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Bait Merchant
Приєднався 27 тра 2023
Bass bait fanatics! We're two Castaic CA based fishing partners who make high performance hand-made custom baits. Subscribe for Castaic lake fishing tips, baits, rigging setups, methods and techniques and more!
Castaic Striped Bass on the hand-airbrushed Bait Merchant 2.75" riser bait
Castaic Lake summer striped bass cruising past a bass spot hits the custom hand painted 2.7" riser painted in Merchant's Natural Shad color.
Available from baitmerchant.com, this bait in this natural baitfish paint scheme is delivering incredible results with all bass species fished slowly and steadily with subtle or no rod movement as both a topwater and swimbait on 8lb fleuro line with basic spinning gear.
Available from baitmerchant.com, this bait in this natural baitfish paint scheme is delivering incredible results with all bass species fished slowly and steadily with subtle or no rod movement as both a topwater and swimbait on 8lb fleuro line with basic spinning gear.
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2.75" Riser Bait Topwater Technique
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A simple demo on Castaic's Upper Lake of basic starter technique for topwater and shallow water fishing the custom hand-airbrushed version of the 2.75" Jackall 007 riser bait we sell on baitmerchant.com. This bait can be fished on a light spinning rod and reel and 8lb fluorocarbon line, with its depth controlled by how long you let it sink and how fast you reel to bring it back towards the surf...
Surprise Castaic Lake Striped Bass on the Dropshot!
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Totally random, totally unplanned, totally unexpected Castaic Lake striped bass hit while bass fishing using the Bait Merchant custom designed Prototype 1 4.7" finesse worm in Neptune Shad color hand-poured locally by C3 Baits. It was hammered while swimming the bait on the retrieve!
Castaic Lagoon Fishing from Shore June 24th 2024
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Castaic Lake Lagoon Fishing at Sunset. How and where we fish the shoreline as we walk around the lake and fish using our own custom made plastic bass baits hand poured C3 Baits in Castaic, California.
Castaic Lake Fishing Techniques for Bass
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Yes, there are fish in Castaic! Sharing some tips and techniques to try on Castaic Lake main lake/upper lake while shallow cove fishing. See how slowly covering water on a calm morning in June draws a beautiful 3LB largemouth from rocks and cover using a 3" custom hand-poured Bait Merchant garden worm in snowfall color on a dropshot with a 12" leader and a 1/8oz tungsten cylinder weight. The Ba...
Castaic Lake Smallmouth on a 1.5" Fluke Bait
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Putting our custom created 1.5" body shad imitator Porter's Castaic Magic fluke to the test on the upper lake at Castaic where it attracted this nice smallmouth on the dropshot. The Bait: baitmerchant.com/products/porters-castaic-magic The Tunsgten Dropshot Weights: baitmerchant.com/pages/tackle
Testing C3 Baits at Castaic Lake
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Testing locally made C3Baits on Castaic Lake. C3 hand pours a few styles of finesse baits including the C3 Shimmy, C3 Ice Pick, C3 Jobu, and C3 flukes. These work great on a dropshot or Carolina rig. One of the custom brands we carry. C3 Baits baitmerchant.com/collections/c3-baits
Castaic largemouth bass deep in the tule
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Castaic lake lagoon fishing with a typically very foolish high snag risk cast into the tule. The risk paid off and drew a reaction bite using the 3.5” Slayer bait in green pumpkin on a dropshot rigged with a size 1 work hook, 12" leader length and a 1/8oz tungsten cylinder dropshot weight. Bait, hook and weight from baitmerchant.com. Slayer Bait: baitmerchant.com/products/3-5-slayer-1 Dropshot ...
Fishing for Castaic Lake bass in cover
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Pulling Castaic Lake lagoon largemouth bass out of treeline cover with a dropshot finesse fishing presentation using the Gunsmoke laminate color Gator Tail 4" bait and 3/16oz tungsten drop shot weight from baitmerchant.com Gator Tail: baitmerchant.com/products/4-gator-tail Dropshot Weight: baitmerchant.com/pages/tackle
I was confused you had a fish since you never really set the hook 🤣
This bait is a 1.5" body shad imitator that blends in with the real fish so they don't even investigate, they just eat it LOL. The striped bass hit it so fast they set the hook themselves about 3/4 of the time, it's crazy. 😂