Fishing Cape Cod Canal SP Minnow Review, Tutorial, and Personal Rigs

My Review and Tutorial on the Diawa SP Minnow!!!
I apologize for how long its taken me to do another upload. But this is the one thats been the most requested by you guys! I have been in the process of moving to a new farm, and running double striper and offshore charters which has kept me away from creating content. If you have any questions or comments feel free to ask away and I will do my best to get to each one of them! As always please "Like" "Share" "Comment" and of course "Subscribe" For more Fishing and soon to come Hunting content!!! Jasper Coutu. @JasperCoutu
SP Minnow 7 Inch Review where I learned about the Single Hooks!!!
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HUGE SHOUT OUT TO Tackle Advisors for this Rig!!!!
Where to buy!
Diawa SP Minnows
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MY FAVORITES!!!
6" BONE (Floating)
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VMC 3/0 Treble Hooks
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6.75" BONE (Floating)
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Gamakatsu 510 (SIZE 4/0) Single Hooks
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Split Rings (Rosco Size 4H)
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MY GEAR!!!
ROD SETUPS!
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[@Jesman71]

Bro, your killing it! I love the passion you have for outdoor sports especially fishing. You know your shit!

[@jaspercoutu489]

Dude LOVE the love!!! seriously man driving me to keep it going!!! Thank you can't appreciate it enough!!

[@Jesman71]

Jasper Coutu also, the wood wall background works really well, kinda gives the background an Orvis type of feel.

[@jaspercoutu489]

Thats the exact look I was going for and why I knew moving here was a great idea! super pumped you appreciate it!

[@326sailingships]

Another out-of-the-park video! Good stuff.

[@jbarrow8081]

Thanks for all the links Jasper, always great see what someone else is using. Love the videos!

[@ShovelTownRC]

Great video man!! Great seeing another New Englander on here!!

[@jaspercoutu489]

Thanks for the love dude! Keep em TIGHT!! NE Pride!

[@jaradwhite9352]

Would like to see a comparison between these and the yo zuri minnows which are my favorite

[@t.j.stonehouse5416]

Sardine + the silver / black back / gold cheeks are my favs.:) Had a few big fish snap the tails of the plugs off :( I've had seal follows on SP'S . The illusion is complete with SP'S Pickerel, small mouth , brown trout , hooked on that sp dope .:)

[@TsunamiSam]

Good shots on the picks keep up the good work man..

[@richardhaduca9783]

Hell yeah! Keep the vids comin!

[@ramdathsoogrim7832]

Awesome,thanks,learning a lot,hope I have better luck next time I’m at the canal.

[@EliteBassStickFishing]

💯💪👊LETS GO!!! Stay lit bro!!!

[@snwbrdng3456]

Slayed on those knock off swimmers this week. And I mean SLAYED!!

[@jaspercoutu489]

YESSSSSS you give it the pump off the impact?

[@snwbrdng3456]

Jasper Coutu always man. Haha to be honest though it didn't matter what you did this week. I'm never wasting money on a sebille again though.

[@jaspercoutu489]

See that!!!! Money saved, fish caught, critics silenced!!!!!! LOVE IT BRO!! Keep me posted on more of your success!

[@snwbrdng3456]

Jasper Coutu will do man! Follow my IG @bthompson_12

[@ForstHeld]

Great vids! Greetings from germany and tight lines!

[@kevinbui6774]

Thanks man info. For a beginner like me.

[@EstebanLopez-ze2og]

I’m leaving in Lynn mass and I wanna try one of those plugs and how we can get it or how we can reach it to you to get it❤

[@dannypadilla6572]

Thanks Bro. great Info.

[@fishtillidrop5161]

Nice review. Love it. Love magic swimmers. Love SP minnows. Everything on point. Thanks. By the way how is the canal? Anything popping?

[@jaspercoutu489]

So far haven't gotten much time in this past week there but I know they are around. This hurricanes got me inside as of right now as well but they're still here!!

[@fishtillidrop5161]

Jasper Coutu thanks bro.

[@americanman6347]

This is awesome I'm happy I found your channel. I'm dying to catch a striper and wondering about charters. What boat do you work on?

[@jaspercoutu489]

Robert Grasso the "C-Devil" out of Narraganset RI were still going out and catching and still have times open especially first 2 weeks of october!!!

[@lueypost6794]

How dose one keep a barn warm during those MA winters? Just curious. Anywho good vids man went ahead and got my self a pair of korker buckskins after your review

[@jaspercoutu489]

Bro love to hear you made the purchase because of the video! you'll be so glad you did!! so far I absolutely love them compared to my last pair. As far as keeping the barn warm its a veryyyyy good question, that I have not found the answer to just yet lmao. But I will be sure to keep you posted!

[@Hiei1029]

Are there always bass in the canal? Even in December? I’ll be up there Christmas time and if the fish stay there I’d like to give it ago.

[@jaspercoutu489]

Jarred Monaco the huge majority will migrate back south but that's not to say there isn't hold over fish around however they're not nearly as easy to find but if you're there mind as well wet a line!

[@jhoran6836]

Great job

[@ogi-9346]

I have mine with just one treble hook

[@tomterrific2018]

Hey great videos...gonna get your starter set..rod and reel...what test power pro and leader # do you suggest? Thanks

[@anthonystegner1430]

Can you post link for magic swimmers knock offs link again

[@6atlantis]

I fish some jetty’s in Maine. Should I be keeping my rod tip a bit lower since I’m higher above the water, whereas you’re at the water lever @ccc?

[@pvpv6969]

Hey buddy. Awesome videos. Thank you. I plan on coming up in October. Is it worth it to bring a bike?

[@budman1870]

You could break these videos up to 2 or 3 parts. More videos more subscribers

[@jaspercoutu489]

budman1870 love it man and appreciate the suggestion! Think I might take your advice on this one!!

[@louiswebb1845]

What size split rings are you using on the bigger lure with the single hook ?

[@NasalObstruction]

did he say what size those Gammy 510`s are?

[@jasonw5619]

What would you recommend for catching schoolie s at the canal

[@jaspercoutu489]

The lures should do the trick! However I'm typically not fishing for the schoolies. I was they're great great grand parents lol. thanks for the love keep em tight!

[@celticviking2319]

For schoolies try berkeley gulp saltwater sand eels. Theyre grey & blue. They cant resist em!

[@TIOKIDUSA1967]

can you help me with a good rod and good reel please ???

[@jaspercoutu489]

I DEF can! Keep an eye out. Something tells me theres a video in the future muahahaha

[@TIOKIDUSA1967]

thanks

[@1403010]

You hunting them gays up there in MA

[@yakfisher8663]

man loves tha bone

[@nhlombardi6946]

I drop way less fish with singles. Much easier on schoolies. Way less time unhooking. Never snag myself. Less weed. The list goes on. I cringe every time I see these people using 4/0 trebles for schoolies I will never understand it.

[@netimefishing7787]

Last few days have been producing some nice fish on the canal, today not so much! Great videos man, keep it up and tight lines!!

[@DanEvan]

Love the content man. Don't worry about the quantity of the content, just focus on quality....and quality is what you've provided...and whose boat do you first mate on? I was a first mate on a private charter boat for 7 years out of Barnstable Harbor....and bruh tell me that's a Lamiglas XSRA 1084-2

[@jaspercoutu489]

Yoooo brotha thanks for the Love!! So pumped you like the quality so far. Im over on the CDevil out of Point Judith RI and I'm rocking the 1205-2 Lami. What boat were you on out of Barnstable?

[@DanEvan]

Jasper Coutu The Malsie B., captained by the late Al Belcher.

[@DanEvan]

Hey bud, just out of curiosity, what rod/reel/line/terminal tackle do you fish at the canal? I always enjoy hearing other peoples setups. I know you said the lami but is that a blank you had built? Modified? You could just do a whole video on your setups

[@jaspercoutu489]

Dan Evan hey Dan yes I plan on def doing a video on setups however if you check my descriptions of each video they're all in there! Hope this helps man! Thank you

[@ojcdecato3163]

I subbed and turned on notification ☺️

[@vangjackthao]

Jasper you should do a review on the rods you use for the canal, specifically the Shimano Tiralejo since that is your favorite canal rod. I have a Shimano Aero Technium 10000 and I want to get a Tiralejo to maximize the full potential of the reel and my casts. Keep the vids coming 👍

[@jaspercoutu489]

Vang Thao keep an eye out man once I get a good amount of free time I should have exactly the kind of video you're looking for 😉 keep the ideas coming!!!!

[@TsunamiSam]

Wait until you see the crazy Tatum rig 5"-6" tsunami I get dunked on .. throwing it up later this fall

[@poppygarcia8586]

Thank u.

[@bigdeliciousband]

Thanks again Jasper! Have you tried the bullet, which you mentioned very briefly? I'm under the impression that it doesn't have as much action as the regular, as if they compromised action for castability. Any thoughts on the bullet?

[@jaspercoutu489]

Thank you for the Love! my thought on the bullet are... I grab the regular floating 7 inch... lol however if the conditions call for it I reach for a bullet and those conditions are a very hard wind in my face. In that condition its one of my favorites to throw. but to be honest I do not throw the bullet near as much as I should or enough to make a solid call on its action. But I have caught on them when I first bought them.

[@831savageoutdoorsman6]

I enjoy your content bro... just one question does it matter how you single hook the rear in scene other have it hooked the other way

[@liftedpotato6973]

The treble hooks are natourious for bending out he uses tuna grade hooks so they wont bend that's the only reason hook up ratio varies but at the same time if your a catch and release guy it easier on the fish to have 1 hook instead of three and some cases 6 or 9

[@NickFish007]

Isn't the single hook on the back backwards?

[@bowsonly4025]

Another good video Jasper. I like the hook setup and fishing techniques you touch on and the video you link to {Tackle Advisors} is a moderator on SOL{Stripers On LIne} and goes by the handle of "scoobydoo". Keep up with the videos and by the way as my handle suggestes I only hunt with the bow so keep them coming!!!

[@rickaplowitz8814]

Jasper...i see some people installing the tail hook facing up rather than down...any thoughts?

[@ptouz1]

Great review and thanks for the tips! Would you go leader to TA clip and lure or leader - swivel and TA clip to lure? Keeping them coming !!

[@jaspercoutu489]

I go braid to a swivel to my leader to a TA Clip to the split ring on the nose of the lure! Keep checking in I think theres a video in the making!!!!

[@Peter-zg3em]

that rear single in the thumbnail is upside down. i've started using a front treble / rear single and sometimes two singles to make it easier to unhook schoolies at night on the sp and to help the fish. sps can be absolutely throated and cause the fish real problems because of the thin profile. action isn't as good, hookup ratios are not as good, but the hooks on a crushed single literally fall out when you remove the tension on the line. if the plug comes with 1/0 i size up to at least 3/0 bkk singles. if it comes with a 2/0 i'll consider sizing up to 4/0 singles, but know that you're talking about a very large hook for a schoolie and you will lose out on fish you hooked with your 1/0 and 2/0 trebles. you can grind your hooks down some for penetration if you think they are too big but that is really all you can do aside from sizing down and setting the hook properly. outside of protecting the fish whcih is obvious, the real practical argument for using a single vs a treble is the likelihood of the rear treble to get lodged onto the head or body of a big fish, outside of the mouth, in a manner that gives him extra leverage. if you catch a lot of blues you know what i am talking about, as they are a toothed fish and are trying to thrash your plug in half. the fish get fouled, they go from having a plug in a lip to wearing it like a harness, and they feel 2x as strong and become hard to turn. this almost never happens with a single hook and it is the practical advantage in the context of fish hooking and landing that a treble has over a single. because otherwise, as we have stated, 3 hooks on a treble are better than 1 on a single, and the hookup rates with trebles are inevitably greater on basically every kind of gamefish.

[@wish2fish37]

Good video..You ever use Lucky Craft jointed lures?

[@vsonic86]

Dude I'm wondering about the sp minnow with single hook as well because that always been my set up with a single hook. How is it in canal on a single hook? You use 5/0 hook as single hook, isnt that the hook going to snack the lure itself? I tried 5/0 Vmc, the hook keep hooks the lure itself whenever I cast.

[@jaspercoutu489]

Gotta try running it the way I should with the Gamakatsu's!!! They NEVER hook onto the lure and I mean EVER. double split rings to single 4/0 hooks you'll never hook. but this is also on the 7 inch SPs

[@jeeperscreepers3782]

I live in boston but fish the canal often your vids have helped me allot thannks for the tips i love the bone sp minow myself i swap for a rear #4 single hook but i am looking fpreward to the hunting videos brother great work keep it up and good luck

[@liftedpotato6973]

I am in Everett if you want to link up anytime I spend a lot of time at the canal and on plum island as well as winthrop lately

[@tedjerdee1028]

If I could only use one lure for stripers for the rest of my life, it would have to be the Bone SP Minow

[@graysonmalitsky5019]

You made the video! It was awesome and I couldn’t ask for more!

[@jaspercoutu489]

Yeaaaaa buddy! if you ask you shall receive!!! keep the ideas coming! and Keep the lines TIGHT!

[@mulletman49]

Great vids. Keep up the good work and the subscribers will come. Just like me, I live in Florida and fish Sebastian inlet for snook, redfish and tarpon. I would like your opinion on which surf rod is best for casting the sp minnow and, can I buy the single hooks in bulk? Thx

[@jaspercoutu489]

J P hey brotha thanks for the love! So as far as casting the SP it’s a lightweight plug especially the smaller ones so I love throwing it on my light lamiglass pro surf but I messed around with a tsunami elite series the other day and loved it! I think lighter is better! Keep em tight nd keep me posted!

[@jakebean8855]

Will there be any "pump" coming out if this channel?

[@jackiespop]

I think you have the tail in line hook upside down.

[@jrod1077]

I've noticed that my rod tip pulses quite a bit when I slow retrieve the floating SP. It's very pronounced...much more than any other lure, so is that the natural lure action I am feeling in the tip?

[@jaspercoutu489]

Yes! slow it down and feel that flutter! lot of time I envision them following it and ill make pauses and quick bursts. just playing with them. When you get into a good school of fish you can really learn to work the lure!

[@randytodd2369]

Why don't you have any more new videos

[@ericvang544]

Awesome video. Just subscribed! Keep em coming

[@jaspercoutu489]

eric vang amazing man thank you!!! Keep an eye out soon to come!!!

[@ericvang544]

Quick question which rod on your list do you think has a smaller diameter around the reel seat. I hate bulky surf rods, wears me out.

[@Endeavorfishing]

No new videos in a while, you okay?

[@searex2268]

bone is best for 24/7 , as soon the current slow down a bit i always throw minnows, much lighter , cast as far as any other jigs / lures, doesnt kill my arm after 10 hours fishing lol love it, i actually use yo zuri hydro minnow LC , which seem to be cast better than daiwa, i dont know why

[@r77knight1]

What size split rings are on the 510 hook?

[@jaspercoutu489]

Rosco size 4H

[@r77knight1]

Jasper Coutu your the man thanks

[@madvtecyo546]

Nice video

[@Bobb1julie]

Hi Jasper , Your videos are great...Very spontaneous..You are knowelegeable on mat’s .Being a retired pro photographer you should put your glasses in your surf bag..LOL .Get some sleep when you can..Thanks for the Magic Swimmer link.. It took me forever to locate him . Any feedback in adding a SPRO swivel to 2 Rosco 6.5 ‘s to the magic swimmer ? ..Should I crimp all the barbs 3//0 &4/0 VMC’s..Seems like the way to go .. I am an 83 year old vet ..love to hunt ..Shot a 230 lb , 8 pointer in 2017 w/ my Barnett Crossbow..When you have a moment go online & Check out Howard Hill.I had the pleasure to shoot with him in the fifties.. Tight lines , Shoot straight ..See you at pole 20 in 2018..Look for the limping fisherman !!!

[@gilleshuertas3686]

Gilles from FranceYours video help me for my first FISHING trip in USAI hope go FISHING stripped to cape cod at august 2018.Please can you help me to choose my rod and my lures.I have looking for lamiglass or stcroix rod , what is the best model for the canal ? 11 feet lenght? Power? Action?For lures like magic swimmer , stick shadd , sp minnow can you tell me the best size , weight , Colors , floating or sinking of fast sinking ???What are the best surface pencils ? And soft lures like sand eel ?Thank you for your help and sorry for my bad English Bonjour de France Gilles

[@WD-41469]

Thanks for the tip on the in-line hooks, I have trouble deciding which size is appropriate. Def the way to go, I don’t care about a dropped fish, but I REALLY don’t like over-stressing a fish that I intend to release, by messing with a bunch of trebles. I’ve only ever had one striper go belly up on me, but that was enough.

[@DoktorFryd]

Great, GREAT video - thank you! I can't seem to find the links you mentioned you would post in the video... Can you re-post or direct me to where they are? Thanks again from The Western Long Island Sound!

[@mlywowo]

Look into inline single hooks my friend, it's getting every popular now. All your favorite hook makers have them, GMC, gamakatsu, owner

[@yeakid4029]

Great content. Love the depth and articulation. Please keep up the good work. I know your schedule beats the hell out of you. I mean no offense my friend lose the sunglasses.

[@jbarryohagan3659]

Casper do you only change to single hooks on the 7 inch SP, what about the smaller sizes can you change to say a #3?

[@lastcasttv5380]

Dude killer page! Just found it, you got your self a new sub!

[@Koloherides]

Bone 7” gonna burn rubber to Togonagas in Kona get mine, you got me going brah. Yea

[@michaelsullivan1848]

cool place. got myself a converted barn filled with old bottles and fishin rods haha

[@traumahawk517]

Thank You for making this video,,,,,Great Info

[@j.j.8634]

I would like to know what kind a lure should I use on the Cape Canal

[@Skolmann]

Good info, you just need to learn to get to the point quicker.

[@jimmysweeney5413]

I use mustad inline single hooks so you only need one split ring

[@KeithBrousseau]

Where can I find some Magic Swimmer Knock Offs?

[@matthewdacosta8630]

That's it, new favorite channel lol I hope u make some more content for this fishing season. I've been having a couple of rough fishing trips at the canal and haven't gotten one bite. A little disappointed, but I have to admit, Ive been doing a few things wrong and changed my gear up a little bit by learning from channels like yours. It's just SUUUPER awesome that you fish in my neck of the woods so it's been real helpful man thx! Btw which fishing charter do you work on?

[@ericarbo5044]

I feel the same way at times. Hard to take when you drive six hours ASAP without a ticket. Mattawamkeag ME area. 😂 It ain’t like fresh water up here. Tight lines an stay safe.

[@EddyA808]

Awesome video man, just subscribed. I am a rookie in fishing, so my rookie question of the day is. How do I set up my line to fish the sp lure? Do I attach it direct braid line to lure or do I attack a swivel and leader line? Thanks! Keep up the good work!

[@EddyA808]

Cancel, found your leader video lol

[@taylor-vl1re]

Love your site...keep up the great work...

[@NasalObstruction]

Why the double swivel setup?

[@fidenciojoao478]

Fantastic video

[@TheSmilingFury]

Subbed. EXXspecially??? Sorry. ...then Unsubbed.

[@jaspercoutu489]

Angelos G that’s ok bud the comment helps me too!