Banjo Minnow

[gotmuddy]

8 minutes ago, Mitch f said:

I was at a trade show about 4 years ago and talked to one of the guys who was part of the banjo minnow when it was hot. He said in its peak they were  averaging 2 million in sales per day. 

not surprised at all.  They are still available.

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5 hours ago, Seth said:

I never bought any Banjoy Minnows, but a buddy did and we caught a lot of fish on them. There are several guys that I know that swear by a nose hooked fluke, which is essentially what the Banjo Minnow is. Dad bought me three of the "TV" lures when i was younger as presents. They were the Helicopter Lure, Flying Lure and I believe the Swimming Image. The only one that really didn't work for me was the helicopter lure. It got bites but I could never hook the fish. Probably wasn't using proper tackle. The Flying lure caught a lot of fish for me. IMO it was just a backwards rigged tube anyways. The swimming image came with a hard swimbait/wakebait and a bunch of soft plastic bodies. The soft plastics didn't do much for me, but I hammered fish on that hard swimbait until it fell apart.

My buddy absolutely wore at bass on Tablerock one year with the helicopter.   But never repeated that day again.  Even though he had it tied on for 2 years probably😂.  
 

 

4 hours ago, gotmuddy said:

the flying lure on the other hand is maybe the best dock-fishing bait ever made.

I bought those too.   I didn’t do well on them.  But I love the concept.  You’re right.  Dude was a genius.  

[Ketchup]

I know there’s lots of baits out there much older than the Banjo “1995” but none have a 2am commercial.  😁

The Bionic Lure was another one from that era.  

[Ketchup]

Thinking of nose hooked, did the Banjo spawn the drop shot in a way?

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I nose hook them if it isn’t a snagging area.  To fish them deep I nose hook them with a 4/0 ewg believe it or not.  Works really well to get a fluke down 10’ or more.  If you are patient. 

[Seth]

Lots of guys swear by nose hooking a fluke,which essentially all a banjo minnow is. Lose more baits, but get better action and hook up ratio.

[netboy]

What, nobody mentioned the Mighty Bite. According to "experts"  that big bite chunk out of lure and the red blood accents really get the fish excited.😀😀

 

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4 hours ago, netboy said:

 

What, nobody mentioned the Mighty Bite

 

I remember that.  I never bought them though😆

[netboy]

48 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I remember that.  I never bought that much me though😆

Jeff Mancini, the Big Bite hawker, reminds me of Dan Akroyd doing the Bassomatic skit. I actually had an in-law relative give me a Big Bite kit for Xmass one year many years ago. All you can say is.... Gee thanks.

 

 

 

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51 minutes ago, netboy said:

Jeff Mancini, the Big Bite hawker, reminds me of Dan Akroyd doing the Bassomatic skit. I actually had an in-law relative give me a Big Bite kit for Xmass one year many years ago. All you can say is.... Gee thanks.

 

 

 

Did you try them ?