Just like Dolly Parton’s coat, my 3″ Big Hammer swimbait box, is of ‘many colors’. The Big Hammer family of swimbaits has some prime real estate in my tackle boxes, boat, and ‘office’. I spend a lot of time tinkering with the various flavors of Big Hammer swimbaits…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agdF6CxaSTI] In case you don’t know this, you need to have yourself an assortment of colors of the Skinny Dipper from Reaction Innovations. The bait catches fish in the grass, and it catches fish in the open water. Reaction Innovations is owned and operated out of Alabama,…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0wExGeQfn0] I’ve been a lifelong fan of Gary Yamamoto and his bait company. Understand that growing up and fishing out West, Gary Yamamoto and his baits were staples in the desert lake (ie, Mead, Powell, Havasu) fishing scene and the Yamamoto Pro-Staff guys at the time (ie, Ben Matsubu…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sde0QhrZngY] Casey Martin is a Canadian, and he blends in as a Southerner about as well as I do. However, when you put a rod and reel in Casey’s hand, you’d think he was born and raised on the banks of the Tennessee River or in the lowland grass…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6k4B5tfsks] Owner Hooks has done something pretty cool with the Flashy Accent Trailer Blade series. The Flashy Accent is meant to compliment and add flash to any bait. You can add a flashy blade on a barrel swivel to just about any bait …
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwLQGri_yvY] Wacky Rigging. One of my favorite things to do in a small bait, finesse, tough bite, you just need to catch 5 fish and haven’t had a bite in a while style of fishing is wacky rigging. Wacky rigging is the canary in the coal mine to me at…