Banjo Minnows

Weedless Fishing System

"The Banjo Minnow is not reeled in like a conventional lure. It must be retrieved with short quick jerks. After each short, quick jerk, the rod tip should snap back towards the lure creating slack in the line. This slack allows the lure to move in different directions creating random directional action. There should be a pause between each jerk. That is when the strike will come and the slack allows the bait to be inhaled. (It is important to allow the bait to be sucked backwards into the fishes mouth, otherwise it can miss the hook) .When a person becomes comfortable with the stop and go action and creating slack line, they can then try and put a wiggle in the jerk. In other words the jerk is made up of a number of tiny mini jerks. This makes the Banjo Minnow swim. It is not necessary to make most fish bite, but once the swimming action is learned the Banjo becomes undetectable from a real injured bait fish." 

We went up to Lake Muskosung, bass fishing with my wife and kids.  My youngest boy Avery was fishing with a small Grey Banjo Minnow.  We were drifting slowly and he was jerking the minnow and letting it sink.  It didn't take long for the smallmouth bass to start hitting the bait in the shallows.  We caught 6 nice ones in all!  I enjoyed using the bait, and really do suggest that the video that's available with it be viewed before using.  The minnow baits are VERY pliable making them move quite nicely through the water.   There are a ton of different styles of minnows/frogs you can get depending on the species of bait fish you like to fish with.  These are actually some of the most versatile baits I've ever used... 

Banjo Minnows can be emailed at wayneh@tdstelme.net or you can visit the website here

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