Why Local Experts Are Hiding The BLADE BAIT From You…

Randy Has a discussion on blade baits and talks about why very few people understand and use them. He offers tips and advice on how and when to fish them…#bladebaits #bassfishing #fishing #fishthemoment #bass #mlf #bassmasteropens #toyotaseries #winter #winterfishing
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[@truthsleuth271]

You are missing out if you don’t use a heavy (1oz) blade bait in mid summer as a high speed crank bait when bass and walleye are hanging out 20 to 30 foot deep. I caught 2 of my 3 biggest bass, lots of striped and my biggest walleye of this year using this method. It gets deep very fast and the high speed retrieve creates the vibration to elicit a reaction bite with sluggish fish. Just my 2 cents. It has worked great for me. The guy at the bait shop was laughing behind my back when I told him how I was fishing these…that’s ok. I have the pictures to prove its success. Don’t be afraid to try something different…even if you get laughed at.

[@63Bare]

That's a great tip!! Thanks for sharing it with us. I never worry about what people think.

[@seizedcarcass8440]

Love the idea. Now I’m going to be looking for some heavy blade baits.

[@ricksonora6656]

You mean, they weren’t just laughing at my jokes?

[@mikefromoh2925]

I fish them horizontal in rivers and streams just like a rattletrap. Great for spillways. Even tiny creeks the 1/4 ounce ones do well!

[@Huntn_fish365]

Silent super lipless.

[@3HandsCustomTackle]

Silver buddies and Heddon sonars also work well. They all hang up but the fish they catch are worth it. A multi species lure type I’ve been using for over 40 years

[@markharmon8018]

Every thing eats a silver buddy for sure

[@andrewwolf4963]

It’s like the in-line spinner , ppl don’t realize how easy it is. I caught a grouper , snapper, largemouth, catfish, white and yellow perch, pickerel , pike, and others all this past year on a blade bait. It was just a cheap one too made by 10,000 fish

[@tomselick6983]

Lol, I have a 3 and a 4yr old …. That’s the dad life brother and you handled it 👌, you can’t be mad when they just want to be apart of what you’re doing, appreciate it

[@larryknoob9798]

I start fishing them in the 70's at Dale Hollow lake I did ok with it I won one tournament at Dale with it great show Thanks

[@shadygraves]

When you know, you know!

[@guylangenfeld2123]

Thanks for all your great tips, Randy. Not everyone is willing to share.

[@kentbrown5369]

Caught my 11.4 pound pb this year hopping a blade bait. I truly feel like I was able to catch it because no one else fishes them here.

[@tobyrader5604]

I’ve been fishing those baits for years and they work n shallow water also!! Big flats in the fall to winter work very good!! Same with walleye and saugeye! They’re all eating the same size baits at this time of year! Thanks for sharing with us Randy and keep up the good work!

[@jefferyswisher6975]

I have caught hundreds of bass and walleye on blade baits, color can be important as well as the weight of the baits, also the size of the baits. Some other things to think about is the drop rate, which can be adjusted by your line size. Also let the fish tell you how they want the bait jerked off the bottom each day. If you are getting short strikes add some scent, I use scent all the time, and yes it works on a blade bait.

[@shadygraves]

Vertical Jigging 101: 1) Get a ½,¾,or1oz Chrome Crippled Herring, ¼,½,or¾oz Chrome Silver Buddy, or ¼,or½oz Hammered Chrome Little George. 2)Find the bait-optimally on some kind of hard, vertical drop on a main lake (or creek) or river point, in current. 3)Drop lure straight down onto structure and lift. Repeat.

[@stevebenson3024]

Blade bait is outstanding in cold water. If you have to many snag problems they sell hook that doesn't have the front barb replace the front treble. Our use Cicadas that's what we use. You can use braid with at least 12 pd floro leader. When you cast the blade can flip over your braid. Use a barrel swivel to prevent line twist. It's a killer all winter and spring. Don't be afraid to use it.

[@johnm2617]

Looks like randy just did a huge bong hit ! And the room is full of smoke !! Lol been using blade bates for 25 years ! Spring and fall are the best times ! Colder water killer !

[@bigbulls6562]

🤣 lmfao i was thinking the same

[@bobbyswain7049]

Bingo 😁

[@krr6581]

Blade baits will work in off colored water as well. Just as in fishing other types of lures in off colored water you can get colors that show up well in stained water. Another thing about these blade baits is that they do vibrate which is a big plus in stained water.

[@edwardcowan7012]

Great in cold water! One of the few baits in your box that you can catch bass on ice fishing. Pretty popular just before ice around here. I also fish a 1/4oz one at ice out on 45 degree banks in shallow water 1-15ft.

[@zacharyjordan1873]

Caught some of my biggest fish on this little lure I’ve thrown the silver buddy the damiki vault and the sonic side. I’m a blade bait nut but my all time favorite is the jackall keeyburn shad just an awesome blade. Love the informative vids man. Tight lines from western North Carolina!!!

[@stetson01]

Most of the "Tips" are for deep (40 + ft) clear water lakes. How about some "Tips" for the shallow (5/10/20 ft) off color lakes for the fall and winter. Thanks

[@HookLife]

Try a 3/4 oz lipless crankbait in. Red craw type color, like a Lucky Craft LV500. Fish it just like a blade bait. Lift it off bottom let it fall.

[@nightfishercustombaits2119]

Lol. Randy is the shallow water king. Watch more of the channel

[@slimetime4668]

@@HookLife screw that man when it gets really cold and muddy a blade bait is the deal fish it like a jig….I pitch it near wood, cast along rip rap, and on shallow points it’s an absolute weapon…gold and black dimiki vault thank me later

[@slimetime4668]

Blade baits aren’t just deep clear water baits…they crush for me in the winter in a body of water that I fish a Dt6 90% of the winter December till beginning of March…when that DT bite is off they will chew that blade bait

[@catchofthedave8681]

How about just spending time on the water with one and figuring out what works for you? Someone can tell you 15 different “secret” ways to fish a bait……..and yeah some might be helpful--but in the end, they are only as good as the time you put in. Look up a few ways to fish something, and then get out and experiment with it. You gotta find out what works for you, with your gear, and your style, etc. If there was a tourney are you gonna track down a local and find out exactly what bait to use, the depth to fish at, where to fish it, and how to retrieve?? No, because you not allowed to in most tourneys--put the time in and figure it out. In my experience, most ways someone says to catch fish don’t work well for me or on my lakes anyways. I gotta find my own cadences and variables; no retrieve is always going to work. Theres a million variables that play into how a fish wants a bait on a certain day. And the only way to even remotely start understanding it is put time in on the water. Pick a bait or technique you aren’t that confident in or never caught a fish; tie it on and only use it all day or for several days. You’ll be amazed what you figure out on your own. You’re your best teacher.

[@flyslinger2]

Elijah - comedic relief! Best memories I have is when my grandfather took me fishing.

[@mikewimmer4614]

Randy, as always great content. Hands down the most honest sober views when it comes to fishing. You need to capture this into a book.

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

Thx man!

[@jessspencer6830]

Used Heddon Sonars for years.

[@lancehardy1219]

I think the Heddon sonar preceeded the Gay blade. Also the Silver Buddy might have preceeded it. I use a Reef runner cicada a lot. I have also built my own using a #4 willow leaf blade and a 3/8 ounce finesse weight. One great time to use them is when it is windy. They cast well into the wind.

[@jamescaspersamanthalintner4767]

Very cool . Someday Elijah is going to be going through these videos and reading these comments . Lol, your KZbin famous little man ! Also Randy last year I tried the new rapala blade it's a hybrid between a blad and a rattle trap. Very versatile and worked great. Rip it, cast it and wind jig it all worked. Good stuff Randy

[@lucaslogg1024]

Blade baits are absolut killing it in Europe for perch fishing. A big favourite favorite is Astro vibe from strike pro. It has a rattle chamber (with a bit more sound) in it so it is a Blade bait but also the rattle action from lipless cranks.

[@markharmon8018]

One of my go to baits in summer also on ledges

[@bradleyrussell1973]

Billy Westmoreland, a local hero here on Dale Hollow, brought the Silver Buddy to it’s fame with his success in the early days of BASS. I knew Billy and his brother Bobby well. The Westmorelands are a fine, prominent family in Clay County Tennessee. Billy made his own line of bass boats in the 70’s, and a couple are still moored and used on Dale Hollow today. Stan Sloan praised him as “The Smallmouth Guru”.

[@stevencaldwell838]

When it’s cold, the middle of winter and nothing is catching fish, I’ll tie on a Damiki Vault blade bait and slow jig it in 10-40.+ feet of water. It’s never fails to produce fish!

[@ronniemitchell9221]

For sure one of my favorite baits.... catches fish and you can really cover some water. Really a hidden tip you gave today that people need to really consider.... awesome baits!!!

[@chrischoate2211]

Man I've been killing it on Stockton Lake the past three weeks with this technique 👍 Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@johngalt3568]

Vitamin C, Zinc and lots of water Randy. Don’t let that crap get you down. Bless you.

[@friskthewaffle7672]

I love your videos. But i would like some diversity in it. I really would love to see some shallow water stuff based on fishing in the south in tannic or muddy water..

[@erk678]

Good tip Randy I bet these would be a killer on smallmouth at Dale Hollow in December .👍

[@WizCudder1]

That is exactly where the blade bait was developed back in the 70s I believe

[@carlhertel7581]

Billy Westmoreland fished the Silver Buddy on Dale Hollow.

[@erk678]

@@carlhertel7581 I fished the silver buddy back in the late seventies at Dale Hollow in the Billy Westmorland December Tournaments.Buddy Banks made the Silver Buddy here in Ky.

[@psschroe42]

Jigging spoons takes me back to the 80’s

[@erichensley3743]

Top 3 confident winter baits for sure

[@bradleyrussell1973]

The chartreuse Megabass is killer even on sunny days for Dale Smallmouth from mid November up until mid January, then the color seems to slack off.

[@senorstealursandwich6916]

I have the gold version of that bait and had some success just straight retreiving along some bridge pylons

[@WhiteBuffalo032]

Amazing bait , great instruction, I would have just cast it like a crankbait.lol. I've kept a baby brush hog on for years, that's it .lol. time to expand bait selection.

[@slimetime4668]

Fishing them horizontally is more productive tbh pump and fell to the bottom only lifting them up half a foot at most

[@edmawyer5959]

Randy, Always appreciate your videos! Thanks for sharing your experience with us!

[@WhiteBuffalo032]

After the video on mental game and 3 phases I'm subscribed. Great content. Thank you.

[@seizedcarcass8440]

Blade baits are so simple and effective. It’s like a more versatile lipless. It’s better in cold water and it seems a lot more weedless.

[@terrykloster9121]

The slower you work the bait the better. Additionally it will catch almost anything so it's not uncommon to catch other species.

[@markmoretzfishing]

Randy really like what your doing it’s my favorite show 👍👍nothing but great information!!!!!!!

[@Fishing4Reel]

I've used the small size Chrome with a blue back gay blade for years for schooling yellow bass or white bass. Fishing under the lights at night. They just slay the fish when nothing else produces.

[@paulmerritt7540]

Thanks for the great tactic advice on these fish catchers!

[@donaldmartin4980]

I love blade baits, however, I tend to catch every species in a lake on them except bass, lol. Walleye, white bass, hybrids, drum, catfish, crappie, even bluegills ! Bass ? Rarely.

[@tbenson5966]

Yep!!!!

[@SpookyRedz]

You made me think you were going to talk about the scrounger head oops my bad , never seen those neither mr Randy

[@mikenest]

Love your channel, A little house keeping...Get New Lights. Looks like a room full of smoke. Thanks

[@Rusty6003]

You are WAY too picky! Quit your bitching!

[@danielmckeen2465]

Late night in the "Tackle Room"😁Loving the hat!!!😊

[@BassholeByNatureFishing]

I wonder what Randy would look like today with long hair!! Buggs Island Randy Had the luscious locks back in the day!! 😂😂😂😂

[@johncoyote6755]

Randy I hear you talk a lot about conservation and fisheries issues. I live in southwest Georgia. I fish from west point lake down to lake eufaula and the lakes in between the two. Our lakes are stocked with stripers. The old guys say 8lb plus bass used to be fairly common before they stocked stripers. They tell me big striper out compete big bass for the same forage. This has decimated the big bass population. Are you familiar with this issue? How can we stop this lunacy?

[@1MoreFish]

Thanks Randy! Another great video!

[@stevencaldwell838]

Blades catch bass in the coldest Fall and Winter conditions when nothing else will!

[@danham3344]

I have some of these but never knew how to fish them. Are you throwing to submerged timber only if the bass are suspended above the trees? Can’t imagine bringing it through the tree-tops. Great video Randy, thanks.

[@chrismargarum6863]

I love megabass rods, they have very nice lures, quality quality stuff, but I cant get over how expensive alot of them lures are, $21 dollars for a crank bait, I love my 6th sense lures, they are in point and always advancing and making better, the only way to get half of these companies like megabass lures you cant just buy everything and all there colors, you gotta be rich or be sponsored, I would love to own 3 of everything they got, just cant afford it.

[@TheGnthreman]

thats a staple here in northern indiana right now.

[@douglasspickler4925]

My only problem is keeping from snagging it. I'm hung up all the time.

[@samleary3108]

Cutting off the front hook on the front treble should help, some even come with only two hooks on the front hook

[@douglasspickler4925]

@@samleary3108 thanks Sam

[@kenellis1580]

Get well soon!

[@sowabunga]

What is your favorite size/weight in those seep submerged trees?

[@jdnotariano]

It seems to me like a variation on a lipless crank bait. What can this do that a lipless can not or vise versa?

[@michaellindsey3808]

When is the last time a tournament was won on a blade bait??? B.A.S.S, MLF, FLW, ?

[@Eternai91]

Thank you for the info. I'll give it a try in my local ponds for some winter bass. I do have one question, which I'd like to ask you to clarify. Do you modify the blade bait at all before bottom jigging it (especially like you said around timber)? I have tried this technique with no success last winter, however the main issue I had was the fact that trebles keep snagging hard on the bottom and I end up loosing a fair bit of these baits. I personally have decided to snap off 1 side of the treble and see how that goes. I'm curious about your opinion on this.

[@randyblaukatintuitive]

I don’t modify the Lure at all. Just tied on and fish it

[@seriousmechanicing]

Gayblade? Hard to understand why it didn't catch on!

[@TheGnthreman]

put a feather hook and scent on the feather

[@myriammorrison9840]

Haha real life 😂, I love the video.

[@brettnewman7389]

Am I the only one that thought this was that 70’s show and filming 360 in basement?

[@juancarloschevere6474]

Whats the best size for shallow water!?

[@carlschildtknecht762]

Come on E! Paw's tryin' to work here!

[@nickbrueggeman3413]

Randy randy randy You don’t need to tell everybody allll the secrets!! Lol Ps- listen to this man :)

[@travisbruno1988]

Definitely not a shallow bait for bank anglers either

[@bettyherbert9399]

Are them your kids??? Or what just curious

[@zgambler1]

been using them for years

[@SpookyRedz]

That’s nice , I like

[@michaelumucslie4410]

I'm sure people are reluctant to fish them because they probably hang up on every cast

[@JamesP29]

If you keep giving up the info there's going be some locals waiting for you at the boat ramp one day!

[@chuckkaleel9105]

I may have missed it, what pound test line ?

[@jefferyswisher6975]

I usually use 10 to 12 pound floro, on a med to med heavy rod with some tip action. On the smaller 1/4 ounce baits use a spinning rod with 8 or 10 floro. You also may want to use braid with a leader if fishing really deep.

[@jv59]

He said 15 lb test.

[@tomcece3325]

More Juice

[@mirsadmemic5863]

If you let down blade lure or any other you will loose them in 5 minutes.You didn't say that. But there is way to avoid that =use sliding barb and control your debt. This is big secret. Good luck gays!

[@timkrouly6560]

Randy love the content, but dang the lighting glow is just awful 😞

[@robwilliams2265]

Why does no one seem to fish these during warm weather? Why is it considered only a cold water bait

[@shadygraves]

I think it's because of the lure's action. It more closely resembles a shad in cold water.

[@robwilliams2265]

@@shadygraves that sounds reasonable. But I just wonder why it wouldn't be effective other times, because so many of the lures out there don't really look like anything the bass sees, and yet they are effective year round.

[@guad512]

I tied a 3/8 Damiki Vault (Black Holo) on during a September tournament in Texas in 90 degree water, because the bite was tough and the bait was tiny. It was my first experience with the bait and I immediately stuck a 5lb’er jigging the bait off the bottom! Moral of the story, I think matching the hatch is more important than matching the season?

[@robwilliams2265]

@@guad512 thanks a bunch

[@mattnash5159]

One guy in the comments mentioned having success with this bait in the peak of summer using it like a crankbait.

[@micheledaugherty275]

Cut back on the videos ( Quality Control ) over saturation? More hits = more money, but a video every minute?

[@bhmsupra]

Thanks Randy - good tips. Please figure out what the glare is all about. Hard to watch. This isn’t a podcast. Video quality matters to a lot of folks. Fix it please.

[@mcvideo8686]

Is that kid special?

[@travisbruno1988]

Nothing is hidden secret anymore. These pros have been on youtube for 8 years talking about blade baits. Ike is one of them that uses blade baits all winter

[@travisbruno1988]

The damiki vault the best

[@shadygraves]

@@travisbruno1988 I disagree. The Original Silver Buddy has given me several (cold!) 35-45 bass days.

[@patrickthenomad]

Trying to watch a video about fishing. Instead we got a bunch of chatter about subscribing and joining. It's 2 minutes into the video and I've learned more about blade baits from the comments. Trying to make out your voice from the echo of the room is painful. Maybe just up your production quality and people will join without you having to ask.