Game On! X-Chop Glide Bait 8″

8″ slow-sinking glide bait. 3.25 oz. Through-wired. BKK 5X hooks.

The Game On! X-Chop is a big-profile glide bait built to give you more than one presentation from a single plug. Burn it fast and erratic to trigger reaction strikes from fish that are keyed up on big bait, or slow it down and let it swing through a wide, methodical side-to-side glide for fish that want to track something before they commit. At 8″ and 3.25 oz it throws a serious silhouette, but the moderate slow-sink rate keeps it easy to control through the whole retrieve.

It is built for the fish that eat plugs this size. The body is through-wired, the split rings are heavy duty, and the BKK 5X trebles come factory installed, so it is ready to fish out of the package in salt or fresh water.

Key Features

• 8″ length, 3.25 oz weight: a full-size bunker and herring profile
• Moderate slow-sink rate holds the strike zone on the pause
• Wide glide action: work it fast and erratic or slow and methodical
• Through-wired construction: hook hardware ties to the wire, not the plastic
• Heavy-duty split rings
• BKK 5X treble hooks, factory installed
• Freshwater and saltwater ready
• Seven colors: Bunker, Pearl White, Dirty Bone, Mullet, Dirty Shad, Electric Chicken, Blurple

Specs

Rigging & Use

• Slow, steady retrieve with the rod tip low lets the plug glide wide on its own
• Sharp rips and rod-tip snaps turn it erratic; mix in pauses and let it sink on slack
• Count it down over structure and rips; the slow sink lets you pick a depth
• Bunker / Mullet: the match-the-hatch colors for fall bait
• Pearl White / Dirty Bone: daytime and clear water
• Blurple / Dirty Shad: low light and night
• Electric Chicken: stained water and an attractor when nothing else is drawing
• Best on 40-50 lb braid with a 50-60 lb leader and a heavy-duty snap or split ring

Why We Like It

Big glide baits have been a freshwater thing for years, and the ones that cross over to the surf tend to fail on hardware. Game On! built the X-Chop the way a saltwater plug should be built: through-wired, heavy split rings, and 5X BKK trebles that will hold up to a big bass at the rocks. The 8″ profile is right for the adult bunker and herring that push big fish into casting range in the fall, and the ability to fish it two ways means one plug covers both the blitz and the slow grind. Bunker and Pearl White go first.