. Click here to see all colours.
When it comes to choosing the right colour of softbait, it's essential to consider the weather conditions. To help make your fishing trip more successful, our Product Managers have created a chart that matches each condition with the best colour choice. Click here to view the chart and choose the best colour for your conditions.
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Fishing for perch, zander, and pike with softbaits and shads is an exciting form of predator fishing that has gained popularity over the years. This method of lure fishing for pike and other predatory fish is highly effective and involves softbaits or shads, designed to mimic the movement and appearance of (small) prey fish.
Perch Fishing with Softbaits and Shads
Perch are one of the most commonly caught fish in freshwater, and they are a great target for softbait and shad fishing. Perch tend to feed on smaller fish and other prey, so using a softbait or shads that mimics their natural prey is the key to successful fishing!
When it comes to softbaits for perch, Berkley Sick has a variety of options and sizes to choose from. The most popular ones are is the Berkley Sick Swimmer, Flanker and Vibe. These shads are designed to mimic the movement and scent of live bait and with the smile of powerbait, they are even more attractive. These lures can be rigged with a jig head or a drop shot rig and fished near the bottom or around structures such as weed beds and rocks.
Zander Fishing with Softbaits and Shads
Also zander can be caught using softbaits and shads. Zander tends to feed on medium-sized fish such as roach, perch, and small pike, so using a softbait in medium sizes can be very interesting.
One popular softbait for pelagic fishing for zander is the Berkley Sick Vamper. This lure can be rigged with a jig head or fished on a drop shot rig and fished around structures such as weed beds and rocks.
Another great option for zander is our Berkley Sick Vibe. These lures can be fished with a slow and steady retrieve or with short, jerky movements, mimicking the movement of small baitfish.
Pike Fishing with Softbaits and Shads
Pike are the most famous predator fish among anglers, and softbait and shad fishing is an effective way to catch them. Pike tend to feed on bigger fish, such as perch, roach, bream or even other pike. Because the Sick Vamper is so successful among predator anglers, we introduced a bigger brother that is perfect for pike fishing... the Berkley Sick Smash!
Our product developers created a big softbait up to 22cm to chase the bigger pikes. Because of the rolling action and flappy tail, the Sick Smash pushes a lot of water in different directions. Something pike can not resist!