Show us how to use the Higgins wire form tool to make some spinners.THANK Q

@@iancameron1662 I know I should, lol, I honestly think using knipex round pliers is easier without all the parts, but once you get on the hagens out, you can start cranking them out the spinners pretty fast, in perfect form too.

I’ve used the Eagle Claw Trokar hooks before for texas rigs 3-4 years ago. They are super sharp but they do rust pretty easily and also bend easier than most of my Gamakatsu hooks.

@@Arcasting1of course nothing is better than Gamakatsu, lol problem is I dont think Gamakatsu makes a hook that has that reverse plastic barb thingy on the main shank that will hold soft plastics in place. If you find a similar hook like that, send it to me pronto brotha, I had so many hits in misses, even lost a few fish when I had them on... you see when I land pike, hook pops right out. Lure catches a lot of fish, but still lot of hits and misses, still gotta fine tune it, I may need to try a 4/0 hook. It may have poor hook setting capability because it's jointed with the split ring, even without the split ring when I attach hook directly I remember I still had the same problem. You know me, I have a horrible hook set too. The bass are very lethargic at kent this time of year, for whatever reason, I remember wader fishing with northern mike and they were slamming the chatterbaits and fighting pretty good, may be just how the kent bass hit the mepps spinner compared to the chatterbait/jerkbait. Thanks for chiming in Ar, always appreciate your input!

Thanks Ian, always trying to get Americans to think outside the box, listen to a little Coast to Coast Am with Art Bell and that would help many people open their minds lol

Great lure hack!

Most definitely, but I enjoy fishing majority of my off time from work, might conjure up something in down time in winter though...

Crushes it man, especially at inland lakes and ponds up north! When you catch like 10 bass and your friend catches nothing, that friend being the Greek Yooper who usually puts a hurting on me, thats when you know you found a magical bait. Doesn't happen often and I don't forget anything like that lol

Hey skateboarder, you happy skateboarding finally made it in the Olympics brotha? lol I bet you've been watching it, I've been watching volleyball, lot of fun to watch, but I've been watching a little of everything, even skateboarding!

@@EternalAngler Yea, actually, I’m really happy about it. I’m not sure if they already do it yet or not, but the ultimate thing would be to see schools have it as an organized sport.

@@discoverangling4892 for sure man!

I have been making my own the past 2 years. I use em for trout but recently started to bass fish and have been trying this out

Nice!!! 🔥

Will do!

A barrel swivel will not help, try to bend the eye of the spinner by ~15° from its axis

Strip one bead off the main shaft of the the wire with pliers and add a split shot, Ive done this with larger musky bucktails, they also have weights like small egg sinkers or rubber core that slide right on too the wire that aren't split shots. On my old channel I made a video of me modifying a spanky bucktail and doing this. But yes, you're right, they are a little too light for my taste at times and aren't made for big water like Lake St. Clair, but rather shallow rivers, inland lakes and ponds like kent. www.cabelas.com/shop/en/bass-pro-shops-xps-210-piece-clam-shot-sinker-kit?ds_e=GOOGLE&ds_c=Cabelas%7CShopping%7CPMax%7CProprietary%7CGeneral%7CNAud%7CNVol%7CNMT&&&gclid=Cj0KCQjw06-oBhC6ARIsAGuzdw2cQ9nDmqNfNOMfTtJEMXUH9w6DHPbyUZUcLz2s5g87wivwd49dB7YaAvb9EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds www.fishusa.com/Water-Gremlin-Rubbercor-Lead-Sinkers/?sku=101357

Braid like power pro and their version super slick makes everything cast further if you aren't using it already, buy a 7 foot rod and use like 15 lb power pro you should get out pretty far, versus a standard 6 foot bass rod and 10 lb mono, the casting distance should be night and day with 15 lb power pro and a 7 foot stiff bass rod. I mean I know esox are attracted to inline spinners, so I do 20 lb power pro to 40 lb fluoro at kent. I ditched mono and fluorocarbon a long time ago as my main like due to memory and line twists, braid in general works better with inline spinners due to the line twist problem! My one friend used to use stren easy cast back in the day for mono, not sure if they make that anymore though... Hope this helps!

Thanks Frank!

26:34 Yeah I mentioned that here, it's called the Comet Combo. Their hook keeper is crappy on the Comet Combo, the hook keeper I use by Eagle Claw is better and will keep the worm on longer once it gets worn out after catching numerous bass. And you're very limited on very few color blades with the Comet Combo, you can take any Mepps spinner that is single, double bladed, even a weighted one like this one here 11:08 and attach any soft plastic bait to it with this modification hack. I also emphasized how you can do this to Panther Martin or Blue Fox that has their unique patented bell/grinder. And as I told the story 5:24, I did this way back in the 1990s well before the Comet Combo was out.

@@EternalAngler i do pretty much the same thing with size 5 comets and adding a soft plastic with a large in line single to make a version of the mepps minnow thats a bit kinder to the fish, keep up the tight work dude 👍👍

Because you're adding in more aciton, scent, texture, and color to a hard bait that is rather just boring, a soft plastic bait can add more attraction just like a soft plastic trailer can add more attraciton to a chatterbait. Yes, chatterbait works great as is, so does a skirted jig... This is why fishermen add soft plastic trailers to them, you add more Your bringing out more characteristics of the bass when they're hunting or even when they're not hunting and have lock jaw. As I told the one story of my child hood, I had a friend that always crushed me bass fishing, but when I made this mepps hybrid bait up, I couldn't keep the bass off my bait, and he wasn't catching anything. To this day, that experience has stuck with me up until my 40s, I'm 39 now. Do your own experiments and you might come to a similar conclusion, you can make a bait that's already deadly, a lot deadlier! Be sure to watch my video where I made a recent chatterbait tube.... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qaiDg7Z33c-uqnk.html

No, but you can or bend wire shaft like 25 degrees to prevent line twist. www.theoutdoorline.com/blog/post/2012/08/31/a-trick-that-reduces-line-twist-on-spinners.aspx www.coloradofisherman.com/threads/tip-to-reduce-line-twist-while-using-an-inline-spinner.54729/

Thankyou for teaching us how to fish .