Buzzbait prep.

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, Bass Yakker said:

Love the analogy.  Must be a LOUD bait!  I need to get/make some of them

😀 People on docks or out in their yard say "What is that you're throwing?"

I say, it's a buzzbait.

"Buzzbait?  Can I see that?

Nope 😁

[Mitch f]

Wonder how many whopper Ploppers/buzzbaits are the fish gonna see the weekend of October 7-8th at LOZ??

[magicwormman]

I think we should start a site where you swap secret baits. There are so many great ideas and baits in this world. As much info as we pass along on this site, why not do the same with baits? Maybe even swap a fishing trip to share baits and demonstrate. I swapped a dozen of my Magicworms to a restaurant owner in Beloit Wisconsin about 15 years ago for her special pancake recipe. I was moving to the Ozarks and really wanted her recipe. She would not sell it for any price, but I did hit a soft spot when I asked her if she had anyone who loved to Bass fish. Her son was a fishing addict and the rest is history.

 

2 cups flour, 2 tablespoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 2 eggs and 2 cups of buttermilk. I mix gently and cook on flat grille. I also love blueberries added when I first drop them in the skillet

 

When you can't contribute, do to lack of fishing skills, there's always good food..

[Hughesy]

About 100 years ago or so we use to make buzz bait blades out of those old colored aluminum drinking glasses. Wife got made as hell. Do any of the old timers remember doing that? It was the happenin' thing back then.

[dtrs5kprs]

4 minutes ago, Hughesy said:

About 100 years ago or so we use to make buzz bait blades out of those old colored aluminum drinking glasses. Wife got made as hell. Do any of the old timers remember doing that? It was the happenin' thing back then.

Coffee cans. Back when they were metal.

[WeekendWarrior]

9 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

I haven't, but I am familiar with them.

All of mine are either completely homemade or modified versions of commercially available ones.   There are alot of buzzbait slingers on this pond and I have realized just over the last year how important it is to have one that does something different.  Size, sound, skirting(or the lack thereof), and the trailer, are really the only variables to play with.  Sound seems to be the most effective variable to alter, as far as truly improving the number of big bites, but it's also the hardest thing to make happen.    

This one here with a tungsten bead sounds like a 5hp Briggs & Stratton that is about to throw a rod.  If I use a brass bead it sounds completely different (more squeal/less knock).   

The hard part is figuring out which is best, and when.  Regardless of water color it seems to me that the noisier it is the sooner in the retrieve you get the bite.   They'll follow a quiet buzzbait for 20 ft. before eating it, but one that raises all kinds of hell either doesn't get bit or gets eaten IMMEDIATELY (the first 3-4 cranks of the reel).

Somebody uses a different buzzbait than the Crockogator buzzbait on LOZ. 😄

[WeekendWarrior]

4 hours ago, Mitch f said:

Wonder how many whopper Ploppers/buzzbaits are the fish gonna see the weekend of October 7-8th at LOZ??

A couple maybe 😄

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, Hughesy said:

About 100 years ago or so we use to make buzz bait blades out of those old colored aluminum drinking glasses. Wife got made as hell. Do any of the old timers remember doing that? It was the happenin' thing back then.

We made bongs out of them.  Buzzbait blades would have been way better but probably would have still pissed my mom off just as bad.

[vernon]

8 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

We made bongs out of them.  Buzzbait blades would have been way better but probably would have still pissed my mom off just as bad.

Proves once again that the mind is a terrible thing...........