The Panorama by 6th Sense Fishing: Rigging Methods + Hacks!

[@rihitokimura540]

I was thinking of putting it on bladed jig

[@nextlevelangling]

It looks pretty good in the underwater footage 6th Sense posted. You'll need to use a fairly heavy weight - (1/2 oz. +) and run the hook up at an angle toward the dorsal fin (look at the KZbin Short they posted for reference). You also have to fish with a fast retrieve to keep the bait straight and upright. The footage they posted is slowed down to about 50%. If I could have found a way to make this work with a lighter chatterbait and fished it with a slower retrieve, I think I would have liked it a lot more than I did.

[@LetYourSpiritFly]

Dang. Will you even use any other lure?? Lol

[@nextlevelangling]

@@LetYourSpiritFly I will use every lure in the universe ✊

[@seanleau]

To be honest, not impressive at all on the method of rigging. It doesn't look natural at all even when you try to make it look like a dying shad. I have yet to encounter any rig that mimics a natural looking bait fish with the panorama. The only thing which I give it an A is the killer paint job on this bait. I am beginning to think this bait is a solution that no one asked for. And I think 6th sense just created this bait cause it's a cool idea but did not follow through on how to make it work or rig it. I see the potential but sadly, till now, I don't see any viable rigging that impress. As times go on, we will see if this bait stands the test of time or will it fade away in history as the bait that wants to be but never gets to be kinda of thing. But I think your last hack on how to repair soft plastic baits was awesome!

[@nextlevelangling]

I appreciate your honesty! I think the main problem we all have is the one that you touched on - this entirely new type/shape of soft plastic bait was released, and we were all left to try and adapt hooks and rigging methods which were meant for other baits to work with the Panorama. Personally, I was excited about the experimentation part of it, but I think after a year, it might be time for 6th Sense to come out with a hook specifically designed for the baits. My process was what you saw here - I broke down what the bait is already good at because of it's design. I looked for ways to accentuate those things it was naturally good at. I went as far as to hunt down videos of actual dying shad (surprisingly hard to find), and changed my tecniques to match the action. Here are the main things that I learned: 1. Fish SLOW. When you're fishing slow enough, fish slower. Then slow it down. Real dying shad don't cover much distance. 2. Fish in areas and during times where shad/baitfish are the primary forage. 3. The closest thing we have to a rig designed for the Panorama is the Ozark Rig, but you MUST reinforce the head with clear/hard plastisol first, or you'll destroy the bait putting it on. --- I'm lucky enough to have a pond next to my house with a lot of big bass and a healthy gizzard shad population where I could experiment - I was able to fool the very pressured, very picky gizzard-eating 4-5 pounders in there that normally will only eat topwater lures and expensive glidebaits. I didn't start catching them until I started fishing verrrrrrrry slow.

[@seanleau]

@nextlevelangling Great input bro, glad you are crazy enough to try it all and report back with your feedbacks. Thanks for sharing! It's such a good looking bait and it will be a pitty to see the most natural way to rig it is on its side. Like I said, 6th sense did not thought of how to rig it and just release it out to the public. This is not a solution to catching more fish but just created a problem that no one asked for. If I need to reinforce the nose of the bait on an already not so good bait in the beginning, just so I can use it with the Ozark rig, I would skip it entirely. Too much work in my opinion and not worth doing. I will repair it if it's broken, not fix a problematic bait right out of the box. It doesn't seem to make sense. "6th Sense" However, you are doing God's work on the rigging technique. Hope to see you explore into new and existing bait in future videos. I think you have a good thing going on for the channel if you stay on this direction. Tight line and wet net buddy!

[@nextlevelangling]

@@seanleau Experimenting with baits/tackle/gear, combining tactics from different disciplines, and learning/creating new ways to catch fish are my favorite things to do - there will definitely be more! Thanks for watching 🙏