About this piece
The Smith D-Contact is a heavy sinking minnow designed for inertia slide action to trigger strikes. Its compact, dense body uses a tungsten weight and a unique curved back shape for sharp twitch responses, darting, and a writhing slide on the pause.
Key features
- Tungsten weight system for compact mass and long casting
- Curved back shape enables tight wobble, dart, and slide actions
- Fixed weight provides crisp action that transitions to a slow inertia slide
- Equipped with D-Contact #12 hooks
- Effective on both fast and slow retrieves
Best for
- Native trout fishing in rivers, lakes, and streams
- Targeting char, rainbow trout, and brook trout
- Situations requiring a sinking minnow with erratic action
