When it comes to walking baits, a lot of them are very reliable but unremarkable. You can pick up most walking baits and expect good walking action, durable hardware, and all- around fish catching ability. But there are standouts: walking baits with something different about them that just gives them that “it” factor.

Enter the Evergreen Showerblowz. This bait comes at a bit of a premium price, but it is a cut above the rest. It’s loud, splashy action gives it its name: the cupped face spits showers of water left and right unlike any other bait on the market.

Today, I’ll be taking you through my honest thoughts on this bait, as always. My goal is to tell you what I think of the bait, to help you decide if it’s worth the money, and give you a couple of tips on how to fish it as well. Let’s dive in!

Description and Price

The Evergreen Shower Blows is a long, skinny walking plug bait with a cupped face. When worked properly, it should have a side-to-side walking action, darting back and forth like a fleeing baitfish. To do this, walking baits need to stay balanced: and the Shower Blows always is, thanks to its tungsten weight system that not only keeps it balanced but adds to the racket.

Additionally, the Shower Blows comes equipped with top-of-the-line sticky sharp treble hooks straight out of the package. So, no need to change hardware: you can fish this lure as-is. The 77.7 size is a 2 treble bait, while the rest of the sizes are 3. All sizes have a feathered hook on the tail end of the bait, adding even more fish-catching realism; although I find it has a tendancy to get stuck in other treble hooks on certain sizes.

Coming in a large variety of different colors, the Shower Blows can imitate tons of different forage. For ponds, I would recommend the Bone, Half Mirror Wagasaki, Black Bone and Natural gill colors. However, there are 24 colors to choose from and all of them will catch fish, so take your pick.

As far as price goes, the Shower Blows does come at a pretty penny compared to other walking baits. It comes in 4 sizes: 77.7, 105, 125 and 150. For ponds, I’d recommend the 105 or the 77.7: the former comes in at $15.99, while the latter is $16.99.

Strike Factor

This bait isn’t a calm day bait. It shines when it’s overcast and/or windy, and the bass are chasing. The cupped face makes quite the commotion, and its larger profile is perfect on days when bass are aggressive. Because it’s a treble hooked bait, it needs open, clean water to be effective: don’t throw this into weeds or trees, as they will either hang it up or mess with the action.

To fish the Shower Blows, you’ll need to know how to walk the dog. This is simple to do but takes practice; you can find videos showing you how to properly do this anywhere, and I’ll be making one soon as well. To walk the dog, repeatedly twitch your rod tip down, reeling slack in as you go. The bait should start “walking” with a darting side-to-side action.

Walking baits shine most of the year, and the Shower Blows is no different. I wouldn’t recommend throwing topwater in the deep wintertime, but you can pull this bait out as early as February in some parts of the country. Typically, I’d throw the Shower Blows during low light in the early morning or at dusk, but it can perform mid-day as well.

Gear and Technique Recommendations

Recently, I switched my topwater rod from a 7’0” medium heavy to a 6’10” medium baitcasting rod. The difference is staggering. The shorter length makes walking the dog for easier and smoother, and the extra bend of the rod keeps those smaller trebles pinned perfectly. I’ve been having a blast catching fish after fish on the shower blows recently.

What I like to do with the shower blows is target a lane or a feature I think will hold fish, but also cover water. It has a pretty medium paced retrieval speed, meaning you can bring it through a strike zone for a decent amount of time, or cover water; or both. This is why it shines at low light, when fish are roaming.

Final ratings

This is my go-to walking bait when the fish are active and I’m chasing explosive topwater bites. At low light, it’s hard to beat. With that said, there are one or two drawbacks: it isn’t weedless, which limits its fishability in ponds, and sometimes the hooks can get caught up in each other. I also wouldn’t recommend it to beginner anglers; if you’ve never fished a walking bait, pick up something cheaper to learn before you look into this one. Other than that, it casts a mile, walks with a phenomonal action, and it has a great hookup ratio.

For all these reasons, I’m giving the Shower Blows a 79/100. I highly recommend picking this bait up if you’re an intermediate to advanced angler looking for a standout walking bait and you have a little extra money to drop.

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