Trophy Trout Plug System

It is a cast-and-troll plug kit built around shad-profile hard baits and WD80 scent. The Trigger Shad anchors the kit while a Dart Shad and Panic Shad add backup actions and depths. It is aimed at bigger trout keyed on baitfish.

You get WD80 UV Gel by Max Gross, a Golden Shad Trigger Shad number 1, a Pink/Blue Shad Trigger Shad number 5, a Blue Spotted Shad Dart Shad, and a 2 inch Ghost Shad Panic Shad. Colors and options may vary between kits.

Both. These are shad-profile hard baits built to cast and retrieve or troll on lakes. Fan-cast the Trigger Shad and Dart Shad around structure, or troll them to cover water. Vary depth and action between the plugs until you find where the trophy trout are holding.

WD80 UV Gel by Max Gross is a scent you coat onto the plugs. Wipe it on the shad body before each set of casts or trolling passes. The scent trail helps hold trout on the bait a beat longer, which turns short follows into solid hookups.

Reach for it when trout are keyed on baitfish, during shad and pond smelt bites, on Lake Berryessa style plug water, and through fall and winter pushes. The shad profiles and multiple actions cover aggressive fish and neutral fish across changing conditions.

Keep a spare WD80 UV Gel by Max Gross in the boat. Scent gel gets used up fast when you are coating plugs on every pass, and a backup jar means your shad baits keep laying a scent trail all day without running dry.