The Bettencourt Baits Dying Bluegill. Start, stop, kill, or swim. Interesting spin on flat sided presentations, and cool little swimbait. Nathan Bettencourt has been quietly providing swimbait fishermen a unique offering of baits. Each bait he makes has incredible realism and attention to detail. He makes hardbaits and…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YTHtRtQrlw] Bluegill, brim, sunfish, shellcrackers—-and whatever other derivatives of a panfish, are excellent swimbaits. They are relatively new to me. I haven’t spent near the time chasing ‘bluegill eaters’ as I have chasing trout eaters. Why? Because trout eaters are the biggest bass you’ll ever catch in your life. But…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvgiSIRm6lQ] The 3:16 Lure Company Sunfish is a bait I reconnected with this year. I had fished it before, but after some sitting and thinking about some things, simplification and just expansion of the bigbait journey, I realized the bluegill/brim/sunfish space was something I needed to focus and…