Once you fish a small swimbait like a Keitech or Cast Prodigy you’ll never stop using it to catch bass. I’ve been fishing a lot of small swimbaits since the water got cold. It’s one of my favorite techniques to catch fish in winter but it’s becoming pretty popular so making some mods and changes to your swimbait presentation can be critical.
Cast Prodigy swimbait https://bit.ly/3Xe8HrT
Tungsten Nail Weights https://bit.ly/3MISAA3
Scottsboro Ball Head Jig https://bit.ly/2QdLar8
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Daiwa Exceler https://bit.ly/3FGhz2A
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Cast Echo https://bit.ly/3veMAbX
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Looks freaking awesome
Out of the box thinking. That’s your strength dude. Don’t ever stop…
That Prodigy makes a great trailer on the Mini-max Chatterbait!
Good video and information
Hey Mikey, I wanted to get that tight shimmy and deeper run so I took a curved jaw toenail clipper and trimmed the sides of a boot tail swimmer's tail just a bit. About 1/16" off each side was enough and It worked! A curved blade fly-tying scissor would probably work as well, but the little half-moon shape cut out by the toenail clipper worked fine to quickly narrow the tail just enough to tighten the action up the way that I was looking for and helping the bait to run deeper upon retrieve without having to slow down so much that the action suffers. Modding lures has been something I have been doing since I was a kid raiding my Dad's tackle box in the 60's. 😁
Excellent information!
Have you experimented with a wacky rig style using these baits? Thinking the bait might fall flatter, with the nail weight inserted.
Just stick a tube jig in that thing and it'll be neutral fall like you want.
That looks exactly how they rigged banjo minnows on TV Mikey, that's awesome!
Love the graph being blurred out to not reveal your location 😂
Great ideas!
Always good content Bro
Great breakdown brother. Those 2 finnesse baits were designed with purpose! Durability, action and unmatched versatility! Stoked to see you maximising the potential of both baits. 🫡
Have you tried the 6th sense treble heads? I use these little swimbaits a ton and that style setup saves a ton of baits and pins fish super well.
Thanks!
Hey Mikey….when you were rigging up with batteries for electronics , did you look into the new trend of 16v battery?
Love dirty little moms.
Good stuff Mikey.
Hey Bog! UniBogacorn!
Great breakdown brother! When we developed the Echo and Prodigy we had these mods in mind. Pushing the boundaries and trying something different has been very successful. Heck we are catching bass on GT lures 😂