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Fishing News and Reports => Fish Pictures and Success Stories => Topic started by: olsarge on 11/16/21 13:10 UTC
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Only a bait maker can understand the joy we get shooting new molds then taking the finished product out for a swimming lesson. A few weeks ago I received a few new molds and nearly giggled out loud when I opened it up. It was the 1.5 inch tweety bird fro Jacobs baits. It has bluegill samurai written all over it. I shot some up in several colors and took them to a neighborhood pond for a quick test run. It did not go quite as I had planned. It seemed that as soon as the bird hit the water a dink bass would scoot over and slurp it up. The short trip was cut even shorter by a storm so I left early. The results of the maiden voyage was 11 bass and 2 bluegill. Not what I expected but I still had high hopes for it. So this morning it was clear and windy but warm so I went to the same pond. Again the bass were eager to hit it but so were the gills. 7 really nice gills and 5 more bass were brought to hand by the bird. I fished it on a 6.5 foot ultra light rod on a 1/32 oz jighead using the countdown method wit a slow retrieve and constant twitch. This is a fun bait to fish and I will be surprised if it does not become one of my favorites.
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That's a cool report and it sounds like a great first run with the new bait. I looked up the bait out of curiosity, looks like a great bait.
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That Tweety looks like an interesting bait but I'm not a fan of the bigger body. I can see why the bass like them.
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That Tweety looks like an interesting bait but I'm not a fan of the bigger body. I can see why the bass like them.
Its not to bad. I rigged it on a 1/32 oz jig head with a #6 hook and it worked fine. I did bend the hook point outward a little to get it out of the way of the hook eye though but I do that with most of my non sickle hooks.