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Frequently Asked Questions

What are Hawken Simon Hot Tails?

They are soft plastic trolling tails with UV-painted color, designed to mimic a wounded baitfish for kokanee, salmon, and trout. Each pack holds 2 tails. Catch America guides run them behind a dodger for kokanee and kings across California and Washington waters.

How do you rig Hawken Simon Hot Tails?

Rig them behind a flasher, dodger, downrigger, or weight. Thread one 3mm and two 4mm beads to the first hook, add a trailer hook, and tip with corn, coon shrimp, or prawns. Guide Austin Moser also rigs them with a fly or beads at Lake Roosevelt.

What species do Simon Hot Tails catch?

Kokanee, salmon, trout, and walleye. Capt. Monte Smith scores kokanee, kings, and rainbows on them at Don Pedro, and a glow Simon Hot Tail fooled a 5.5-pound German brown at Shaver Lake. They earn a spot in any dodger spread.

What speed do you troll Simon Hot Tails?

Slow-troll them behind a dodger for kokanee, the way Catch America guides fish them. Paul Brown ran a glow tail off downriggers at 35 to 55 feet at Shaver Lake, while Austin Moser pulled them behind planer boards for Lake Roosevelt kokanee and triploids.

What color Simon Hot Tail should I use?

The 2-pack lineup spans 22 colors, including glow patterns like Glow and Glow Pink Scale, plus Captain America, Double Trouble Pink, Firetiger, and Wounded Minnow. Glow has been a standout, accounting for that big Shaver Lake brown, and it shines in low light and deeper water.

What pairs well with Hawken Simon Hot Tails?

Run them behind the Trolling Dodger 6 inch. The Catch America guides slow-troll Simon Hot Tails behind a 6-inch dodger with corn, the same kokanee program Big Nate and Paul Brown fish at Berryessa and Shaver.