den101 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 HI I'm new here, looks like a great forum for lure painting. Anyone have a good site I can get some "unpainted Spy Baits". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Those are not available....look above at the "suppliers" directory or look through the sticky on the top of the page.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 I haven't seen any yet and guess it takes awhile for the KO makers to decide whether a spy bait is popular enough to begin turning out versions. Haven't had much luck with them fishing for largemouth but caught a bunch of smallmouth on Duo Realis Spinbait 80's in Ontario this fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishon-son Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 i got sucked into this bait...junk for me... sold it on ebay lost $3.00 from what i payed ..but was happy with that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 For me, the original Duo Realis, and the ones I made in shad designs, were great for clear water lakes down in SoCal. Up here on the Delta, the bluegill spybaits I made got bit in off colored water, but I haven't gotten bit on the shads yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 fishon, I like baits that I can cast out and let sink to a prescribed depth before reeling them back to the boat. The running depth of a bait is one of the critical fishing parameters. The only issue I have with the Japanese spinbaits is that most of them are super tiny and I think they are hard for bass to see if you are fishing water that is more than slightly stained. But if you throw them on a spinning rod and 6lb test as they were designed to be fished, they will catch bass - particularly if they are feeding on small threadfin shad. Here in the SE, I have better luck with soft plastic swimbaits thrown on heavy jig heads because they offer a larger profile and a kicking tail action - and they can be fished just like a spinbait as far as sink rates and picking your retrieve depth. As a crankbait aficionado, I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I use them more than deep diving crankbaits these days. But their adaptability to fish any depth as you move around a lake makes them pretty attractive. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 https://www.alternativelures.com/product-page/alternative-to-duo-realis-spybait-90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
