Berkley PowerBait Nessie

The Berkley PowerBait Nessie brings the wide, natural swimming action of a traditional glide bait into a soft-bodied design that can be fished around cover and in places where anglers may hesitate to throw an expensive hard glide bait.

Berkley designed the Nessie to make glide-bait fishing approachable while still giving experienced anglers a versatile big-bait presentation. It can be cast, skipped and worked with a variety of retrieves, opening up docks, overhanging cover and other areas that aren't always practical with traditional hard glide baits.

Soft-Bodied Glide Bait

The Nessie combines a realistic baitfish profile with the sweeping action anglers expect from a glide bait.

The soft construction gives the lure a different look and feel from conventional hard-bodied glide baits while allowing anglers to fish it more aggressively around structure.

Work it with a steady retrieve for a natural swimming presentation or manipulate the bait with rod and reel inputs to create slides, direction changes and reaction-triggering movements.

Skip It Around Cover

One of the Nessie's biggest advantages is where you can put it.

Berkley specifically designed the bait so anglers can skip, slide and cast it into areas traditional glide baits often can't reach.

That makes it particularly interesting around:

• Docks
• Overhanging Trees
• Seawalls
• Laydowns
• Grass Edges
• Points
• Shallow Cover
• Open-Water Bait Schools

Four Sizes

Berkley currently offers the PowerBait Nessie in 5", 7", 9" and 11" sizes, giving anglers options ranging from relatively compact glide-bait presentations to true oversized trophy-fish profiles.

5" — The most approachable size for general bass fishing and situations where fish are feeding on smaller forage.

7" — A versatile step up when you want a larger profile without committing to a true giant bait.

9" — A serious big-bait presentation for targeting larger predatory fish.

11" — The largest Nessie, designed around a substantial forage profile and trophy-fish applications.

PowerBait Attraction

As part of Berkley's PowerBait family, the Nessie combines its physical swimming action with Berkley's established PowerBait scent-and-flavor technology.

That adds another element to a lure already designed to generate followers and reaction strikes.

Freshwater & Inshore Potential

The Nessie is primarily a natural fit for largemouth bass and other freshwater predators, but the larger baitfish profile also makes it interesting for selected inshore applications.

Potential targets include:

• Largemouth Bass
• Peacock Bass
• Striped Bass
• Snook
• Tarpon
• Northern Pike
• Musky
• Other Large Predatory Fish

Berkley's own customer feedback includes anglers reporting catches with the Nessie on both snook and northern pike, illustrating the bait's crossover potential beyond bass fishing.

How to Fish the Nessie

Steady Retrieve — Let the bait's natural swimming action do the work.

Glide & Pause — Change retrieve speed and incorporate pauses to create a less predictable presentation.

Direction Changes — Use reel and rod inputs to make the Nessie change direction and trigger following fish.

Skip Under Cover — Take advantage of the soft body and put the bait beneath docks and overhanging cover where large predators often wait to ambush forage.

Features

• Soft-bodied glide bait
• Natural baitfish profile
• Designed to glide and change direction
• Can be cast and skipped around cover
• PowerBait scent and flavor
• Alternative to traditional hard glide baits
• Available in 5", 7", 9" and 11" sizes
• Multiple forage-matching color patterns
• Freshwater and crossover saltwater potential

Best For

• Largemouth Bass
• Peacock Bass
• Snook
• Tarpon
• Striped Bass
• Pike & Musky
• Trophy-Fish Presentations
• Dock Fishing
• Open-Water Fishing
• Big-Bait Fishing

Why Choose the Berkley Nessie?

Traditional glide baits can be extremely effective, but they're often expensive and intimidating to throw around heavy cover.

The Nessie approaches the technique differently.

Its soft-bodied construction allows anglers to put a glide-style presentation into places where they might not want to risk a premium hard bait, while the range from 5 inches all the way to 11 inches makes the platform useful for everything from ordinary bass fishing to true big-bait applications.

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The Berkley PowerBait Nessie is interesting because it isn't simply another swimbait. It's designed to bring glide-bait action into a softer, more versatile package.

For bass fishing, the 5" and 7" models are the easiest places to start. The 9" and 11" Nessies move into true big-bait territory when you're specifically looking for a larger bite.

For Florida anglers, we also wouldn't overlook the Nessie for peacock bass and snook. The baitfish profile and ability to work around docks and structure translate well beyond traditional largemouth fishing.

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