I feel like before your videos, I was bass knowledge poor and now from your videos, I'm bass knowledge rich lol. Really appreciate your honesty and willing to share info.
Hey Matt, I’ve tried running silicone strands through senkos and different styles of Ned rig baits and it doesn’t seem to increase the bites. But you are probably right that it might attract larger fish. This might be a bait that will catch more fisherman than fish.
My dad used to say one could put a hook and a line tie on a short pencil and, sooner or later would catch a bass on it if you fished it long enough. I put a lot of these style baits in that same category.
Glad I saw that bushy thing. I was plastics shopping and was going to buy some. They are bigger than I thought! I bought some Boss Grubs and Stunna's though. Great Video!
Good god man! Try wacky riggin' a pine cone or something! Lol There's enough out there to give THAT thing a hard pass! Lol Thanks for showing us, Matt!
Geecrack makes really good soft baits IMO. I'm using a lot of JP baits and the Imoripper 95 (the same of the Imokamushi without skirt) rigged with a 5/0 hook with a split ring is an excellent bait to fish weightless. You need to twitch and pause that thing and let it fall, it falls horizontally and has a sharp darting action when twitched. I use shad colors with a moderate to fast retrieve and red or pumpkin near rocky spots with a slow one for crawdad eaters. The Cover scat by Deps is the same concept, two of the most underrated soft jerking baits
Hmmm...... use it as the follow up bait if one swipes and misses the toenail crankbait...lol. On second thought, wall that thing it'll make good swag. The Poland cricket looks to be better quality plastic. Thanks for the vid.
I don't know if you will get this comment. I recently tried the Imo Kemushi for the first time. I used the 60mm size rigged Texas style with a small nail weight in the center. I had great success. The fish attacked this little thing. I caught over 20 bass on it. I found this video by doing a search on RU-vid for Imo Kemushi. I think it will be killer in the spring.
For the ned rig go with the 40 or 60 size floating model, in the last probably 6 hours of fishing with i caught 6 smallies all over 4lb including two 4lb 10oz fish But ive also caught good numbers of fish to, try it weightless on a 3/0 wide gap around structure or shorten it up on the ned
YES ITS WORTH THE TIME... I cut some of the skirt off sometimes, thats a good bait you may of just needed to trim it a little, I wil cut all the skirt off the top half and leave the bottom half, sometimes Ill trim the skirt length as well.. Try it
I really like the texture and green pumpkin u can never go wrong with for color. You could even fish it weightless while Texas rigged,but jam or shove lil pea split shots in em in various places. Hell even make em rattle too
Agreed, looks pretty heavy and a large profile. Maybe do a double blind study of the Gee-Crack vs your Polish bait with some skirt material added. I think I'd like the Gee better if it was smaller and more bug-like.
I'm pretty sure that bait was designed on Mars lol it seems like at first glance you say to yourself I have to try it! Lol I'm not sure if that would work in my waters or not but I believe I will give it a shot, thanks for sharing Matt!!
We’ve been using the Imu and tested it with the ika in its cast abilities ? The Imu cast way farther and it’s much more arrow dynamic and doesn’t catch to much wind . Caught plenty of fish and it’s a perfect for shore/night fishermen and the scent ? Smells like Fritos .🙂
Hey Matt just started watching cuz Randy Blaukut mentioned you. Think your content is great! Was wondering if you could do some videos on spotted bass. Really in depth stuff if you got it. Not many talk about it on RU-vid. Thanks and fish on!
It's meant to be fished weightless. It's good for bed or tossing onto rock structure and beds. Crazily enough this bait can be walked like a topwater but under the surface.
IT'S A KILLER Matt... don't give up on it yet. It shines as a weedless bait, Texas rigged weightless it skips phenomenally. Because it has good weight to it already it casts well, skips well, and has a decent sink rate. I use it primarily to hit under low branches and laydowns. Also, Geecrack makes the imo ripper which is almost the same but w/o the skirt strands, and the yam stick longer, lil thiner, less weight (fishes like a fluke) also a killer weightless. FYI... love your channel content.
I never would have thought a Deps Cover Scat would work but they do..... I started to buy those this past Saturday, now I wished I would have given those a try
Because I fun fish I personally prefer baits that draw a larger size fish over baits that tend to target numbers. I definitely will plan on trying it next year. Thanks for your review.
Close, I've used a plastic worm (6") with jig skirt material through the first two inches of the worm head for spawning bass. This was back in the 70's!
I will second the Deps Cover Scat comments in a huge way! That bait will flat out catch ‘em in pressured situations. You can fish the 3.5” like a jig-especially in rocky areas-and it will not get hung up. I’ve also whacked ‘‘em on the 2.5”. Put that on a Ned head and go fish a bridge abutment. Guaranteed bite!
I asked a Japanese friend of mine how he fishes this bait in Japan. He said to fish it in deeper water, 10’+. Let it sink to bottom and twitch it like a jerk bait. I am going to buy a pack and give them a try soon!
Power Ned? Could be the finesse version of a giant glide bait, doesn't catch a lot of fish, but only a big fish is going to have the confidence to whack it. Where I live (central Indiana) we don't get many bass over 5 pounds, but I might buy a pack to try them anyway because there's almost zero chance that the fish around here have ever seen anything like that before.
Great topic! The way that I like to think about these baits is similar to the way I think about a swimjig setup. Stay with me here. Have you ever trimmed a skirt down, so that little bits stick out, and breakup the profile? I think that is why this works. It is imperfect, just like the profile of natural prey. Nature is messy. Does that make sense, everyone? Please tell me if I'm thinking about this the wrong way. Thanks for the videos.
Take a look at the namazu from nishine Lure works. It's a baby catfish type stick bait but there is something about the way it moves. It's heavy and very salty but so incredibly soft. It's a 5 inch bait and smallmouth smoke it, very aggressive strikes. It's such a simple looking bait but it just works. If you haven't already seen them please check them out, i really think it would be right up your alley.
Already completed! Here is the lake cumberland breakdown i did on smallmouth fishthemoment.com/winter-lake-breakdowns-matt/lake-cumberland-kentucky-winter
I’ve not tried either of those baits but the tail reminds me of one of my top go to baits, the GYB Shad Shaped Worm. The straight pin tail looks like no action but in the water on a dropshot or shakeyhead the little tail never stops dancing around. I never tried it on a Ned rig but I’m sure it would rock.
Omg what else is coming! Let's step back in time zooms salty ring worm annihilation a Ned head ! I had to get that out there before the Gill nation arrives tomorrow!
So, last year I went through all my Bass tackle and ended up actually selling over $500 of baits that I’m either not confident with , just taking up space and trying to get back to the basics and fish my strengths…the last thing I need is a Ned rig with an afro! 🤣
Definitely interesting bait. I remember u running tensle through your worm. I haven't seen them yet. I think it's worth putting in more time sense you have already started spending some time with it. I personally wouldn't buy it at moment just because I feel like I could modify existing beds I already have to be similar. Interested to see what everyone else that has fished it says.
Matt, you could salvage the bait by select pulling some silicone off, and make it look like a Hellgramite. I’ve done it to crawdad color Ned baits. That’s just me, being thrifty.
That thing is freaky. It looks like a cross between a centipede, a palmetto bug and arachnis deathacis. Imo Kemushi probably means “scary ugly spider bug worm”.
I use the normal Imo ripper because it casts so well. It lets me reach spots that no one can reach weigthless in ponds where only bank fishing is allowed.
I bought the IMO Ripper same bait without the tentacles. I did not fish it long enough to have an opinion. It does has a high salt content and falls fast! First bait like out of Japan was The Deps “Cover Scat”, then came the Fish Arrow “Big Poop Stick”, then Greecrack “IMO Ripper” now this bait! I will say this bait hooked the tackle geek in me 🤷🏼♂️
I would make mods before giving up on it. Thanks for the review. I like making mods to existing baits, and it seems manufacturers are joining in on the fun.
i bought this last month during the tackle warehouse sale but i live in massachussetts and there is ice on everything just looked so wild i though it would be cool to throw something i know fish have never seen.
I don't think skirt material is necessary on a Ned rig- it's a bait that's known for being hit while it's dead sticked- no movement at all, just a small profile sitting on bottom. The skirt material will move and flow in the current giving the illusion of secondary movement I suppose but- like I said, don't think a Ned needs that. Nor does the profile generally need to be bulked up or broken so- I just don't see it myself but- I guess the only way to know is to give it a shot. I guess when you make a living fishing investing time into a bait is just that, an investment so- if you're not feeling it, I would cut it loose. Too many other good options you know you can have confidence in.
I have bought four packs of these during the TW sale. I haven't tried them yet as it is too cold. I feel that this bait might work in the Spring as fish here in VA have never seen anything like it.
UFO bait company.. that thing looks wild. I’m a plain ole TRD or small craw type bait person. I am interested though in how you thread the material through your baits though.
C'mon man! Don't be letting the wind out of my sails. I saw these and bought them about a month ago and thought they are just crazy enough to work. It's cold here in NY so I have to wait until spring to try them. Between dashing my hopes for the next big secret bait and not winning the 20k subscriber drawing, it was not a good week for me on the channel. LOL Just messing with ya. Love the channel and appreciate all the info. I hope next year you have 120k subscribers!
Did you have a chance since this video to put more work in with this bait? If so, what's your thoughts on it now? Appreciate it and great channel with very helpful content
Dude….. I hardly use sticks anymore because of these. I don’t ned it, I rig it backwards on a 3/0-EWG weightless. Slow roll with a quick snap and stop. They are crack to smallys. The GY ika too. I catch tanks on em non stop! I literally just dropped $ on ika’s for when we warm up. In spots where I constantly catch 2+ little smallys on neds…. These and the ika out produce 3x, and pigs too. I run em on a 3k vanford on a 7’ med St. Croix. They are much more productive in rivers and creeks. But they work in ponds and lakes like hell too. These catch fish!!
That is a very odd looking bait, but that is what I usually go for on my highly pressured lake. I wonder if you took a really small drill bit and hollowed it out a little if that would help🤔 or is it not solid plastic?
I've never seen that bait before and it doesn't look like something that I would normally try. Something else I seen that I wonder about is the Fish Head Primal Vibe chatterbait with an underspin to much flash , gimmick , or money ?
I just don't know if I see how it would be that effective. It's so stiff and awkward to me. But I'm not a fish so I'd probably give it some more shots, but I wouldn't put a ton of time in it.
It's one of those baits it has It's time and place. Keep it in the arsenal break it out when you need to. Like you said you caught a large mouth in a spot that you usually don't so it did its job.
"Imo" means potato and "Kemushi" means caterpillar in Japanese. I guess the body is shaped like a potato and those tentacles make it look like a caterpillar. Geecrack claims that their SAF material is an original blend of salt and amino acids that have smell and taste that bass are attracted to. I have a lot of confidence in Berkley PowerBait MaxScent, but I've only used Geecrack Bellows Gill so I can't say I have a lot of confidence in their SAF material yet.
I believe these bait makers are thinking way out the box just thinking of how to entice these evasive fish, but the thing is I believe you beat any of these baits if a fish is hungry or is being bothered it will grab it! But to me it looks like a tube on steroids with a bad hair day and I just might be what it takes and some lakes for that to be that lakes best bait, like I told you before Brother, appear in Maryland a lot of Keitech swim baits and frogs with the rage tails and jerk baits when you take sproe and other big dollar baits you might get lucky and catch a 67 pounder but that thing does look like it might scare fish that’s my opinion but who am I another man on your channel Trying to learn thank you again brother
@@MattStefanFishing skirt strands can put in any soft plastic with a fly making wire tool. You could turn that one you like in this video into the same thing but exactly how you want it. Takes literally minutes.
@@MattStefanFishing I was on the website earlier but there’s no where to add bait/colour to shopping cart. Also sorry I missed you at my Ontario Kayak bassmasters meeting on Tuesday.
@@MattStefanFishing sorry to bug you again. Do you recommend the 2.5 or 3.5 for smallies ? In your video we’re they the 3.5? The fish up ppl told me to buy them on EBay👍
First impression is I’d never buy that. IMO though is that when a bass is hungry they will eat anything that moves. I like to try foods I’ve never had before. I’m sure fish would give it a shot since they’ve never seen anything like that.😂😂😂
There's a lot of baits that are just gimmicks, I think that every time I go to bass pro, ppl trying to make some $ on a bait that doesn't work that good, or at all, it gets expensive trying all those baits, that's why it pays to read reviews let someone else take a risk!