Category: Video

Snack Size Trout On Clear Lake

I finally grabbed a tape out of my camera bag today and put a few short clips together of bass being caught on the Snack Size Trout. This was from Clear Lake this last July, I can not promise a G rating on the language.

Previous Snack Size Swimbait posts on The Wired Angler:

New on the Horizon, The Snack Size Bluegill

Snack Size Hitch Takes 2nd Place at the HBC Clear Lake

TackleTour Lure Preview of the Snack Size Swimbaits – Updated

Snack Size Trout Takes 3rd at Won Bass Clear Lake Swimbait Tourney

NewsFlash: Snack Size Shad Wins on Clear Lake

New Snack Size Trout swimbait color

Fishing the Snack Size Trout Swimbait

Solution To An Age-Old Frustrating Problem – Parasite Bait Retainer Clips

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Here is something that has been frustrating the heck out me for years, especially when meticulously flippin down a bank: Hook sets are free, right, so you set the hook on what could be a 10 pounder or a log. . . anyway you come up with this.

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Solution: I was turned on to these by my friend Benno from Maverick Worms in Clear Lake. It is a simple clip that slides over your hook and line and eliminates the possibility of your soft plastic bait sliding down your hook. What I like best about this is that when you do set on a bass and miss it ,your bait will not ball up. This will give you the opportunity to immediately get your soft plastic bait back in the water without fussing around with it first.

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The manufacturer of these bait retainer clips is Parasite. Tackle It in Lakeport has them in stock as well.

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Here is the link to the Parasite Clips

as well as a quick video:

More Tips & How-To posts on The Wired Angler:

Modifying an Osprey Swimbait to be Weedless

How to Make Your Own Big Topwater Plug Bass Lure

Painting a Wooden Plug or Crankbait

Basic Boat Repair – Part One: Fixing Minor Dings and Chips

Basic Boat Repair – Part two: Fixing Minor Dings and chips

10 Ways to Rig a Basstrix Style Swimbait

Video Clip Of The Snack Size Chartreuse Shad

I finally went out and got a short clip of the My Snack Size Swimbaits a few weeks back so I figured I would post it up. Work on the new JSJ Tackle website is going slow to say the least but it will be up soon.

 

The prototypes of the new Snack Size blue gill bait are done and I am currently starting in on the molds for that bait this week. Here is a short video clip of the new Snack Size Blue gill Prototype as well

 

Bluegill Jig Trailer

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While perusing my many Japanese lure magazines I came across a familiar lure I have used before with some success being used in a way I had never thought of. Being kind of a goofy looking combo it got me thinking a little, so I thought I better give it a whirl the next time I go fishing.

The bait is a Basstrix bluegill bait used as a jig trailer to replace the more common crawfish imitation. I have used the bluegill alone to drop shot along weed lines and tules before, which made me realize these are places where I throw jigs and where small bluegill and sunfish live. Sure, this is kind of an akward looking bait – but after trying it, I realized it has a lot of potential. It swims and darts pretty well, and anything that makes my jig have a new look that bass have not seen a ton of I’m all for. A lot of time when you’re swimming a jig you trying to imitate a small bluegill or sunfish anyway. Give it a try.

AnglerTech: YouTube for Anglers

When ESPN and the Outdoor channel let you down, and you are jonesing for your bass fix, check out the offerings online on YouTube – I was surprised at how much there was up for the bass aficionado.

The beauty of YouTube is not just the stolen clips from commercial TV, but also the classic clips you can’t track down anywhere else outside of a rummage sale, but even more importantly the fact that anyone, anywhere with the barest minimum of video equipment can effectively have their own broadcast channel.

So who’s using it? Pros. Guides. Bait companies showing off their latest tests. Bass fishermen of all stripes and regular guy anglers who just want to share their video from their local lake with their buddies.

Try these searches for a start:
Underwater Bass Fishing
Swimbait
Bill Dance

and especially this one. It doesn’t get any better than that.

You can also try searching the name of your local lake, your favorite pro, or tournament series, and you are almost guaranteed to get results.

The best part about it is that you can make it better by adding to it yourself. It doesn’t take much to make a YouTube video, and it’s free and easy to use. If you do upload your own videos, let us know, and if it’s cool, we’ll post it here, too.