We have been working on the New JSJ Baits website for a while now and it is finally up. There is lots of new video and info on all of my baits. Check it out at jsjbaits.com
Tag: Josh St. John
Bass West Interview with Josh St. John
Bass West Magazine (westernbass.com) has just put online Andy Parson's article from last summer about getting the Snack Size swimbaits launched. We went out for a day of fishing on Clear Lake and talked about the process of getting into lure making, and what went into creating the first JSJ baits.
I've just re-read it and I think it's really well done:
Video Of My 10″ Wake Bait
I finally got some video edited together of the new JSJ 10" Wake Bait for all of you that have been asking.
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Sneek Peek At The New JSJ “Dirty Bird”
So For those of you who follow my blog may have caught word of another bait I spent the later part of summer and earlier fall working on. I had so much fun with the "Hell Bird" and "Hell Fish" that I was inspired to build the new JSJ "Dirty Bird".
Oh Man – this is a fun one to fish. It is a single joint 8", 3 ounce topwater buzz type bait. Hell I don't even have a category to put it into.
It can be retrieved in a few different ways; burned or slow rolled without the bait diving, walked with a real tight action by slapping your rod tip to one side.It can also be popped like a big popper. The noise from the joint clacking combined with the buzz tail is a fish catching combo.
I will debuting them at the "Bass Jam" on the 14th and 15th of this month along with my new 10" Trout Wake Bait. There will be limited quantities so make sure to get there early.
More info on the Dirty Bird and all the JSJ Baits on JSJBaits.com
JSJ Hell Bird “Updated”
I recently reached bait number 666 in my Trout line and figured I would do a short run of baits called the Hell Bird.
This is what I came up with, It is a Snack Size Trout painted up like a red headed black bird. The fins are trimmed down slightly and it has a 4 prop buzz blade in place of the normal tail. The bait will sit tail down at a stand still and the buzz blade will turn at the slightest movment. All of the Hell Birds will come with 1/0 Owners, one size bigger than the normal Snack Size. This helps balance the bait a little better with the Buzz blade, and will increase hook ups will the extra bulk in the tail.
This swimbait-buzzbait bait is awsome, it can be direct retrieved or popped in short birsts to spit up a ton of water. I have killed them on the Delta and Clear Lake on this bait so far.
The Hell Bird is best fished near reeds and trees where our little bird friends like to hang out.
Here is a custom Painted Hell Fish in Bluegill
I Just delivered a batch of these baits to Delta Outdoors in Oakley Ca.
I have a couple new baits that are nearing the end of the testing phase and are back in for final detail, I may post photos soon so keep posted.
Both of the new baits will probably be available this coming show season.