5 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Or jackhammer 

 

dont pros have a hand in designing pretty much any new bait? 

Between flatworms, Jackhammers, Whopper Ploppers and RES’s, you’ll probably catch everybody here. Even I own 1 of those 4 ? Probably a few Rojas Spro frog guys here, too. Might have to go back to the Hank Parker Classic Spinnerbait and Guido Bug to catch a few of the old timers though ?

21 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

Between flatworms, Jackhammers, Whopper Ploppers and RES’s, you’ll probably catch everybody here. Even I own 1 of those 4 ? Probably a few Rojas Spro frog guys here, too. Might have to go back to the Hank Parker Classic Spinnerbait and Guido Bug to catch a few of the old timers though ?

I did notice that the Ned Rig was mysteriously omitted right there ~ 

Hard to imagine 

A-Jay

7 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

I did notice that the Ned Rig was mysteriously omitted right there ~ 

Hard to imagine 

A-Jay

 

Ned's not a pro. That's my excuse, and I'm sticking with it  

1 minute ago, Team9nine said:

 

Ned's not a pro. That's my excuse, and I'm sticking with it  

Perhaps - and I sort of knew that.

But you sure are, especially with one of those things tied on . . .

A-Jay

Kvd 1.5…….

2 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Must have missed the boat...only 'flatworms' I'm familiar with are the ones we dissected in biology class many (many...many) moons ago

with the part of the country your from you may wanna get a bag and try them. pro hyped or not theyr are fish catchers.Ihave a friend who is an experienced fisherman who says you can drop that bait on smallmouth and watch them come to it onyour depthfinder.

Just now, padon said:

with the part of the country your from you may wanna get a bag and try them. pro hyped or not theyr are fish catchers.Ihave a friend who is an experienced fisherman who says you can drop that bait on smallmouth and watch them come to it onyour depthfinder.

Depends on the sonar - all I got is a 7" Garmin Striker CV (Downscan, no Sidescan)...it's not even a Vivid.

lol well i dont mean you have to do that im just saying they definetley have a drawing power for smallmouth. when they are really biting it probably doesnt matter but i think over the course of a season youll get some extra fish.

Amazing how close to a Yamamoto Shad Shape Worm the flat worm looks.  But then you could say the same to a Shad Shape Worm and another bait that’s been around longer.  I just don’t know what it would be.  
 

53 minutes ago, TOXIC said:

Amazing how close to a Yamamoto Shad Shape Worm the flat worm looks.  But then you could say the same to a Shad Shape Worm and another bait that’s been around longer.  I just don’t know what it would be.  
 

looks completely different to me. the whole underside of the flat worm is flat and has a bulbous tail which seems complete opposite of what the yamamoto shade shape worm is

 

 

Wheeler has a series on YT with Connell and MDJ where they sit down with a box of random baits and give their opinions on each. Some are sponsors and some aren’t. I really enjoy watching those and its seems to be as genuine of content you will find. 

In my early days of bass fishing, I'm sure I was fairly heavily influenced by some of the pro's. Not really any more. 

On 1/4/2022 at 1:20 PM, TnRiver46 said:

Kvd 1.5…….

LOL, yeah, no one was influenced by that...  

I 100% purchased a bunch of vision 110 jerkbaits because of pro influence.

Not one pro but something like 8 of the top 10 were using them at an event on Beaver Lake

That was the only reason I bought them, I'm glad I did.

 

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I tried some X Zone lures because I follow Brandon Palaniuk on YT. Muscleback Craw and Adrenaline are the ones I am testing out now.

The only pro I have really followed on his advice is Gerald Swindle and the "Ballin out jig" and can say I have had great luck with it. $4.50 a pop is well spent considering they get tossed in every brush pile I pass. Now if I could turn off Tactical Bassin and their rod and reel advice, maybe I could put some money in the savings account.