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you ever drill bubble holes in the blade? I used like a 4mm drill bit and put 3 holes across each side of one of my large ones and it leaves a great bubble trail. I haven't tried it at night yet

I agree! my first time with one was a small pond on a calm day. Sounds like you dropped a melon in the water every chug. They shine chunking them 30 yards across a windy flat with stumps. How do you get the best wobble when cranking?

what hooks do you eventually upgrade to? or do you sharpen regularly?

I have had requests for ASMR content that is the sound of fishing, casting, etc. Lotta folks find it calming. What do you think?

What color did you go with

Dang! that would be an incredible sight! So I assume youre going with the large size and what, 50# braid? metal leader? how big did you go on the treble?

I just looked at a chrome bladed VMC treble, has a small willow leaf blade on it. Prolly doesnt come in a big enough size. The KVD Elite Triple Grip, with a strong split ring should fit the bill. What do you think?

MATZUO 1/0 hook, Steele leader, 14 lb. braid, spin reel. Health kept me away from river.this yr. Seems a tug/war with biggins, they turn and rip the hook out. Maybe need to play em

I totally agree that a lighter wire = better hook up. I havent played around with it much. I moved, so I have had far less time on the water

Keep it forever. With the new ones, what colors did you go with? I wish they made one amber metal flake

I've been using this lure sense the late 1960's and my go to lure as well. Can't be beat 👍🎣

@@Robert-hr6sh what time of year do you have the most success with it? Late summer was rough for me this year! Any general tips for a young fisherman?

down here in Texas late summer means super high surface temps and often pretty low O2. I Fish these on the windy side of the lake if I can, and nearly dark to full blown night time. I like the dark moon, and a few days either side of a full moon. I swear things are strange in nature on a full moon

I use 2/0 and 3/0 frog hooks. I love Gamakatsu and Mustad. 3/0 is pretty much perfect on most of my lures

yeah, been a lot of cool lures made over the last century. Honestly they remind me of days gone by, like a classic car.

I have best luck in the evening, but I have day dreams of an all pearl, or maybe silver shad or something like that, that would work well late morning around standing timber in deeper water

next season Im going to go with a Red/White Jr with a heavier larger hollow body frog hook...the longer shank should act like a trailer hook and I plan on really covering water and moving that Jr pretty fast. More like a traditional buzz bait accept I can stop it or change speeds.

@@AdventureAllan23 Yea I really like it for that. I find when I bass fish with mine, im either getting bass in those few seconds after I cast and let it sit on the water, or whenever I stop my retrieve. When I cast it out over open water, I keep it running decently fast and that seems to trigger all the pike, tho I have had massive pike slam it right at the edge of my canoe when it comes to a stop, and I've had largemouth hit it when im fast retrieving a "bad cast."

I had a fly rod for a bit and enjoyed it. I would like to re-learn to fly fish out of a kayak and do exactly as you said

@@AdventureAllan23 it's a blast, especially for river Smallies.

yep. with VMC you can typically get a little longer shank, longer shank frog hooks really pick up on those short strikes. It wont get em all, but usually I get one or two fish I wouldn't. Gamakgatsu are sharper I think

Good luck! I hope it feeds the topwater addiction

To get more total strikes go with the medium size, add the larger sharper hooks, and never pause it. Fan cast and keep it gurgling at a medium retrieve. Never expect tons of strikes on these, expect serious strikes. If I wouldnt use one with a little kid or in a tournament, Id use it when little bass and tiny strikes just dont cut it

Thanks Tim, the Baby Bass is probably the #1 color in Texas, start running it in mid-may till Aug. There is a chrome/black shad color. Run big red trebles on those and start chunking them anywhere you see schooling shad or running them past big trees

Dude SA is on my traveling bucket list! If you are missing fish on these add another cut hook up front, sharpen the hooks and smash down the barbs.

Absolutely, but I run a pair of cut doubles, I often run a pair of cut doubles on Hula Poppers if im missing small fish, but you get killer splashing without that front hook. Im kinda day dreaming about trying a 3/0 Gamagatsu Frog Hook on one. Black/Blue/Black 3/0 frog hook over flooded grass and trees

average viewing times are only a couple minutes so I try to spit as much practical info quickly. If I did a long live fish, or filmed all day cast for cast and edited it all down strike for strike it would be dope but I would need a much better set up, but if youd like to see that Ill try to get strikes on film

no I got no problem telling you I lose lures and so should you, if you're trying to get in tight to any sort of cover in shallow water you are gonna have some casualties LOL, Ill proudly tell you this aint my first 13

yeah they drift to one side sometimes which can make staying on a fan cast pattern, or working edges a challenge. Some things to try: 1) right where the eyelet attaches to the blade, make sure thats nice a loose and not binding up. 2) use floating line like a floating braid and keep your rod tip up, regardless of size the line being sunk bellow the blade will make your action wonky 3) you can use a pair of good needle nose and bend the blade edges (the far outside edge both left and right) at a 90, kinda boxing off the blade, only like 1/8th inch or like 4mm of blade on each side of a big bug. Sometimes that will tighten them up and get them running smooth, but ive only tried that on my biggest ones.

REally the main things to top that side-slide, put on a split ring and keep the rod tip above your waist.

How big a rod I use is mostly determined by the type of bank Im fishing, or how much water I need to cover. I grew up throwing the large jitterbug on a 6' pistol grip fiberglass rod, and roll casting to keep the lure out of overhanging trees. Now Ill throw the big jitterbug on a 6.5-7' graphite rod with a good mono if there are sparse trees, or im fishing off the kayak. I use medium heavy rods with relatively quick tips when fishing topwaters. Big topwaters like these dont get tons of strikes they get a few big ones, so dont go with huge gear thats going to wear you out over the day. Im using P-line for my mono and PowerPro for my braid, though Im not happy with it and will probably find something else. I prefer lines that are clear, smoke, or green. I will only use red or green lines on my catfish set ups

what line you use can with antique lures is a bit of boondoggle sometimes. With Jitterbugs I use P-line mono, and a 7' berkley lightning rod. Im not even sure they still make those. You may want to use braid, which you can do with the large jitterbug model with cut hooks, you should NOT use braid with Devil's Horses, I have tons of lure fouling problems with those unless I remove the front prop. I should do a video on some other modified classics.

The rod completely depends on if Im fishing off the bank or out of the kayak. I fish 7' med-heavy most of the time in general but out of the kayak i use shorter rods (6-6.5) , just more practical for me. I like floating braid, but braid is expensive and kind of annoying if there is a lot of wind. When Im just fun fishing I throw green P-line mono and flouro. If im on Ray Roberts or Texoma then its going to be 20+ pound line. On these little ponds 15 tops.

Im working on The Devils Horse. The line fouling is an annoying problem. I THINK the key on those is going to be to go to a much heavier cut treble to deal with the body roll that causes a lot of the line fouling.