Only Use Crawdad Imitating Lures In THESE Situations…

[@eFishin]

I don't know. I've caught a lot of fish on a jig in the summer. Especially at night.

[@Gilgamesh3six9]

Yep, some of my biggest fish at night on a jig in the summer

[@tylerfish6206]

Ditto

[@NedRigNerd]

Did you even listen what he said. He specifically said he still uses jigs in the summer he just switches up the colors to imitate perch and other fish. Because they aren't really feeding on crawfish. Then you said especially night time. Well everyone knows that. A black blue jig with big old flapping craw on it. Like at that point at night, you're just making a big enough profile for the fish to key in on.

[@mickysmithiii1213]

I just caught a 4 lb smallie on a crawfish yesterday. About a 3 incher.

[@sharkmaffer467]

Just wanted you to know I found your channel in early spring and I've picked up and learned more useful information than any other channel just wanted to say thanks...you helped me grow as an fisherman I've caught more bass than ever this year keep up the great content

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

Thx man!

[@joshilton616]

Perfect timing on the video as I've been studying crayfish here in Michigan. Good point on the colors/water clarity. I've been using a pit boss this summer around rocky areas to much luck. Had a situation last week where I was throwing a green pumpkin craw in clear water until the water got dirty after a couple days of rain. Switched to an Okeechobee color and got hit immediately. Thx for all the work you do boss, learning a lot.

[@troyseal9877]

I agree with you randy but, I catch more fish "at night" in the summer on east Tennessee lakes on craws than I do big worms. Speed craws and slim pacas gets it done for me.

[@JohnPascavageFishing]

Could it be because of the high vibration the speed craw puts out for your success at night?

[@jasonmoyer9530]

same here in south carolina

[@NedRigNerd]

@@JohnPascavageFishing exactly

[@101evo]

Thank you Randy ! Your videos are so full of information but also like talking with a friend. We need more people like you.

[@theultimatesteelshooter8610]

Recent scientific studies have shown pretty conclusively that bass only distinguish red & green really well. They can’t distinguish between brighter colors or darker colors. They couldn’t tell the difference between white and chartreuse or between black brown or blue. The deeper the water and the dirtier the water the more pronounced the effect. So basically lure colors can fall into 4 types: reds, greens, dark & bright colors. Lure profile, size and action are significantly more important

[@theultimatesteelshooter8610]

@My Dixie Wrecked🔨 yep, the science is very strong bu most anglers don’t want to educate themselves. Bass fishing is n activity that is filled with so many misconceptions and myths and tackle companies are not helping in most cases

[@astrophysicistguy]

@ultimatesteelshooter is correct but its even more complicated than that …. A bass can also see lower wavelength and higher wavelengths of light than the human eye (into the UV & IR portions) so than can perceive more than humans. It’s the same concept that enables a radio telescope to “see things in the universe that we cannot see with a visible spectrum scope. A study was recently done where different lures that had the same visible light color patterns were put into a spectrograph and it revealed that some lures were visible in the UV & IR spectrum. This could mean that the reason the bass seem to hit one lure or another is because it sees that lure in these other parts of the spectrum. More search needs to be done but dont be surprised if you see future lures claiming they are visible in UV and/or IR which make them more visible to a bass …

[@OLDAVE1000]

Excellent advise on years of experience. These general rules of engagement can certainly improve efficacy. Your advice today is certainly true out here in California. Water clarity and temperature are my single largest factors in lure choice and presentation. Listen in guys, this is gold! Kindness and gratitude in all things!

[@franksancimino1297]

Great information ........I'm not surprised thanks again for your wisdom.

[@SpookyRedz]

Good one too with the water clarity , I love brown and orange on jigs in muddy water

[@danham3344]

Excellent excellent video Randy. Glad to hear this as it sounds like this one is one of the few bait selections that I actually got right. Water clarity is 90% of my consideration when choosing the style and color of Craw imitation. Appreciate the quality and amount of content you crank out on this channel.

[@nukem9119]

Randy I live in Wisconsin. I fish a lot of man made impoundments for smallmouth. Looking for a summer northern smallmouth video from you! But there’s a lot of other guys out there that would love it too.

[@paullebleu8209]

What I've found in all of the Bass I have cleaned for consumption, the fish that have a "crawdad" in it's stomach; the position is tail first with the claws facing towards the front or head of the fish, indicating that it swallowed the crawfish tail first. I have never seen the crawfish positioned differently in every case.

[@stevesteve4350]

Serious juice. Randy can you please tell some old Bassmaster storys. I'm an 80s kid. Love to hear how bad ass those guys were.

[@williamnewell7784]

I agree. They are high protein prior to spawning. I think that is why jigs are so hot in the late winter into spring.

[@chrisboyd1408]

Great tips. Thanks for sharing

[@robbieh.9435]

Sharpie makes paint pens they are more vibrant then their regular markers and more expensive but they would probably stand out more on your crankbaits. You might have to order them online to get the colors you need. Thanks you for the intelligent no nonsense and educational videos!

[@mikemcholland9920]

Thanks Randy Great info .Will Try This.

[@harveyschindler9554]

I’ve always thought the red in crawfish to be a response to stress. Whether it be inside a bass or a pot. Crawfish do shed their shells as they grow, although I do not have a clue as to how or if bass will key on soft shell crawfish.

[@badmofo350]

My local lake has bright red crawdads. I catch plenty of fish on brown/GP jigs, sometimes with a few strands of orange. On a few occasions I've tried red jigs and never got bit on them.

[@johnhanley8708]

Great information Randy Thanks

[@stevencrane9949]

Sir Randall as always, good show man, good show

[@robertwoody9573]

Again thanks for the information

[@Glock-1]

Randy you are 💯 percent right on the crawdads I grew up my entire childhood in creeks flipping rocks and catching them, they can take off instantly and disappear under another rock! They are super fast! That’s all I did every summer as a kid! Great memories

[@erichildreth7562]

That does make a lot of sense, pay attention to the water clarity and I have noticed that you always mention water clarity in a lot of your videos. Thanks Randy for these helpful tips!! :)

[@learningtofish7036]

Thank you Randy.

[@bassandtreblefishing]

I love the content my man, these types of videos where you just drop knowledge is a refreshing break from "this is a lure and this is the retrieve" kind of video. I would point you to the Cambrian Explosion though, as one example (they're are plenty more) why evolution seems untrustworthy by scientific standards. Don't believe the hype :) Can you do a video on how to hold fish? I see a lot of people using lip grippers on pickerel and pike, but I've heard that can damage the fragile jaws they have. I think people just don't know what to do with some fish and theyvtreat them like a bass. Much love Randy

[@davidlannom4355]

Me and my dad used live crawfish in august with a weed guard hook fished like a worm or drifting across ledges and humps and hammed bass and big Kentucky bass, catfish also on lake Texoma in the 1960s and 1970s.

[@williamschneider6811]

We eat the big ones down here. But, I have used crawfish colored lures forever, in every season down here.

[@williamnewell7784]

Good point on speed and anxiety.

[@jackdixon4530]

One of your better videos! Thanks

[@clay7514]

And hey guys the selection is kinda limited sometimes but I started using zoom big critter craw this year and they are dynamite love the watermelon candy and dye the pinchers chartreuse for stained to muddy water on back of a black n chartreuse jig. They are identical to guido bugs. Love em

[@TMF-InTheField]

When I was a kid my favorite thing to do was chase craws by flipping the piled up shoreline rocks, one after another. Caught a lot of claws, cuts and bruises, but it was so fun.

[@wesleyharbison8721]

Get information Randy. I always appreciate your wisdom.

[@garydalrymple855]

I fish a lot of muddy to stained water. My best colors have been black neon and green pumpkin with red flake. I mostly use big bite craws

[@SpookyRedz]

I also like black and blue in clearer water for a jig , that dark black water

[@shadrap1000]

Randy have you tried the Clacking Craw that Larry Dalberg created? I think it’s got everything going for it but I don’t have much luck ???

[@johnlantz7278]

Mr. crawfish ,fun to catch good on the table an a great catfish bait ,we didn’t have electronics casting patterns wind directions all those fish the moment,my old school clear water jig favorite in spring is buck an rubber ok Randy with that old school pork small size

[@scottshipley7376]

I wish I could put my figure out "when" they molt . It produces a frenzy that most people don't know about. But the only way I can find it is, by checking the concrete boat ramp.. If there's several on and around it. You need one rod for that day.

[@williamnewell7784]

Most of our crawdads here in Nc have always been more brown and orange sort of.

[@danbasara4547]

GP Speed craws w the pincher tips dyed blue are my pre-spawn killers! Either on a TR or wobble head.

[@williamnewell7784]

I still ha a Dance’s crawdads that looks awesome. Never caught a fish on it.

[@Stalker8494]

No matter what lure I use I make sure I pay attention to the presentation I take the time to set the hook on the lure to make it look natural and I just try to make it react as natural as possible I use natural colors more than anything on any lures

[@nikolivas8743]

Randy, what techniques do you use when you notice/target a mayfly hatch?

[@SpookyRedz]

I’ve even tried the craw perfect looking soft baits , the z man , the yum , the yozuri , they don’t work neither mr Randy the baits that look exactly like a crawfish , even the savage gear , I have had em all and I don’t have success with any for me at least

[@patrickmahoney3479]

I agree that water clarity and conditions play a larger role than the actual color of the crayfish.

[@jeremypatrick5213]

What about base that look like a Crawdad like the yozuri that's like four or five inches long

[@iamonia685]

Can not find these tabs you talk about view products

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

You might try restarting your phone

[@iamonia685]

@@randyblaukatintuitive I am on computer I can not see any products to choose or I would pick em to make ya'll money

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

@@iamonia685 sometimes you need to refresh or restart your devices

[@josephhillman8831]

I think it's never a time not to have a crawl on finesse jigs have produced for me all year long and at night summer fishing Carolina rigs shine too depends where you fish in the country I reckon

[@woodwired1]

I’ve tried fishing with live crawfish on Rayburn and never got a bite.

[@rogerdudra178]

I grew up on the upper Missouri river and I knew them before I knew trout.

[@barefootgrl]

i'm sorry maybe you answered this already but i don't see view products anywhere when i click on your video's i see links to baitwrx map breakdowns and hash tags but no view products

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

That shows at the bottom of the screen on the video first comes on

[@TonyT2796]

I'm assuming you were taught this information by Sky...Sky Vardaman 1999 Cook Springs angler of the year.. He all but taught me this same stuff in 2001. He told me you fished Table Rock with him. Who knows he may have gotten it from you.

[@clintperry799]

Good information 👍 (24)

[@scottminter4735]

I use a livescope to locate crawdads. And fish around these crawdads I've located.

[@mcphersong5528]

I think this is because the fish only see the main body not the legs and the pinchers when the are spotted….. the bass prolly just can’t see them fully!

[@walleyechannel]

Try pink…try pink with a white pearl chunk dipped in red dye.

[@tonyduran4764]

Makes sense

[@offgridwhitetails8768]

Yup. The old bacon an kite string tied to a small tree limb. Best craw daddy st up there is or was anyways.

[@williamnewell7784]

I go black and blue in muddier water.

[@MikeCostelloOutdoors]

Maybe y’all in the comments or Randy can help. I have a issue with getting the crawdad to swim straight maybe I’m hooking it wrong or something. Any tips will be helpful.

[@williamnewell7784]

Sorry Bill. The eel never worked either.

[@terrytresemer2864]

Match the hatch as a bass fisherman isn't truly about color. I look at the fish's throat and what their eating. If you see a tail, you can tell if it's shad, gill or so forth. If you see pincer and such, I'm putting on some sort of craw. This is my matching the hatch. It's more about the flavor of the day.

[@egomaniac247]

I'm genuinely curious if anyone has ever caught fish on the ultra realistic crawfish baits like LiveTarget, Savage Gear, etc. Seems more targeted at catching fisherman

[@tanner1061]

I’ve caught a lot on the 4D savage craw. About as realistic looking craw as I’ve ever seen

[@freshsteve509]

Smallmouth crush the savage gear on a ned head

[@Lucas-ht7cf]

I wonder if all those trophy bass hunters fishing live crawdads during the summer in the 80's, 90's, and 00s, were lying now. Since you say it's least effective for you during the summer. I wonder if they were just using waterdawgs this whole time.

[@davidball3461]

Randy, you are the channel! I don’t have time to click baits 5 times to hand YOU A dollar Bill! Sorry! I watch EVERY SINGLE VIDEO YOU PRODUCE! How much does a view and a like make you? I’m sure it’s enough for the education you give us subscribers.

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

You can actually click on the videos while you continue watching the video at the same time

[@NedRigNerd]

Seems like a lot of you didn't even pay attention to him. He specifically said he still uses jigs in the summer he just switches up the colors to imitate perch and other fish. Because they aren't really feeding on crawfish. Then a lot of you keep saying, well at night time. Well everyone knows that. A black blue jig with big old flapping craw on it. Like at that point at night, you're just making a big enough profile for the fish to key in on. How about actually listening to what is being said.

[@garywest2250]

I've read that bass can't even digest crawfish, but damnit do I love catching fish on a jig.

[@richardvillanueva559]

They gotta come out somehow 😎

[@wolverinex4243]

Why not just use the real ones like noobies?

[@Ericviking2019]

Crawfish brother, crawdads is a yankee term

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

We call them crawdads in Missouri

[@clay7514]

Great topic. Would you say the myth is true that crawfish 🦞 are the bass favorite food?

[@andybales7318]

While bass obviously eat crawdads, I'm convinced some sort of baitfish is their favorite food, being easily digested & swallowed

[@clay7514]

@@andybales7318 might be, they’re a lot more plentiful too. Good point, that was just what my dad always taught me, bass love crawfish, deer love acorns lol

[@terrytresemer2864]

Match the hatch as a bass fisherman isn't truly about color. I look at the fish's throat and what their eating. If you see a tail, you can tell if it's shad, gill or so forth. If you see pincer and such, I'm putting on some sort of craw. This is my matching the hatch. It's more about the flavor of the day.