bluegill spybait 2

Looks good. I bet it will be great post-spawn for you. 

Thanks.

That's the plan, man.  Hahaha

That looks great!

Hello Mark, good looking bait, I have never heard of a spybait until you posted one back a while ago. Hope it gets the job done.

 

One question, when you talk about the quiver as it is falling, what kind of action is that?  Thanks for sharing.

 

John

Thanks John.  Look up spybaits under hard baits on Tackle Warehouse.

The quiver is how the slow falling bait wobbles side to side as it sinks horizontally.  Because of the paint schemes, the bait's sides flash as it wobbles.

I was able to achieve this in my shad spybaits, which are jerk bait shaped, by figuring out the ballasting amount and locations for a horizontal fall, and then drilling my 3/16" holes up from the belly to past the centerline drawn from line tie to rear hook hanger.

I played around, and found that by pushing the ballast (3/16" lead wire) up past the centerline so it was divided 1/3 above the line and 2/3 below it, the bait was stable on the retrieve, but fell with a wobble.

Once you see one of the Duo Realis baits fall in clear water, it will become clear.

I wasn't able to get mine to rock as fast as the Duo baits, but they do rock.

I wanted the bluegill to fall nose first, so it would swim horizontal, instead of nose up like the shad baits, so I weighted it more toward the nose.  In the process, I somehow lost the wobble.  I think it has a lot to do with the bait being 1 1/4" tall, and shaped like a flat bait, instead of the shorter, more rounded shad baits.

You know how flat sided cranks don't wobble as much as rounded cranks.  I think the same thing applies here.

Sorry to be long winded, but I had to think of why I did stuff, and you know thinking isn't my strong suite.  Hahaha

Thanks for your quick reply  Mark.  That is what I thought the quiver would be. There is a bait made here in Tennessee called a Depth Charge and is made by a company called Redemption Outdoors. Here is a link to a video showing how it flashes in the water.

John

 

http://www.redemptionoutdoors.com/depth-charge/

John,

I saw that video a couple of months ago, and I liked how it moved, so I made one.  They do quiver on the fall, and I had to do the same higher ballast to get mine to do it, too.

I foiled mine and it really flashes.

Good looking bait,very nice job.

John,

I saw that video a couple of months ago, and I liked how it moved, so I made one.  They do quiver on the fall, and I had to do the same higher ballast to get mine to do it, too.

I foiled mine and it really flashes.

I met the guy who invented it at a Tn Sportsmans Show. He said it is all that he fishes now, night, day and all four seasons. He said it catches fish year round and good fish.

Glad to hear that you made one let us know if it works for you.

I'll let you know how it works for me.  It is very erratic, and falls with lot of flash.

Nice bait Mark..glad to hear you landed in the Delta ok..Nate