Abu Garcia Beast Glidebait

Twitching, Jerking and Straight Retrieves for Pike

The Abu Garcia Beast Glidebait is a hard lure available in 3 sizes. Its two-part hard body combined with a soft rubber tail fin produces an exceptionally fluid action - and the way you work it determines exactly which action you get. Twitch or jerk it and it breaks away in long, sweeping glides to the side, exactly what you'd expect from a glidebait. Simply wind it back steadily and it switches into swimbait mode, producing a beautiful S-curve swimming action. Depending on your retrieve, you can classify it as a jerkbait/glidebait or a swimbait - it handles both roles with equal confidence. Pike respond well to the Beast Glidebait regardless of how you present it, making it one to keep in every lure box.

Slow Sink Rate and Rotating Treble Hooks

The Abu Garcia Beast Glidebait is straightforward to animate and well suited to beginners as well as experienced anglers. Beyond the retrieve styles already described, there is one more trick worth knowing for triggering following pike into committing: simply pause and let it sink. Its exceptionally slow sink rate means even that minimal movement is enough - the lure imitates exhausted prey that looks easy to take. Once you get the bite and connect with a strike, the Beast Glidebait's next feature comes into play: rotating treble hooks. The treble hooks are mounted on swivels recessed into the body, allowing them to spin freely. This significantly reduces hook pulls, so not only does the lure draw plenty of bites, the fish stay on throughout the fight and can be landed reliably.

Proven Colour Schemes with Oversized Eyes

The Abu Garcia Beast Glidebait looks the part as well. Each one is finished in proven Abu Garcia colour schemes and fitted with an oversized painted eye - an eye-catching combination that, alongside the lure's action, helps produce a consistent number of bites.

Shallow Waters and a Night-Fishing Tip for Zander

As a slow-sinking glidebait, the Abu Garcia Beast Glidebait does not reach great depths, which makes it a strong choice for shallow and small waters or shallow areas of larger venues. Work it over weed beds or along overgrown margins - classic pike territory. The smallest size also opens up a further application: targeting zander at night over shallow bank spots such as riprap or sand bars. Using swimbaits and glidebaits for zander is not yet widespread, so the fish are often unfamiliar with this presentation - ideal conditions for hooking the bigger specimens. That makes the Beast Glidebait not only a first-rate pike lure but also an excellent zander option for night sessions.

Key Facts:

• Hard lure / glidebait / swimbait / jerkbait
• Available in multiple sizes and colour schemes
• Proven Abu Garcia colour schemes
• Oversized painted eye
• Rotating treble hooks mounted on body-recessed swivels
• Significantly reduced hook pulls
• Slow sinking
• Steady retrieve: swimbait with S-curve action
• Twitching and jerking: glidebait with long sweeping glides
• Highly effective for pike
• Smallest size also suitable for zander