The bass on my picture in my profile was caught on a banjo minnow.My son gave me a set for fathers day last yr.I took them out that day and on my 4th cast i caught a 31" northern pike.8 casts later i caught tht bass. what a fathers day.Have had really good success with them evercence.Will order more.Does anybody else like them.
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hubbytomdaman
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Ya,I got some a few years back,thought they worked pretty good,now that you mentioned it,I haven't seen them for awhile,will have to dig through tackle boxes and see if I can find them,put them back into service,paDale said:
Thanks for reminding me Good Lures
hubbytomdaman
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Cool,will have to check that site, never heard of Mepps Kit ? where can I find one?paDale said:
mepps spinners work good around here.i get them at gander mt. and dicks sporting goods.they have different kits but i like the basser kits and the piker kits.Both come with a half dozen lures .all work good for both species around here.ifish alot of reservoirs and ponds in my area and i catch alot of big fish.i take my granddaughters fishing all the time ages 4,5,6,10 so we have to catch fish so they dont get bored(no grandsons)
I have some and have caught fish on them also. They move in a certain way that irritates bass into eating it just to get rid of it.
lswoody
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Inline spinners like roostertails will catch almost any fish that swims.
hubbytomdaman
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Checked out the Banjo Minnow site and seen your story,sounds like I definataly need to find those Banjos,they are sitting in one of my tackle boxes itchinf to catch some fish,paDale said:
Thanks for the info on the Mepps kits,will have to look for them the next time I'm at the tackle store
FishyItch
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It's interesting that the Mepps spinner is mentioned in the Banjo Minnow topic. Both are my go-to lures. I LOVE BANJO MINNOWS. Sorry for the caps-lock, but yes I am screaming it. They seems so hokey and cheesy on the info-mercials, but they're as close to gold as any lure I've ever fished with. I'm going to get another set for this upcoming season.
Hanr3
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My oldest son got a Banjo kit years ago, Its in the basement collecting dust. There was a VCR tape that came with it, ran across that the other day and thought about pulling them out this summer.
I never put much stock into them, they were advertised along with teh pocket fisherman. 8)
I never put much stock into them, they were advertised along with teh pocket fisherman. 8)
perchin
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I won't pay for something, that is so hated and debated, that you can't even speak of it on bassresource. :wink:
russ010
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I got some about 15 years ago when I was a kid... and they worked great in little farm ponds.
They haven't done jack squat for me in the bigger lakes and reservoirs... so I resorted to the Zoom Flukes and started catching even more fish - not to mention keeping more $$ in my pocket.
They haven't done jack squat for me in the bigger lakes and reservoirs... so I resorted to the Zoom Flukes and started catching even more fish - not to mention keeping more $$ in my pocket.
bearsphan3.14
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I love Zoom Flukes in pearl white. They were the first soft plastic I ever fished and I slayed em'. They will always have a spot in my tacklebag.
freetofish
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I have some of those Banjo minnows and have had very little success with them.. Maybe I didn't spit on them before fishing with um.... a little trick on the Mepps spinners.. any spinner for that matter. when you come in from fishing put a very small drop of sewing machine oil on the shaft around which the spinner moves... It makes it work a lot better.
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FishyItch
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russ010 said:
I wonder what the reason for that is. :-k
russ010
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FishyItch said:
50% of the reason is I don't have them anymore and not wasting the money on them when a fluke does the same thing for $2 a pack of 10
But I have no idea why I couldn't get them to work... but on the next cast with a fluke I'd catch one. Same colors and all....
