Rapala had a similar bait years ago that was made out of balsa wood and I lost a ton off bass on and you helped me understand why I thank you for that now I have a box of both sizes of HH it goes with me every where 👍👍👍
I have thrown they HH Jr. Shallow a ton this year. I have learned so much about it. It works in so many situations and conditions. As you say, the DO crush it. They do hit it, not load up on it. This is the first model of Hybrid Hunter I have used. This video is big time helpful. Thanks for doing it! I have been struggling with keeping them hooked up and have used a variety of rods. Some have worked better than others. I will definitely go in the direction you suggest.
It is crazy how many places this bait will work. I use it a lot in the back of pockets that have wood all over the place. It will come through that great. And those fish hardly ever see something like that. I’m so glad you had the idea to bring this back.
Thanks I had bought the lure but was really confused about setup and where to fish this lure. I guess when u invent the lure u know how and when to fish. Really interesting how u went behind the chatter bait and caught fish!! Thanks u are a great teacher.
@@toddcastledinefishing5924 no doubt about it! I bet this bait is a tough one. On one hand you want it to sell for obvious reasons, but on the other hand once guys figure it out & ways to fish it it’ll eventually not be as good due to the increased hh pressure. Idk though. That learning curve can be steep for some.
I’ve been talking about it for years and I still never have to compete against people that much with it. They are so caught up in throwing stuff they are use to rather than really experimenting. The guys who know though fish it religiously
That bait is a killer down here int he sallow grassy lakes in south Florida. I follow behind guys throwing the chatter bait and wack them when they don't.
Ok your a great salesman i just bought 3 HH junior shallows in smooth, blk gold and, and chart black. Gonna try them on Conroe my home lake. It gets beat to death with bladed jigs.
@toddcastledinefishing5924 I caught 5 keepers last weekend most was on swim jig but biggest was on the HH. I would love to see you make a video on conroe.
@toddcastledinefishing5924 haven't given it a look yet but I will now. Our fish are super presured, Roosevelt lake. Lots of flooded brush and wood but no vegetation.
@toddcastledinefishing5924 My favorite has been the gizard shad. Clear with some flash. I will give the watermelon red a shot, around the time the bluegill fry start running around. Thank you for your time and the content.
I have caught bass on this every time I'm out. All small, but lots of them. I have weighted it down to 1/2 oz, and changed to larger hooks. It works great!
After watching an earlier video, I ordered the rod ,line as recommended, I've always fished Lews reels and I that setup exceeded my expectations. Haven't thrown the shallow on it yet . Will cast the regular size a country mile. Your color preference for stained milky water would be which one. Thank you for such quality content.
I bought 6 different colors of the Hybird Hunter Jr's. Its the crank. Just like you do for The Strike King 1.5 squarebill. Crank, Crank. Then pause. It is not a crank bait. It will move to the top of the water. If you have used a down billed Shad Rap made by Rapala. Bounce it off cover. Not rocks. Because it will knock the down turned bill. I fish the Regular Hybird Hunter Jr's. Adjust the speed and cranks and pauses. Till you find the right crank speed. I tear them Largies up on the red craw color. It is Mid April. Temps in the high 60's and low 70. Caught 3 Females over 4pds and a leasts 10 males over 3 pd's. I quit using the chatterbaits or spinnerbaits. Its that good! 😮 Shawn.
Blue Bird skies 7am….Bully HH nailed one. All times of day into early evening..Green Gizzard, Blue Craw, Smooth…What I’ve used so far…all effective. Going down the color line testing them all. Partly cloudy skies to black skies ready to dump rain. Fish on every occasion. Just need to try it in snowy weather….But I’m in Florida. 🤔
HH is one of my top 2 baits. Do you have any color recommendation for a certain water color? If that’s too much juice to give out I understand. Awesome video. Thanks Todd.
Clear water I usually try to do more natural colors. At the craziest in clear water, I will occasionally throw straight up white or bone white. Muddy water, I want bold dark colors. That pretty much applies across the board for all baits.
I need to make myself learn the shallow. I’ve had so much success on the original versions, and don’t think I give the shallow enough time before I change back to the originals.
I watched this and had that “epiphany” the night before I went fishing. Couldn’t figure out how to find the fish in the grass. Went 3 times before and caught small, 1-2lbrs. I had 3 hybrid jrs (decided on the clear minnow cuz the water is SUPER clear) I had the best fishing day I’ve ever had. Picked up this bait on a windy point with some grass, Caught a 4.9, NEXT cast, a 6.10, then almost ever cast 3s &4s. I even left to pick up a buddy, came back, IMMEDIATELY started catching them. This bait is INSANE
Hopefully you can answer this. Up here Minnesota. Upper Mississippi St Croix river. Water can be clear rain. Mud. Lot of shallow lakes grass water kinda green clear primary food small gills. Smaller rivers. Colors 🤔🤔🤔. Suggestion
Todd, Ive always used the lighter crankbait rods because its got treble hooks. How do you keep the fish pinned with the medium heavy rod that you said was like a swimbait rod? I always try to use lighter rods for anything with trebles and stiffer rods on baits with single hooks since they are harder for the fish to thrownthe hook if they manage to get a little slack and leverage.
Just try it, wait till you see my Toledo Bend series. I catch over 40 and never lose one. Try that one rod and you’ll see. Watch the video closely and watch how the rod stays loaded the whole time
Hi Todd. Love your videos. Great information. But your videos are always very dark and you cannot be seen easily. If you could record with the sun in your face or use a fill reflector it would lighten your video greatly. Keep up your informative videos. 👍
I fish behind my buddy allot of times he only throws the original chatter bait and i catch as many as he does fishing behind the chatter bait only throwing my hybrid hunter Jrs
Real deal I just hold my rod tip higher. Actually the whole rod at times. Like reeling form the chest instead of the hips. But I'm definitely fishing one foot of water with the H2 jr's.
There's an inherent limitation in the kinds of design that one can do for the gear tackle fishing rod such as a bait casting fishing rod. As too many things about lures made for conventional gear tackle 'lean' too much on the idea of a tensioned line, pulling against a metal loop 'line tie', and that's it. What finesse solutions tried to do for gear anglers, was to try to branch away, or branch out from that first and most important limitation. In other words, to make a bait 'do something other', than what baits generally do.
It's the exact same though with other forms of tackle, the static fishing fly lures. The dynamic fishing fly lures. The swung and dragged fishing fly rigs or set ups. The missing lure and tackle on a lot of decks of a lot of bass boats for shallow water angling is a good Tenkara rig, line and lure. And shame on John Cox and others for not figuring that much out by now (even though John is pulling winning bags of large mouth bass from trees full of May flies on places like Pickwick). Yet will insist on working with a baitcaster for even that. Sort of like using a power drill to saw two-by-four's. Or using a skill saw to punch in steel carpentry nails. When do bass anglers know to admit defeat, and develop a full set of tools of their trade?
I guess this was for me i have 2 HH 1 jr. Still have yet to get bit. I fished it today for 45 mins in 2 foot of water and back of 3 coves. In a lake that has giants. Im gonna figure it out. Its personal😂
You kinda seem to fish like it’s a lipless crankbait and a chatterbait at the same time. Where you constantly change cadence, speed and, movement, but constantly keep it doing something with sporadic momentary pauses and rips and pulls. Just constantly affecting what it’s doing.
@@toddcastledinefishing5924 imma have to get me one or 7 of them to play with. I’m sure that you have, because they are aggressive to the point of being kinda dumb, but have you had good success on big spotted bass as well? lol. That’s most of what I have in the main lakes here in north ga. Just a lot more big spots than there are decent largemouths, so you’re kinda better off targeting the big spots and just taking the largemouths as you get them. If you target the largemouth in most places you’ll just be limiting yourself to much fewer fish. Only a few places that you can justify chasing largemouths and half of em are in ponds. lol
Rapala had a similar bait years ago that was made out of balsa wood and I lost a ton off bass on and you helped me understand why I thank you for that now I have a box of both sizes of HH it goes with me every where 👍👍👍
I have thrown they HH Jr. Shallow a ton this year. I have learned so much about it. It works in so many situations and conditions. As you say, the DO crush it. They do hit it, not load up on it. This is the first model of Hybrid Hunter I have used. This video is big time helpful. Thanks for doing it! I have been struggling with keeping them hooked up and have used a variety of rods. Some have worked better than others. I will definitely go in the direction you suggest.
I am a bank angler, and the shallow version smokes em. It is an awesome crankbait. It is my favorite.
It is crazy how many places this bait will work. I use it a lot in the back of pockets that have wood all over the place. It will come through that great. And those fish hardly ever see something like that. I’m so glad you had the idea to bring this back.
Exactly it’s crazy where it can work when you look at it differently
What colors do yall throw?
Love the shallow version. I fish it over the top of grass where you only have 12-18 inches of clear water. Bass love it!
My favorite shallow water bait down here in FL
Thanks I had bought the lure but was really confused about setup and where to fish this lure. I guess when u invent the lure u know how and when to fish. Really interesting how u went behind the chatter bait and caught fish!! Thanks u are a great teacher.
I've had the same experience in a river with a chatterbait. 1st cast as soon as it touched the water right after fished a texas rig worm
Nothing beats the buoyancy and versatility of that HH up shallow. Nothing! Best takeaway from this video is “don’t think of it like a crank bait.”
Yes and there will still be people who look at it that way and it will prevent them from maximizing what it can do
@@toddcastledinefishing5924 no doubt about it! I bet this bait is a tough one. On one hand you want it to sell for obvious reasons, but on the other hand once guys figure it out & ways to fish it it’ll eventually not be as good due to the increased hh pressure. Idk though. That learning curve can be steep for some.
I’ve been talking about it for years and I still never have to compete against people that much with it. They are so caught up in throwing stuff they are use to rather than really experimenting. The guys who know though fish it religiously
@@toddcastledinefishing5924 Indeed we do Obi-wan. I used to throw a spinnerbait everywhere I go, now it’s the HH. I can’t help myself!
Are you making a one knocker this year
That bait is a killer down here int he sallow grassy lakes in south Florida. I follow behind guys throwing the chatter bait and wack them when they don't.
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Ok your a great salesman i just bought 3 HH junior shallows in smooth, blk gold and, and chart black. Gonna try them on Conroe my home lake. It gets beat to death with bladed jigs.
Your not gonna like my video in the future when I show this on Conroe then because 3 won't be enough
@toddcastledinefishing5924 I caught 5 keepers last weekend most was on swim jig but biggest was on the HH. I would love to see you make a video on conroe.
I have picked up some of the HH jr."s for fishing brushes and wood here in Az as the water is rising in our central lakes.
What about the shallow version
@toddcastledinefishing5924 haven't given it a look yet but I will now. Our fish are super presured, Roosevelt lake. Lots of flooded brush and wood but no vegetation.
Is it clear, if so try the clear water minnow color or the watermelon red
@toddcastledinefishing5924 My favorite has been the gizard shad. Clear with some flash. I will give the watermelon red a shot, around the time the bluegill fry start running around. Thank you for your time and the content.
You bet I forgot about the gizzard Shad it had a cool subtle flash
I have caught bass on this every time I'm out. All small, but lots of them. I have weighted it down to 1/2 oz, and changed to larger hooks. It works great!
After watching an earlier video, I ordered the rod ,line as recommended, I've always fished Lews reels and I that setup exceeded my expectations. Haven't thrown the shallow on it yet . Will cast the regular size a country mile. Your color preference for stained milky water would be which one. Thank you for such quality content.
I bought 6 different colors of the Hybird Hunter Jr's. Its the crank. Just like you do for The Strike King 1.5 squarebill. Crank, Crank. Then pause. It is not a crank bait. It will move to the top of the water. If you have used a down billed Shad Rap made by Rapala. Bounce it off cover. Not rocks. Because it will knock the down turned bill. I fish the Regular Hybird Hunter Jr's. Adjust the speed and cranks and pauses. Till you find the right crank speed. I tear them Largies up on the red craw color. It is Mid April. Temps in the high 60's and low 70. Caught 3 Females over 4pds and a leasts 10 males over 3 pd's. I quit using the chatterbaits or spinnerbaits. Its that good! 😮 Shawn.
So how well does it do on sunny days or ams? Not many cloudy days this time of yr. Prefrontal or what...
Just fine
Blue Bird skies 7am….Bully HH nailed one. All times of day into early evening..Green Gizzard, Blue Craw, Smooth…What I’ve used so far…all effective. Going down the color line testing them all. Partly cloudy skies to black skies ready to dump rain. Fish on every occasion. Just need to try it in snowy weather….But I’m in Florida. 🤔
HH is one of my top 2 baits. Do you have any color recommendation for a certain water color? If that’s too much juice to give out I understand. Awesome video. Thanks Todd.
Clear water I usually try to do more natural colors. At the craziest in clear water, I will occasionally throw straight up white or bone white. Muddy water, I want bold dark colors. That pretty much applies across the board for all baits.
I need to make myself learn the shallow. I’ve had so much success on the original versions, and don’t think I give the shallow enough time before I change back to the originals.
What are you go to colors for this time of year? water temp 62°+
Man I can crush em on the HH and HH jr. I have not figured out the shallow versions. They seem to act differently than the regular.
great video and info ! Thank you for sharing !
Do you have a split ring or snap on the line tie?
Split ring comes on it
Todd, is there a water temp rage that the HH JR excels?
Nope, if they are shallow they will bite it all year
You cant explain it any better .
Todd what kind of hooks and size are you replacing the stocks with? For regular & jr hunter .
Regular #2 Jr #4
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Do use switch them for heavy wire hooks or just regular wire owners?
www.tacklewarehouse.com/Owner_STX-38_Zo_Wire_Treble_Hook/descpage-OSTTE.html?from=tcast
I watched this and had that “epiphany” the night before I went fishing. Couldn’t figure out how to find the fish in the grass. Went 3 times before and caught small, 1-2lbrs. I had 3 hybrid jrs (decided on the clear minnow cuz the water is SUPER clear)
I had the best fishing day I’ve ever had. Picked up this bait on a windy point with some grass, Caught a 4.9, NEXT cast, a 6.10, then almost ever cast 3s &4s. I even left to pick up a buddy, came back, IMMEDIATELY started catching them. This bait is INSANE
Are you thinking about making this bait in a one knocker ...
I am hoping you do
Hopefully you can answer this. Up here Minnesota. Upper Mississippi St Croix river. Water can be clear rain. Mud. Lot of shallow lakes grass water kinda green clear primary food small gills. Smaller rivers. Colors 🤔🤔🤔. Suggestion
sorry if I missed it in a previous video, but what is the rod youre using for the HH and HH jr? Thankks
It’s in the video and in the description, I showed and told how to find it.
www.tacklewarehouse.com/Lews_Super_Duty_Speed_Stick_Casting_Rods/descpage-LSDSSC.html?from=tcast
@@toddcastledinefishing5924 thanks I was watching on my phone and didnt see it. I'll check it out
Good deal👍
Love the Smooth color. Great video.
Great video and Thanks for the info 👍
Thanks Todd!
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Nice Video 🎣
"come on, man,"don't let the cat out of the bag
No one talks about the shallow trust me you still got it to yourself 😂
Just bought some!😂
Good stuff. Todd. Guys, if you skip the commercials, Todd doesn’t get paid. Be patient
Still catching them near the grass. It’s amazing how the bigger fish want this compared to a chatterbait
Blows my mind how trolls come on here wanting fish catches. Thanks, Todd 👊🏼
Todd, Ive always used the lighter crankbait rods because its got treble hooks. How do you keep the fish pinned with the medium heavy rod that you said was like a swimbait rod? I always try to use lighter rods for anything with trebles and stiffer rods on baits with single hooks since they are harder for the fish to thrownthe hook if they manage to get a little slack and leverage.
Just try it, wait till you see my Toledo Bend series. I catch over 40 and never lose one. Try that one rod and you’ll see. Watch the video closely and watch how the rod stays loaded the whole time
Hi Todd. Love your videos. Great information. But your videos are always very dark and you cannot be seen easily. If you could record with the sun in your face or use a fill reflector it would lighten your video greatly. Keep up your informative videos. 👍
I can’t make the sun come out, it’s pouring at the moment
I PUT ON an HH" and it was first cast first crank "INSTANT" KEEPER -FIRST CAST EVER w/ it!!!! Works in Idaho!
Yall need a true bluegill color please!
I fish behind my buddy allot of times he only throws the original chatter bait and i catch as many as he does fishing behind the chatter bait only throwing my hybrid hunter Jrs
What about the shallow version
Real deal I just hold my rod tip higher. Actually the whole rod at times. Like reeling form the chest instead of the hips. But I'm definitely fishing one foot of water with the H2 jr's.
Try the shallow I promise you’ll love it way better for those applications. Trust me on this
I was doing real good with junior in the same type of water until the wind picked up. Then the bite shut down..
I’ve been seeing a lot of videos on this bait I went and bought a couple. I just ain’t caught a fish on it yet.
Try it in places you’d never think about throwing a bait like that
Have you thrown the shallow version
I fish it on same gear as dicky newberry trap set up and look at it like a trap
There's an inherent limitation in the kinds of design that one can do for the gear tackle fishing rod such as a bait casting fishing rod. As too many things about lures made for conventional gear tackle 'lean' too much on the idea of a tensioned line, pulling against a metal loop 'line tie', and that's it. What finesse solutions tried to do for gear anglers, was to try to branch away, or branch out from that first and most important limitation. In other words, to make a bait 'do something other', than what baits generally do.
It's the exact same though with other forms of tackle, the static fishing fly lures. The dynamic fishing fly lures. The swung and dragged fishing fly rigs or set ups. The missing lure and tackle on a lot of decks of a lot of bass boats for shallow water angling is a good Tenkara rig, line and lure. And shame on John Cox and others for not figuring that much out by now (even though John is pulling winning bags of large mouth bass from trees full of May flies on places like Pickwick). Yet will insist on working with a baitcaster for even that. Sort of like using a power drill to saw two-by-four's. Or using a skill saw to punch in steel carpentry nails. When do bass anglers know to admit defeat, and develop a full set of tools of their trade?
Killer on Rayburn if you look at it like a trap
I guess this was for me i have 2 HH
1 jr. Still have yet to get bit. I fished it today for 45 mins in 2 foot of water and back of 3 coves. In a lake that has giants. Im gonna figure it out. Its personal😂
Did you fish the shallow version
People are gonna watch this video and it’s still gonna go over their head. Great video Todd 👊🏾 thanks for the tips!
Awesome! LOL!!
Should I use a mono leader or flouro leader ? And what size braid? Thanks for the fantastic information and all your work!!
But I will say, is really weed less
Best weedless bait with trebles no doubt
You kinda seem to fish like it’s a lipless crankbait and a chatterbait at the same time. Where you constantly change cadence, speed and, movement, but constantly keep it doing something with sporadic momentary pauses and rips and pulls. Just constantly affecting what it’s doing.
Yes
@@toddcastledinefishing5924 imma have to get me one or 7 of them to play with. I’m sure that you have, because they are aggressive to the point of being kinda dumb, but have you had good success on big spotted bass as well? lol. That’s most of what I have in the main lakes here in north ga. Just a lot more big spots than there are decent largemouths, so you’re kinda better off targeting the big spots and just taking the largemouths as you get them. If you target the largemouth in most places you’ll just be limiting yourself to much fewer fish. Only a few places that you can justify chasing largemouths and half of em are in ponds. lol
So, what you're saying is, it's a crankbait, spinnerbait and chatter bait all in one? 😂
And swimbait
Not a chatterbait but a jerkbait
HH wins Redkreast 2029
it’s a square bill. we all know that
It's not April fools so I hope you are kidding.