Replacement arrived!By the way, I did forget to mention that the original lure did have a decent strike however as most anglers will attest you can get a hit ru-vid.comUgkxCbNOWAGmn6nfbCbJDmasvBq7J38KZNw2 and fish will hang on and release lure. I used the replacement lure yesterday and ran thru a Shimano Waxwing, Kastmaster, Bobber (set to sink). I found the does run deep (I casting on the flats 3.5'). Make sure you adjust your rate of retrieve and rod tip angle (up) to prevent getting snagged on bottom. Used it a couple of times and action was very lifelike (looked like local bait fish for trevally), craftsmanship very good....however eyeball fell out. I asked for replacement and it is on it's way! It was very easy to change out treble to single inline hook.
I can tell this video took a lot of effort and time to make, you did a fantastic job. Excellent video and great commentary you earned my subscription. Keep up the great work! Tight lines brother! 💪
Great video !!! Interesting take on the snap swivels...I've always been told it's one more 'un-natural thing' you're showing to the fish, when you use them....agree they make life a bit easier when changing lures...Thanks again !!
Thanks. Compared to the giant plastic lip sticking out of the lure's head, I think a small snap is pretty trivial in most cases. I still use the smallest snap I can get away with.
@feeshyfeeshy The same could be said for fluorocarbon line or leader adding weight to the nose of the lure, or denser hooks being added to the bait. An appropriately sized snap is a very minor addition of weight to most crankbaits, and only a portion of the snap's weight is actually applied to the bait during the retrieve since the line is lifting one end of the snap. I always use the smallest snap I can get away with, according to my gear setup and target species, and I think they have minimal, if any, effect on the lure action.
Would you be willing/able to make a video detailing your process (if any) on how you research a new body of water? Things like water depth, types of fish found, what they eat, etc. Love your content!
Sometimes that works just fine. If not, try twitches and pauses, different retrieve speeds, etc. Crankbaits can be worked a lot of different ways and you never know which way will be best on a given day.
Thank you for this video. Found it very insightful and informative. I’ve never been much of a crankbait fisherwoman, but definitely looking forward to using them a lot more in. This was very helpful to get me started.
Wooow... Thank you for the video, it's very helpful for me as a beginner caster... Thank you very much... Success always... Greetings from Indonesia...
Very cool.. I started out this summer actually. Hadn’t went fishin since I was little kid maybe 9yrs old. I started out with a Walmart 10$ ozark trail spinning reel combo with some rubber 2inch little Shad’s Minos with a bobber. Caught like maybe 3 fish. Then I bought a Lews Xfinity orange 6’6” spin combo, switched to jerkbaits. Couple jointed ones, couple wide bill ones, long ones… only caught maybe like another 3-4 fish.. for a month or soo. Then discovered lipless crankbaits. Rapala rpr5 rattling. And that’s how I found out about crankbaits was from the rattling baits. Wow I started catching fish left and right probably caught 13 in one days, hot as hell outside all day long! So I stuck with lipless crank’s.. lost a lot of em, snagged on rock or tree branch buried. But kept catchin fish so I bought couple this morning, a UV orange one a blacklight one and a blade rap-v series one. Haven’t tested that one out yet but the voodoo haze got me a big old cat fish this morning and a small mouth. Good info on all the baits. Subbed
A crankbait rod with a moderate action vs. a fast action rod would be a good test for you to run. I can see a bit of difference with moderate action rods in the crankbait's swim. That bit of give at the end of the rod makes a difference. I've also used Ugly Stick Elite spinning rods for throwing small crankbaits for river smallies. They work great. Got a pretty good spine on the lower part and the tip has just a bit of give.
Cool, thanks for the feedback. I have an Ugly Stik Tiger Elite (heavy action) for catfish and musky and a bunch of Ugly Stik Carbons (L, ML, M, MHx2) and I've been really impressed with those for the price. I haven't tried any regular Elites.
The Rapala is a classic,have you ever tried the Lucky Craft Pointer sp all sizes and colors thats one of the best lures out there catches absolutely any fish ❤
Excellent video, thanks! New subscriber here. I agree with your assessment of snaps on crankbaits. I use Rapala Shad Raps quite a bit for walleyes, and I used to re-tie when changing sizes. Last year, I experimented with using Fastach clips (tried a few and like Size 2 best) to speed up changes. The lures ran pretty much the same, maybe cast a hair longer and ran a hair deeper, and I did just as well with the walleyes.
Thanks. I don't tend to see any negative impact from using snaps (as small as you can for the application), but they sure add a huge convenience factor.
I mention rods briefly near the end of the video but I think any medium-fast or medium heavy-fast rod is fine for crankbaits. I use smaller cranks on my medium-lights for walleyes, drum, and white bass.
@@FishingwithNat your humongous effect is clearly evident...normally others cover a bait or two, you cover a range...thats a very time consuming effort ...really appreciated
Shout out to the camera man. Under appreciated. Seriously tho how’d you get these? Did you have a special setup or old fashion. One person reeling and another holding GoPro on a stick?
i agree with the snap aspect , used that for years for all my fishing, i hate having to retie baits all the time, for bit fish i used a short leader a lot of times also becasuse i have the the line cut too many times from big fish.
@@peterwallace9764 The appearance and action of that bait are about as realistic as they can be, so I'm pretty sure I'll get a fish to hit it one of these days. If not, at least it's fun to use and look at!
Another secret is a Yamamoto with end bit off and stick a screw in spinner blade on tail for flash. If u haven't tried it I suggest you do 👍 and use a chatter bait with trailer soft plastic golden.
Deep divers can be used shallow. It keeps them down longer easier, say a 12 foot rated, in 8 foot of water, then an 8 foot rated in 8 foot water. They, in soft bottom, will peck along the bottom stirring up things, as they bottom out on the dive, wanting to go deeper, a little mud, etc, rising up, like something feeding off the bottom. Good video, getting rid of the BS in the hobby.
Thanks - glad you liked it. I use deep divers in shallow sometimes too, although I don't like the hard angle they run at when running in shallow water. But like you said, stirring up some sediment can really excite baitfish and panfish, which in turn excites the predators nearby.
Recently got into crankbaits and I find it interesting how some won't work all day, while others get absolutely hammered. Last weekend fished for the whites/stripers coming upstream, and they refused to hit ANYTHING aside from a lipless chrome-red crank. Even tried the same exact build/design but different colors, but they were hunting for that chrome-red specifically!
You have the basics if you have a deep one and a shallow one. Blue/silver and green are both good colors. If you are willing to buy some more, I have had great luck with all of the baits shown in this video. There are links to each of them in the video description.
The closer the tying eye to the diving lip, the more left to right action the lure will have. Rolling action is achieved if a diving lip is wider than a lure. More flashing is achieved if a lure has taller and flatter sides. This is the whole philosophy. With this knowledge you can already know how will lure work just by watching it, instead of buying it
@@FishingwithNat I only know how to use a spinning rod, also there’s something that appeals to me about a spinning rod. People just tell me I I can’t use crankbaits on that …but I saw your frogging video. I was also told not use it for that.
@@johnnythepillpopper1974 You can use a spinning rod for anything, especially since braided lines have become so strong and easy to cast. Spinning rods used to be limited to lighter-weight lures and fishing open water because any monofilament line over about 14lbs was a huge pain to use. If you wanted to use heavier line, you had to use a baitcaster. These days you can use 50lb braid on a spinning reel with no problem. Lots of people use big spinning reels for giant catfish and even some saltwater applications. A lot of it is personal preference - some people prefer baitcasters and some prefer spinning gear.
@@ElijahGilmore-xu8kx There is a bit at the end of this video of a squarebill bouncing off of rocks. Other styles tend to bounce off too by either having their lip deflect off of the rock, or by having a downward-pointing position like a lipless crank. Many crankbaits float so if they do get hooked on a rock, you can stop reeling and the buoyancy of the lure can pull it off of the rock vertically.
Hey new to this channel and liking the series. Quick questions is a jerkbait a type of crankbait or something completely different. What are the differences and how would you fish it
I consider them to be very similar. A lot of crankbaits can be used as jerkbaits and actually work more effectively when jerked/paused once in a while during the retrieve. There are some dedicated jerkbaits that don't look very good when simply retrieved, so I guess those ones would be hard to consider "crankbaits". Those are really designed to be jerked/paused.
Couple of things I like to mention to newer fishermen, especially if they've just gotten the bass bug: 1st, bass can't see the color blue at all. So keep that in mind when you're buying lures; blue won't catch any fish, but red and green will. The way green appears underwater when you're missing blue, though, it appears almost as white, so you can just as easily catch fish using green as you can white or silver, but green will tend to attract other fish and appear more natural in the water as a straight silver or white which is great for dirty water as it provides excellent contrast. 2nd, focus more on colors than presentation or sound if the water you're fishing is (and it probably is, I promise you) highly pressured. Everybody and their dog is throwing a vibrating, rattling, buzzing, clanking device under the water and the fish are used to that. The only time you should be fishing anything that vibrates or buzzes is during the pre-spawn when they haven't been so pressured since all the fishermen go home during the winter, or they at least put up the buzzing and vibrating stuff for a while. Studies show that fish can remember a lure for up to 6 months. So it's worthwhile to buy more lures and always have something new to throw into the water. Every fisherman gains favorites, though, and those favorites typically work for 1 of 2 or possibly both reasons: They either mimic very well the bait fish that they're regularly eating in color, or they mimic very well the bait fish that they're eating in presentation. This is all you're trying to nail down as a fisherman, so using these principles you can catch any fish. Lastly I also like to tell people not to discount brown lures. As ugly as those are to us, you have to realize that dang near everything a fish looks at is some varying shade of brown for a reason. When your chartreus and red lures stop working, pick up a brown worm or craw and throw that, you'll probably catch something.
Thank you SO much for this reply!! My young son has caught the Bass bug, and youtube is where I am learning, so I can teach him how to, since I was never taught how to fish. Your reply was super informative, and I appreciate reading and learning from this comment. This video is also one of the BEST I've watched. Any other information you have time to reply or feel like sharing, then please reply back. I do have a question about the line. Does the color of the line, and if it is braided or not, matter?
@@erin1496 Check out this quick video on the different types of fishing lines: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4OWs0s8PYUQ.html High-visibility lines are used when you want to see a bite better, rather than feeling it. But they are much more visible to the fish and to you. Most people will use a long leader of fluorocarbon or monofilament line so that the hi-vis line is far away from the lure, but it can still be seen by the angler. I tend to stick with low-vis colors with all lines.
@@erin1496 I'm really glad you're teaching your son to fish. This sport has introduced me to amazing people, places, and skills I utilize regularly. Regarding your question about line: It depends on the fish, and the water. In dirty water you can put a lure straight onto heavy (15-30 lb.) braided line of any color, they're not going to see it because they're mostly chasing the noise and vibrations that your lure is putting out, not the visual aspect. When fish are wounded, they tend to make clicking noises and vibrate wildly in the water; this is what makes predatory fish find them and eat them. Your lure tries to emulate this as much as possible. If the water is clear, you can still use braided line, but tie on a leader of 5-10 lb. monofilament or fluorocarbon. I always use clear, or light blue monofilament when I'm using a leader. It's also important to know what fish you're targeting. As a general rule, trout have VERY good eyesight. If they see your hooks, or your line, you'll notice that they swim up to your lure a lot, but they won't actually bite it. This also manifests as a lot of foul hooks (hooked in the body or tail instead of the mouth). Bass on the other hand, have very strong hunting instincts and often can't resist the bite even if they see something "off" about the lure. When they're eating, you'll catch them on pretty much anything thrown in the water. I'll leave you with exactly what I have on my pole right now: On a 5'11" Ugly Stik rod with medium action, I have an Abu Garcia reel rated for 20 lb. line. On the reel I have 30 lb. braided line called SpiderWire DuraBraid, it's dark green in color when it comes, and as you use it, it changes color to a light green. To this braided line I currently have a five foot long leader of 10 lb. monofilament, affixed via a Surgeon's Knot. On the end of this leader I've tied on a snap swivel (Google: Owner Snagless Snap Swivel) using a Palomar Knot, but it's perfectly acceptable to tie the lure straight onto your line. Reason I use a snap swivel is because it makes it really easy for me to pop off a lure which isn't working, and instantly snap a new one right on. My goal for every fishing day is always to tie as few knots as possible, and this helps a LOT. You may have noticed I use line rated heavier than my reel is rated for. That is only dangerous if you get a bad snag and don't know how to clear it. So, here's how to clear a bad snag on line heavier than your reel is rated for: Pull some line out so you have some slack, then wrap the slack around something. A stick, your knife handle, my buddy wraps it to his boot and kicks away from the snag. I wrap it around my leatherman a few times and pull it that way. Your goal is to break the knot without putting any strain on your reel.
@@erin1496Can’t always get out fishing. I suggest finding some PG fishing RU-vidrs. Depends on what age they are but one day that’ll motivate them to learn just like you are. A lot of younger people watch content from Ayo and norm. They kinda take a MrBeast perspective on content.
Amazing video to help a very novice fisherman.If I should ask,what are a common fish in the lakes/ponds of Texas,and what could I use to catch them?I want to get a long lasting lure rather than a 1 use food bait like worms,so a lure for bluegill would be a nice knowledge until I get out there more
Thanks. I'm in Wisconsin so I can't give you a solid list of Texas species, but you'll find plenty of largemouth bass along with various panfish like bluegills, redear sunfish, and bream. Check out the mini-mite for bluegills and other panfish. It's a pretty killer bait for panfish around here.
One thing you may want to note, crank baits and jerkbaits are way more effective when being used the way they’re designed. Jerkbaits catch way more fish when being twitched and jerked, and typically less effective when being reeled. Crank baits are often ineffective being jerked and twitched and alot more effective being reeled. This especially matters in areas with high fishing pressure like lakes and doesn’t matter as much in ponds or during heavy feeding times such as early-mid summer and fall.
Thanks for the feedback. I agree that jerkbaits really don't look that great on a straight retrieve. I do like to jerk crankbaits occasionally though, even when trolling. I seem to get a lot of walleye bites shortly after a jerk while trolling. It could be coincidence but it seems pretty consistent. They seem to respond to the change in lure speed and action, and the short pause after the jerk.
Yes. Braided lines are often more slippery and can slip out of knots easily. I'd recommend trying these two knots. The Modified Uni is a good one for braided lines. Modified Uni - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uIaXE9izLzo.html Trilene knot - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MQ9sCXQNGMI.html
Most of the baits shown in this video are available through large online retailers like Cabela's/Bass Pro Shops, Tackle Warehouse, Fish USA, Omnia Fishing, etc.
Hi, I only fish freshwater so unfortunately I can't offer any suggestions. Maybe someone else here can make a recommendation for barramundi and snapper.
that first one Rapala i caught the world record yellow perch with that..I caught so many bass with this my dad said i am tired watching you catch them cause he not have one lmao
Check out these two videos I did that explored this topic in detail: Fishing Snaps and Clips: Are They Good or Bad and Should You Use Them? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RM-mmBS_yO4.html The Best Way to Attach a Fishing Lure ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mRShF5tYMDo.html
nice video thanks for the nice tips, btw a quick question. im fishing in a river which is cloudy and current is a bit strong. is it okay to use lure instead of live bait? because some of them said river is cloudy so fish cant see lure in the water so they can smell live bait and will attract mroe than lures. should i use lure or live bait?
That depends on the fish you are targeting. Fish that live in cloudy water are used to those conditions and will be able to find your lure just like they find live prey to hunt. Fish that are more scent-focused like catfish are more likely to hit live bait or other strong-smelling baits.
@@FishingwithNat im fishing for flounder, norther pike, carp, roach, bream and perch. im just a beginner so as your knowledge which bait should i use live or lure?
@@FishingwithNat not only that, i also learned a lot, i own a tackle shop and your rich information gives me the power to convince my customers what to buy based on their needs. Wish you will have more vids and subs this New Year.
@@2061526 I have a whole playlist of videos on how different types of lures work. You may be interested in more of them. ru-vid.com/group/PLcXAWxBLRzoJOC73i8r56wb8cKhgSJO8f
Watching this video because I make homemade lures, and I keep cranking out lures with crappy action. Need to know how they work so I can stop doing that lol.
Soft plastic swimbaits, crankbaits, and topwater lures are all good. Jacks like to hold tight to cover like trees/brush so cast as close as you can. Live bait works too.
I really like Berkley Flicker Shads and Flicker Minnows. They are cheaper than many of the others and seem to work just as well for me. I also use a variety of Salmo, Rapala, Bandit, and Reef Runner crankbaits and they all work.
I play a game called fishing planet...they had a video saying you cast and reel a crankbait.... Period. So in essence Depending on Reel Speed a straight slow or straight retrieve. I used this video to produce a video Using a stop and go, a twich, and I imagine what would equate to a lift and drop... Catching fish with each technique. And to think I was told cranks are one demential lol
There's a lot more to crankbaits than a simple cast and retrieve. But that said, you can definitely catch lots of fish with a simple retrieve or trolling at a consistent speed.
Well it is a game... And I guess it has all kinds of people. There are as in real life some deep holes that hold walleye or big Flatheads... But they say... This fish likes twitch or it likes stop and go...let the lure sink... And then twitch. I say... 95% of all strikes occur on the fall and 75% of those take place after the splash.... Why if 3/4 of your strikes happen when you cast would you let a lure dead fall. You got his attention why not twitch it one or two times and see if you can get that aggression strike. A dead fall you may luck in to a territory strike... But stimulate that lateral line... Amazing how many come back at me and say...man I barely reel 3 ft and had one on... Lol So definitely understanding what your lure can do. And understanding a little about the fish goes a long way. For example knowing that over a short burst a catfish is faster then a Northern Pike....may change a lot in that retrieve when targeting each species. But yeah great video Nat.. the stuff you show even applies in a simulator. Lol
@@BigAl24691 Thanks - cool to know that the information is this video is even helpful in a game! Catfish are some of the hardest fighting fish around here, right up there with a big smallmouth of comparable size.
@@FishingwithNat Yeah catfish are fun... Real life I like to catch channel cat ... They get to about 33 inches And between 8 and 14lbs here. Biggest I ve gotten in the game was a 98lb flathead. The real fish to catch around here is in Maryland what we call the Rock Fish or Stripped Bass. Not only amazing to fight but stuff them with shrimp and crab dip.... I don't care if you don't like fish....you ll eat everything on your plate. That is one tasty fish!
@@BigAl24691 I've eaten striped bass before - it was excellent. Lots of channel cats around here and some flatheads. I'm still looking for that 30lb+ flathead from my kayak...maybe this summer. There are some 70-pounders caught once in a while.
What size sinkers ? Cause i don’t understand the difference between why heavy weigh and light weight are different if they both are the same sorry I know it’s a dumb question
@@theodorewahl1407 The weight of the sinker would just depend on how much deeper you want the crankbait to run, or how much further you want to cast. There is a point where too much weight will prevent the bait from working correctly or it will just scrape along the bottom because of too much weight, especially if you're casting from the shore.
You can add weight to the line ahead of the crankbait, but you can also use deep diving crankbaits or sinking crankbaits like a Rapala Countdown or various lipless crankbaits.
I personally don't think so. I have red, black, gold, and silver hooks on various baits (that come that way from the factory) and if those hooks need replacement later on, I just replace them with black nickel hooks. I think the hook is the most abnormal looking part of a lure, so I think it's best to make it less obvious to the fish, not more. Let them focus on the realistic appearance of the lure itself. Also keep in mind that red light is absorbed by water really quickly, so a red hook that is more than 5-6ft down doesn't even look red anymore.
I use the VMC crankbait snaps or Duolock snaps in size 00 the most. That's 30# test for the crankbait snaps and 20# for the duolock. I use the size 1 crankbait snaps for musky/salmon baits (67# test).
Crankbaits can be very effective in saltwater, especially near shore. Most crankbaits dive less than 25ft, so if you want to get deeper than that, you'll want to use a lipless crank or add weight a few feet ahead of your crankbait, which will get you down much deeper.
