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Heddon Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy

The Zara Puppy is a 3-inch version of Heddon's original Zara Spook - a bait that's been written about more than any other fishing lure due to its legendary ''walk-the-dog'' action. To fish the Zara Spook Puppy, use a rhythmic, slack-line retrieve that makes the Zara walk from left to right, back and forth. Hooks: two #6.
Average Customer Rating:
4.84 out of 5
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48 of 50(96%)customers would recommend this product to a friend.
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Customer Reviews for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Review 1 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Great bait

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April 13, 2012
By Tyntrix
from Penns Grove, NJ
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Advantages: Style/Design, Performs well, Quality
"I use this bait on the Delaware river in the fall for 5 and 6 pound stripers. Nothing more fun than catching them on topwater!!!"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 3
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 2 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Cool Lure

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December 17, 2011
By Warphreaque
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money
"Pretty nice lure. After I learned the retrieve for this lure, I found it to be really reliable lure that fish couldn't resist. I am a bit confused by my lure's color that isn't on the website, which is a red-head mixed with the g-finish color. Also, I did have problem when I had a bass on and then lost the fish. To come to find out, my first treble hook had come out of the lure. I did not take away a star though because no other reviews state this problem. Go catch some."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 3 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Crazy Effective

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August 7, 2011
By NickSpino958
from New Jersey
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Quality
Disadvantages: expensive
"A very good investment. The only problem I had is my line decided it was a good time to snap on the first cast. Oh well. I find that color 96 works best."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 4 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Best dog walker

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July 26, 2011
By ACsciguy
from Lebanon PA
Advantages: Value for money, Quality
"I have tried every brand of walk-the-dog bait and this one outshines them all. You will get bites, it's best to delay the hook up for a second until the bass gets a hold of it."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? No
Review 5 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Best pourchase ever

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June 26, 2011
By CooseJax
from Jacksonville, FL
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Advantages: Performs well
Disadvantages: hooks will loosen after a big fish- just retighten
"After years of Rapala F-11 work I must say that the puppy has won me over after just three trips. This lure so convinced me because the bass in the pond by my house NEVER hit top water. I tried this plug put the night before the picture was taken in my local pond and caught a 2 pounder on the 5th cast. My Uncles always produced fish with this lure and now I will too. The bass in the pic weighed 5.6 pds and was the last fish of the afternoon I landed in a lake using my Kayak. He initialy hit the lure to stun it and after a waiting game of about 2 minutes and subtle twitches he nailed it again, this time to eat it. All these years and I never walked the dog, man am I feeling stupid. Buy this lure now if you want to draw shy fish from cover, Buy this lure and learn to WTD- you won't regret it. Beware though, watch the screws that hold the hooks, larger fish will loosen them after a good fight. BTW, I caught mine on the G-Finish Pearl/ Red Head...Not sure why BPS doesn't carry this color.
Peace everyone, and keep your lines tight."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 6 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Excellent Lure

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June 6, 2011
By Jadvet
from Cub Run, Ky
Advantages: Ease of use, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
"I can say without a doubt, this is the most reliable topwater lure i have ever used. I have fished with this lure for over 10 years and have yet to use it and not catch a fish. I have taken this lure out and on bad days catch three or four fish. On my good days i cant keep up with the numbers of fish i haul in. It was one of the very first lures in my tacklebox, and I've never questioned using it. I have fished both Indiana, and Kentucky waters and my Bull frog design gets the job done."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 7 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Typical Spook!!!

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April 29, 2011
By bigfishken1
from lawrenceville, ga
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
"When the larger Spooks don't work, try one of these on a spinning rod."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 8 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

excellent topwater

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January 13, 2011
By adawg13
from Midland,Mich
Advantages: Style/Design, Performs well, Quality
"great topwater lure its easy to use many techniques and it catches fish year round"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 9 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Smallies love em

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September 21, 2010
By Pitpass
from Indiana
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Advantages: Style/Design, Performs well, Quality
"The Zara Spook Puppy is the best topwater bait I've ever used for Smallmouth on the White River in Madison County, Indiana."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 10 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

outstanding lure

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July 21, 2010
By Se379
from South carolina
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
"Very easy to use. Change out rear hook and replace with a feather hook drives bass crazy."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 11 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

My go to bait

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July 12, 2010
By james13
from Toledo Bend Area-San Miguel area , zwolle, la
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
"Love the topwater action it produces i catch alot of bass on this lure also bluegill hitting it sometime i catch one when the lure hits the water. So this lure has no limit to the species u want to catch with it."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 12 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
4 out of 5
4 out of 5

pretty good walker

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June 29, 2010
By KYTeenBassmaster
from louisville kentucky
Advantages: Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
Disadvantages: Difficult to use
"this works well but it takes some getting used to. id suggest a lucky craft gunfish or sammy. literally anyone can walk the dog with those."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 13 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Great lures

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April 12, 2010
By Adam17
from GA
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Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Quality
"These lures are great to match hatch and is very good for smaller lakes and farm ponds that do not have bigger bait fish it catches nice fish too. I like the bullfrog color."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? No
Review 14 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
4 out of 5
4 out of 5

good plug

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March 12, 2010
By greatcraw
from Bennington VT
Advantages: Ease of use
Disadvantages: price
"this topwater is a great bait. it is easy to use and catches decent fish for the size of the lure. its just a little pricey."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 15 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Great point bait

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January 15, 2010
By Ironfish
from West Point, MS
Advantages: Performs well, Quality, Style/Design, Value for money
"I have been fishing with this lure for 15 years and it will consistently catch fish. I use the bullfrog color around lily pads and heavy cover, and always have the bone color on when fishing the Tombigbee river. When the bass start chasing shad up, I quickly toss in that direction and hold on. One can never go wrong with a Zara Puppy or a Zara Spook Jr. All colors produce!!!"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 16 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Great, fun lure

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August 28, 2009
By azbassman
from Gilbert, AZ
"Picked this up to hit the local golf course pond, and this thing landed four good sized pond bass in 20 minutes. The action is great and actually is pretty easy to use for the walk-the-dog technique. I have used the regular spook out on the lake, and same result. Just a great lure. Bass can't resist this thing flopping back and forth above them."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 17 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Good Lure

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August 3, 2009
By YIHUSwe1265
from Leesburg,FL
Advantages: Ease of use, Performs well, Quality, Style/Design, Value for money
"This lure is a woppin good lure and it is worth every penny it will catch you any thing from bass to even gar.I had a three and a half foot gar on and man he hammered it!! Good lure for price.GET ONE KNOW!!!"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 18 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

bass magnet

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July 16, 2009
By bassmannaic
from Golden, CO
Advantages: Ease of use, Performs well, Quality, Style/Design, Value for money
"I love this lure! It looks so good, and the bass think so too, just "walk the dog" and hold on!"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 19 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Great bait

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May 18, 2009
By Knuckles
from Eugene, Oregon
Advantages: Performs well, Quality, Style/Design
"I use the bone colored bait with a Sure Set dressed treble on the rear. They walk perfectly everytime and the bass just can't stand it when it goes over the top of them.
I miss a few hooksets by yanking it out of their mouths before they get back into the water with it. The trick is to pause on the hookset until you feel pressure on the line."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 20 for Heddon® Zara® Spook® Puppy
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Super Dog Walkin' Bait!!

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March 5, 2009
By Jerkbaitdude
from Southeastern New England
"One of my all time favorites, my top water box always has at least 5 of them ready to go.
Recommended is to add your own feather teaser trebles to the back if you really want to emulate bait.
I also reinforce the screw eyes by adding some super glue to them before putting them back on. Needed cause bigger fish could turn them if you don't play them before you get'em near the boat.
It's only a 1/4 oz so it's easiest to throw on spinning gear with 12lb mono. You want the mono to float and you don't want smaller diameter line to tangle in the bait. Use a 40 sized reel with plenty of spool space for long casts with at least a 6'-6" M action rod to lauch this bait.
I've caught hundreds of bass on this bait. Big ones too, not just dinks.
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What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
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