WakeBait

Thanks Bill. It's a finesse bass fishing technique that was pioneered in Japan, although the technique has been around for a long while in various forms. There are similar presentations for lake trout, etc. that came before spybaiting. Usually one would use a sinking prop bait on very light line (2-6lb.) and target suspended fish in clear-ish water. The lure must sink evenly and flutter on the fall (not nose down) and you just count it down to the desired depth. Retrieve the lure at a snails pace. There are a lot of videos online that demonstrate the technique. It is deadly in certain situations (it is known as a good presentation in highly pressured waters, but mileage may vary.) The minnow chaser works well for spybaiting. The lure has a nice wobble to it if you follow the recipe in the book.

Hello all. Long time TU lurker here reporting for the first time. I have made this lure (several of them.) They work very well for spybaiting. Mine are ballasted to sink slowly; count down and retrieve with a slow cadence. I made this lure one night when I was tying a bunch of walleye crawler harnesses and looking for something to do with the extra blades, clevis', etc. that I had laying around. Ended up making a bunch of these, but this is the only one I could find today. -Andrew