Modified Mepps Spinner - Secret Bass Bait for Kent Lake

[@EternalAngler]

I really have to try those new Eagle Claw Trokar hooks, I lost a lot of fish and missed a lot of strikes I didn't show 15+. For some reason just get a lot of hits and misses, maybe I'll move up to a 4/0 www.eagleclaw.com/tk180-light-wire-finesse-worm-hook

[@iancameron1662]

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

[@EternalAngler]

@@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.

[@Arcasting1]

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.

[@EternalAngler]

@@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!

[@RealManSkills]

My two favorite bass baits are the "whopper plopper" and the "Mepps Spinner". As another youtuber mentioned, if they don't strike on the Mepps, they aren't going to strike anything. That is my experience too. Thanks for sharing.

[@antoniogjokaj455]

I can share this experience too. Got skunked nearly an entire day at Kent Lake. I was even using tandem spinners and dressing them with soft bait like this guy was using; they weren't taking it. I wound up catching a 30inch Pike(my first one ever), on a Gold Mepps Aglia at the very end of the day. Eventually, it came down to the color of the spinner. Other than that, I threw EVERYTHING at the water that day and got nothing until using that Gold Mepps Aglia 4.

[@robertchadwick2925]

Thanks for the great tips. Cool Mod. I've wondered about inline for largemouths so this was good.

[@drew3021]

A little trick I learned from a old timer yrs ago to get your smaller spinners for trout, run it on a Carolina rig. Run a smaller leader line and smaller weight, no more the a 1/4 oz. Have absolutely destroyed trout and smallies on that rig

[@NickName_9536]

At first, I thought you were gonna fish from a hot air balloon, then a plane, a sailboat, then a rowboat. I was thinking not only do I not have a boat but I don’t have any of those things, I can only bank fish so I have a lot of catching up to do!!! 😂😂😂😂😂 I’m not a huge fan or treble hooks , good video for modifying the mepps!! I’ve seen a couple versions without treble hooks. Thanks for the video.

[@iancameron1662]

Love your vids showing how to modify lures.your the only one I know that shows people on how to.great vids

[@EternalAngler]

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

[@cassandralesh8536]

It worked so well because like you said, nobody uses it so the bass aren't used to it like they are senkos and rattle traps

[@michaelburke5907]

Mepps actually makes a version of this setup, I've had one for years.

[@MakeItTakeItOutdoors]

You should make your own!

[@EternalAngler]

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

[@discoverangling4892]

Cool video dude. Can’t forget about our old friend the Mepps. I like the mod you did, too.

[@EternalAngler]

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

[@EternalAngler]

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!

[@discoverangling4892]

@@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.

[@EternalAngler]

@@discoverangling4892 for sure man!

[@adamallison3685]

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

[@robertharris1076]

Found a spot in river in my town and finally found a great honey hole full of 4-8" smallmouths caught like 6in 3hrs after a heavy storm; like peak clear sits after torrential downpour water was high and fast and full of goodies for the hungry fish who were active from the temperature changes. Was an amazing day and my first time succeeding with a spin er and it was a black fury; but I'm definitely trying this!

[@EternalAngler]

Yeah the black furies are sweet, but I do think adding in some more scent and color with a soft plastic to a mepps spinner can adds some more enticement!

[@robertharris1076]

@@EternalAngler hi there! Thanks for the like and comment! I got a Mepps AC hybrid single hook with false egg on the hook, yellow and brass with black painted eyes (3 eyes) for the pattern and the fake egg is yellow and I trimmed a white grub slipped that on and caught my PB Smallmouth in about 3-5 casts! Still had more action on the black fury, but I got some snapback spinners and some are yellow and black and I am gonna make my own single hook custom lures; one I did with black and yellow spinner and beads with a mepps rubber Minnow trailing it; really excited for that one; and also made a double spinner with multiple eggs on it and a white grub with single hook. Super excited for my next trip and thanks for your awesome video 🙌😆💯

[@robertharris1076]

@@EternalAngler the PB was just under 1ft couldn't weigh but it was fat

[@pinhookfishingclub]

Great vid! Nice mod, I’ll have to try that!

[@EternalAngler]

Great lure hack!

[@mariobarrientos6673]

Must be nice to be able to go in the water like that 😭 here in Florida it’s a risky game

[@EternalAngler]

@@mariobarrientos6673 you ain't kidding, I've been seeing a lot of the croc and gator fishing vids on facebook 👀 I did my share of surf fishing down in Marco and Naples, them dolphins come right up to you, just worry about them 🐅 sharks!! A lot of shark attacks down in Texas recently!

[@paulannabelle]

Try it with a Gulp worm. Equally as good. Added scent helps

[@EternalAngler]

Will do!

[@bfstackledirect]

I've been doing this for years. A good Siwash or Owner screw lock for weedless applications is deadly.

[@robertharris1076]

I'm gonna try and make one tonight

[@EternalAngler]

@@robertharris1076 Awesome 👌

[@robertharris1076]

@@EternalAngler twas a success PB on mepps AC hybrid with false egg and white grub just under 1ft! Thank you! You inspired me to make a bunch more customs!

[@EternalAngler]

@@robertharris1076 for sure man, I love modifying lures, it definitely gets you thinking outside the box 📦and then it gets you to start thinking on making your own lures and all types of weird things ... Bladed swimbaits are huge in Europe, i definitely want to try making my own with wire through construction for both bass and musky.. Suissex makes a decent one, but its not enough for musky, prolly gonna take a 12" chaos posseidon, chop the tip of the paddle tail off and attach a #8 hildebrandt willow blade with shark wire.

[@righteousriverfishinginoregon7]

When you were standing in the deep water, where did you have your camera mounted? Also, what camera are you using? The quality is really good. New sub - Thank you.

[@chrishillard4950]

Do you ever put a barrel swivel up by the main line to the leader to eliminate twist? How about a snap at the lure?

[@korobowicznicolas3501]

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

[@B.A.Bassangler]

Re: tinsel...maybe a tinsel skirt on that grub, (like wacky shirts) or thread it through the body?

[@karolbeachy5277]

use the texas orange handled split pliers, best one out there, keeps you from cussing!!

[@Patton243]

Biggest thing I dislike about Mepps is you can't get any casting distance with them. Please don't recommend lighter line either I've already done that too with 7 foot rods and they travel nowhere especially in the wind. They catch bass, but I want to be able to cover water and you can't with these things. Oh and they feel like logs when you pull them in too.

[@EternalAngler]

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

[@EternalAngler]

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!

[@whitetroutchannel]

do mepps already not make a lure design like this, mepps nightcrawler or something?

[@EternalAngler]

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.

[@whitetroutchannel]

@@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 👍👍

[@joebruette]

How fast are you reeling? Keeping close to the top?

[@frankdudek6242]

👍

[@EternalAngler]

Thanks Frank!

[@maximus2944]

You put a swivel on that ?

[@EternalAngler]

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/

[@maximus2944]

Thankyou for teaching us how to fish .

[@pequenioedgarito3067]

Why are you trying to dismantle and make a hack for a lure that has been tried and true for 40 years from Mepps? Then you damage it? By the way: Mepps already makes in line spinner with a ewg hook?

[@EternalAngler]

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.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXO2gYZ8rc59sKc

[@Follower_of_The_Word]

I troll those, unweighted, on Potholes for big trout!

[@EternalAngler]

Nice!!! 🔥

[@jasonlopez4855]

Broken can't take it back no more 🧐 it failed on you 🤔 how to fix it now.

[@adamallison3685]

I make something like that

[@zoranmilivojevic2982]

Buddy send me a friend invoice and I am going to tell you " how to make the best in spinner ever "! Guranteed !