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  • Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
  • In this video, we put the Texas rig worm to the ultimate test with some exciting and unique alternatives. Join us on Lake Guntersville as we try out a super popular tournament bait discussed by Alton Jones Jr. to see if it truly catches more fish. We'll also be testing the innovative Geecrack Bellows Gill and Raid Hira Tailor-two extremely unique Japanese soft plastic lures. Will these new baits outperform the traditional Texas rig worm in catching bass? Watch to find out!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 132

  • @benwilkey2060
    @benwilkey2060 Місяць тому +5

    The Bellows Gill looks great on a belly weighted swimbait hook (also with a screw lock). The pop and fall looks SO good. That being said, I’ve never gotten bit on it. 😂

  • @raybrenneman7240
    @raybrenneman7240 Місяць тому +20

    I’ve been using them on a swim jig and a skipping jig. Try trimming down the skirts to almost half the material and density leaving just enough strands to simulate the flaring of gills and side fins. Action is great dragging and hopping or swimming it. The jig eliminates the spinning and the hook is well exposed and trim the weed guard to your individual need . Bass really hang on to the bait giving you plenty of time to hook set

    • @teamskeet129310
      @teamskeet129310 28 днів тому

      Swim jig was exactly what I was thinking with these baits. I’ll probably pick up a couple of both styles to see how they do. Sweet video tho like the honest reviews 🤘🎣

    • @kasonf2176
      @kasonf2176 10 днів тому

      I’m a jig man, and i got some in the mail yesterday. This is exactly what ive been looking to figure out. Thank you very much

  • @erikecklund8481
    @erikecklund8481 Місяць тому +10

    I have been catching them since 2021 on the BellowsGill. I use the 3.8 on a Fusion 5-0 swimbait hook with the screw-lock. Usually I fish it weighless and twitch/snap retrieve it in grass.

  • @jeffreyrodgers5835
    @jeffreyrodgers5835 Місяць тому +17

    Just what i need another rabbit hole.

    • @fjc8900
      @fjc8900 28 днів тому

      😂 right

    • @DownLow64
      @DownLow64 15 днів тому

      Exactly lol hell yea!

  • @bcm1892
    @bcm1892 Місяць тому +4

    Love that 3.8 bellows gills for pitching into laydowns and any other kind of hole I can find. I use 3/0 ewg jungle hook and never had an issue with hook ups. I picked up some of the newer bellow shad but haven’t got a chance to use them yet.

  • @ronfeltonfishing
    @ronfeltonfishing 26 днів тому +1

    A good trick to stop the bait from slippery down the hook, is to put a bobber stop on the hook after you hook the nose then hook the body. Works well.

  • @maxcole3930
    @maxcole3930 Місяць тому +2

    My 2 favorite of bellows gills is 5.8" & 2". Yeap on the screw locks. I use weighted & non weighted swimbait hooks with screw locks. The baits last pretty long that way. I use 2" on drop shots & small ball head jigs.

  • @vincentlivoti4184
    @vincentlivoti4184 Місяць тому +2

    Mikey, you got to try those on an owner screw lock hook. If they rip the bait, there used to be a tool that I believed Zorro bait made called the zap it. It was basically a battery-powered soldering tip that you could weld the plastic back together or you could also create crazy Frankenstein type baits by basically fusing different parts of different soft plastics together to make custom stuff.

  • @mattfast7006
    @mattfast7006 Місяць тому +3

    Free rig all day

  • @krr6581
    @krr6581 День тому

    I have used both the Raid 3.7 and the Bellows Gill 3.8”. For both I use Lazer Trokar MagWorm BARB EWG Hook. It has a keeper that keeps the lure from sliding down the hook. I find the Raid to be a little more durable than the Bellows Gill. I normally am pitching them into shallow cover no more than 5 to 6 feet using a 3/8oz tungsten flipping weight. I’ve caught some good fish on them with the biggest so far being close to 5lbs. As mentioned in the video they are pricey. The Raid might be the better deal as the durability is a little better.

  • @tomkaravites4049
    @tomkaravites4049 Місяць тому +4

    Those work really well on a Free Rig

  • @tjm12995
    @tjm12995 Місяць тому +1

    the hira tailor gets absolutely chewed by the bigger ones, havent tried the bellows gill but definitely looking to pick them up, thanks for the killer content as always mr balzz 🤙

  • @geezersbassin2567
    @geezersbassin2567 Місяць тому +1

    I just picked up my first pack of the Bellows Gill but haven't used it yet. Thanks for the video to save me some time with rigging and using the baits!

  • @antongoatlord6860
    @antongoatlord6860 Місяць тому +2

    Been using the Belows since Muninore brought them into Iapan import tackle. Nose hook them on a bullet jig with massive natural appeal around rocks & wood. Free weight on a wide gap hook & I super glue them to the shank near the eye. C-Rigs & swinghead ran at a fast pace has increased my bites as well. Fish luv a new treat. Thanx brahman 🤘🤘

  • @bretfuller9208
    @bretfuller9208 Місяць тому +1

    In Pa, I’ve been throwing the Bellows Swimmer on a Beast hook. Just bumping it across the rocks on bottom. But they do tear up easy. The first bass that bit it, threw it off at the boat, and with all the salt, it sank before I could grab it. Durability is in question, but they also get bit.

    • @DividedWeAllFall
      @DividedWeAllFall Місяць тому

      I think I saw a vid about them making them in elastec or whatever now. But I noticed the same thing.

  • @thequixoticangler3364
    @thequixoticangler3364 Місяць тому +2

    Yep. Bellows Gill. Nasty sh*t. Extremely effective.

  • @scottharvey2392
    @scottharvey2392 Місяць тому +1

    The Bellows are great on the Ozark Rig from Core. I love the Shad size on a screw lock size 3, as well. Great bait, just hate getting the tails bit off!

  • @garyplowman5838
    @garyplowman5838 Місяць тому

    I have never used that type of bait and I definitely want to pick up a few of those baits to try them up in the state of Maine for Sally's and Larry's when I go to the cabin on my vacation. Thank you for showing how they work 👍🏻

  • @tims_always_fishing7117
    @tims_always_fishing7117 Місяць тому +1

    I've been using the tanuki and it's putting in work! Gonna try some geecrack one of these day. Thanks Mikey

  • @kurtbjork231
    @kurtbjork231 Місяць тому +2

    Hey Mikey sweet video, I just gave your dad a flat top hair cut at my shop in minocqua, I just bought a 16 foot mirrocraft aluminum boat your videos got me pumped up to go catch some fish, tell your dad I'm watching your videos, thanks Kurt

  • @IRONMIKE_D
    @IRONMIKE_D Місяць тому +2

    I just ordered some. Thanks for the recommendation

  • @alanrasmussen4097
    @alanrasmussen4097 Місяць тому +1

    Try the Gimmy from Bottom Up. It is similar to the Raid bait but the body of the Gimmy is segmented and gives it a semi springy action. The Gimmy is amazing on a swim jig, I imagine those baits would work well on swim jig as well.

  • @TheTDH64
    @TheTDH64 Місяць тому +1

    If you’re gonna use them for t rigging you gotta get the elastic versions of these! I have them in every color of the bellows shad they offer and they absolutely destroy them here plus I can use one for weeks on end without tearing up. They also released bellows gills and bellows sticks in the elastic form this year too

    • @BadKarma.-
      @BadKarma.- 8 днів тому

      I didn't know one existed haha

  • @billyallmon5039
    @billyallmon5039 18 годин тому

    I found that ring worms give off a sonic vibration that turns bass on

  • @ziggylarkdust
    @ziggylarkdust Місяць тому +1

    The raid makes a great chatterbait trailer as well

  • @bamadondon0495
    @bamadondon0495 Місяць тому +1

    The bellows gill Neko rig oeg system is the deal as well .. Neko rig that sucker...

  • @Showmethefish
    @Showmethefish Місяць тому

    I punched with the G,..in 15' deep hydrilla to the top mat here on a small lake in East Texas....killedum man ! I like them

  • @johngosline7990
    @johngosline7990 16 днів тому

    I use them on a 1/4oz cps hook, 3/0-4/0 with a dab of super glue hooping it off the bottom or skipping it under socks and trees. Weightless on a 3/0-4/0 cps hook working it like a fluke worked for me to, killed it in central FL and now up here in MI, fish not having ever seen them is def a big part, I’ve never seen anyone else using them, they are a bit pricey but reults don’t lie

  • @ericglab1630
    @ericglab1630 Місяць тому +1

    Use an Owner weighted Beast hook. Swims like a flounder.

  • @jackstein5486
    @jackstein5486 Місяць тому +1

    They definitely balled up on the hook set. You might try an owner center pin light swimbait hook in 4/0. Did u try hooking it sideways? Interesting product!❤

  • @brucemckinnley5272
    @brucemckinnley5272 23 дні тому

    There's a screwlock hook by Owner, that's normally used for frogs, works well on these baits....otherwise pin the baits through the eye of hook with 25lb momo. Enjoy your Videos, keep up the good work 🎉

  • @Lsmoe
    @Lsmoe Місяць тому +2

    Been using That Ozark hook . Works even better! Geecrack Worms are crazy too. Bass love them some Crack !! Lmao Companies now make them made out of Elaztech. They last longer. Is it me ? Or do they smell like peanut butter !!

  • @drewandcharlie7583
    @drewandcharlie7583 2 дні тому

    Whoa. Look at that thang

  • @joelberelsman6374
    @joelberelsman6374 Місяць тому +1

    Awesome chatterbait trailer

  • @patricklambert5622
    @patricklambert5622 Місяць тому +3

    Use Owner Haymaker hook!

  • @dgroves85
    @dgroves85 20 днів тому

    The new TPE material version ought to be really good.

  • @randallford8199
    @randallford8199 Місяць тому +1

    Thanks!! I've got blk/blue I'm gonna try. Wish me mondos😊😊

  • @LucidoMafia
    @LucidoMafia 28 днів тому

    I haven't caught on the bellows gill but I have caught them on a bellows stick drop shot. A lot of people don't fish them a lot here in Japan

  • @erikcortez23
    @erikcortez23 Місяць тому

    I learned the hard way, i lost a few the first time, once i used the screw lock i was golden, highly recommend the screw lock… hopefully that helps because these aint cheap

  • @jackhowell7088
    @jackhowell7088 Місяць тому

    Brother is the grass bad enough that you have to take the push mower with you, I see it in your truck. lol Great review bud

  • @Joshua-p7w
    @Joshua-p7w Місяць тому

    These are great baits to use on a Free Rig as well.

  • @user-nq5mz1tf5o
    @user-nq5mz1tf5o Місяць тому

    Mikey...use a 4/0 EWG with an o-ring to keep the nose of the bait from sliding down the hook on the GEECRACK...I do this on rage bugs too and it saves a ton of money on plastics ✌️

  • @jeffpruitt9711
    @jeffpruitt9711 Місяць тому

    Been wanting to pick some of these up. Looks like an awesome pitching bait on the TVA in buck bushes and around shallow cover, normally use a magnum Rage bug. Also want to try if on a ball and chain.😎

  • @ChandlerJennings-y4c
    @ChandlerJennings-y4c 14 днів тому

    Gotta throw the EWG and you won’t lose em🤝🏼

  • @charlesthomas5926
    @charlesthomas5926 Місяць тому

    I could tell you mike about some wicked stuff rigging up the raid hira tailor that's my go to right there nobody's using it and it catches giants

  • @archtx9
    @archtx9 Місяць тому +1

    Updated version of the old Zipper Worm

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 Місяць тому

    Greetings from the BIG SKY of Montana. Nice lookin bait.

  • @nancyzipperer8819
    @nancyzipperer8819 Місяць тому

    I been fishing that geecrack gilley for the last 2 years my second cast on Okeechobee I got a bass

  • @markschettler4993
    @markschettler4993 Місяць тому

    I've had some luck with the Deps Bull Flat on Santee Coper, the hook sliding down the bait is an issue. I'm gonna try the screw lock to eliminate.

  • @retflo2583
    @retflo2583 25 днів тому

    I saw where in Japan they use the Raid bait as a Jig trailer, I have yet to try it...

  • @donprater2754
    @donprater2754 Місяць тому

    Man those are definitely different.” Thanks Mikey

  • @firemanstephen
    @firemanstephen 27 днів тому

    Mike, try free rigging it, big difference on fall.

  • @jimwarden9617
    @jimwarden9617 Місяць тому

    4:33
    Balled the hook.
    Hey Bog!

    • @mikeybalzz
      @mikeybalzz  Місяць тому

      Yeah I definitely need to run a bigger hook

    • @MrCalamiteh
      @MrCalamiteh Місяць тому +1

      @@mikeybalzz I just use a 3/0 EWG (Usually superline because it helps the plastic stay together) and have no issues with that. 4/0 also works great. But I prefer EWGs for sure.
      Just got my first fishing kayak with some 2d sonar and am fishing worse than ever due to the learning curve. But having a blast. I definitely respect your ability to find them! Good luck with those Geecracks (and try the shad sometime if you want a smaller profile, they also work great on a scrounger which is pretty hilarious. )
      You're 100% right that they shimmy when reeling them in. I've caught a 7lber on an underspin with one of these, tight lining it on the way down a ledge. Super fun lure. You can also walk them like a frog. Sometimes I do a double twitch to get that during the fall weightless, and it'll go from a flat fall to a left and right twitch, back to a fluttering fall.
      A 1/32 Nailweight in the top 75% (directly below where the top of the hook will rest in a texpose) makes it fall nose first at a 45 degree angle, and it will spiral on the fall that way, around the nose. A lot like a dead fish. Lots of variety you can do with these.

    • @mikeybalzz
      @mikeybalzz  Місяць тому

      @@MrCalamiteh dude those are super great tips thanks for throwing me some juice good luck with the kayak and the sonar it takes some time but it pays dividends in the end

    • @db9818
      @db9818 Місяць тому

      @@MrCalamitehdid you go from boat to kayak? Definitely a different game but really fun, I use my kayak way more than my boat now.

    • @MrCalamiteh
      @MrCalamiteh Місяць тому

      @@mikeybalzz For sure man!
      I just had a great day yesterday morning with that same idea. 3/0 EWG superline with that 1/32nd nailweight. Also got my first fish on a squarebill, tons of fun there.
      I actually used your idea of burning the Bellows Gill for that tail twitch and pausing it, and got a nice 4.5lber with that strategy. Burn pause, burn, and right as I paused he hammered it.
      I've always shore fished and this is a really fun way to get at the spots I enjoy fishing.
      Hopefully going to keep getting info on offshore/grass stuff you do! I would say those are my weak points.
      Thanks for the reply man, good luck out there!

  • @XxNiteStockerxX
    @XxNiteStockerxX Місяць тому +2

    Now try the Thunderhawk lures Grenade. It’s like Zman plastic

  • @Michaeldpress14
    @Michaeldpress14 Місяць тому

    I weightless texas rig the big 5.8 bellows gill and it gets hammered in east Texas

  • @F.Ronnie
    @F.Ronnie Місяць тому

    Thanks Mikey.

  • @vansaukam799
    @vansaukam799 14 днів тому

    Excellent on the free rig as well...

  • @joebee1459
    @joebee1459 Місяць тому

    Zappu makes a EWG hook for the bellows gill

  • @maxcole3930
    @maxcole3930 Місяць тому

    Yeap the bellows gills ar awesome. I've been fishing them a while now

  • @vincentlivoti4184
    @vincentlivoti4184 Місяць тому

    Mikey try Tokyo rigging , jika rigging it or even a drop shot. Being even just a water current moves, the body might be killer on one of those rigs.

  • @Fishboy68
    @Fishboy68 Місяць тому +1

    Wedge tail

  • @FRANKO-iu3dx
    @FRANKO-iu3dx 16 днів тому

    try the swivel trick.

  • @richardholovaty9028
    @richardholovaty9028 Місяць тому

    Have you maybe tried that on like a larger drop shot maybe?

  • @GRILLBUOY101
    @GRILLBUOY101 Місяць тому

    how many per bag& price.maybe better in early spring before all the grass

  • @WaterWondersMedia
    @WaterWondersMedia Місяць тому

    🧠 knowledge is 🔑

  • @501Bassin_SWarb
    @501Bassin_SWarb Місяць тому

    Zappu makes a hook specifically designed for the bellows gill. I personally haven’t purchased any yet bc my haymakers work fine but the bait does slip on those too from time to time and something I’d like to fix. I really wish Shaw didn’t make the eagle claw HP’s so hard to find. Been wanting to try those on a Bellows.

    • @tims_always_fishing7117
      @tims_always_fishing7117 Місяць тому +1

      You try the gama skip gap hook?

    • @501Bassin_SWarb
      @501Bassin_SWarb Місяць тому +1

      @@tims_always_fishing7117 no, but I like your thinking. I think I’ve got some. Gonna try.👍🏽

    • @tims_always_fishing7117
      @tims_always_fishing7117 29 днів тому +1

      @@501Bassin_SWarb try the mustad assault with large owner spring locks ,I got 5 on 1 yamatanuki today. Tight lines

  • @martinpena5614
    @martinpena5614 Місяць тому

    If you don’t already have it, get you some mend-it I fix all my plastics 3-4 different times

  • @royharness211
    @royharness211 Місяць тому

    Use the neko hack med for 3.8 to 4 and large on 5 inch

  • @krustysurfer
    @krustysurfer 6 днів тому

    Water/lake dependant im guessing

  • @jetfuelg4083
    @jetfuelg4083 Місяць тому

    Try the 5.8 bellows stick in place of your senkos

  • @ronfeltonfishing
    @ronfeltonfishing 26 днів тому

    I tried them with an EWG hook. They seem to rip easily.

  • @josephwilliams8464
    @josephwilliams8464 Місяць тому

    Try on a beast hook, unweighted and weighted versions

  • @royharness211
    @royharness211 Місяць тому

    Eli right them save your baits

  • @jordonpratt2604
    @jordonpratt2604 25 днів тому

    I have taken the skirt off my old chatterbaits and put the geecrack on it and absolutely slayed them

  • @mikeschulz5070
    @mikeschulz5070 Місяць тому

    I have a few bags and still never used them.

  • @simonphoenix3789
    @simonphoenix3789 11 днів тому

    i dont get how that hook is able to set in the fish's mouth when it is buried inside the bait like that. I always thought the hook point had to be exposed for it to consistently hook a fish..

  • @ZomPaul2113
    @ZomPaul2113 13 днів тому

    I still have a helicopter lure LOLOL

  • @davidnelson2790
    @davidnelson2790 Місяць тому

    Weighted swimbait hook heavier weight works better.

  • @garrettv.3239
    @garrettv.3239 Місяць тому

    I know it’s expensive, but flip a 3.8 bellows on your 3/4 rig in Florida lakes. EWG not needed.

  • @bryanknatz6067
    @bryanknatz6067 Місяць тому

    Did you try and skip them yet? Would be interested in seeing how they do

  • @darkhorsefive0
    @darkhorsefive0 Місяць тому

    Figure out a way to wacky rig that GeeCrack and abduct some pond bass! Hmmm.

  • @GRILLBUOY101
    @GRILLBUOY101 Місяць тому

    guess callin your fish a crackhead is ok yeah 😂?

  • @rossespinoza768
    @rossespinoza768 Місяць тому

    Wedged tail

  • @GRILLBUOY101
    @GRILLBUOY101 Місяць тому

    yes its flat like a sunny.lol.ecoensive though imo

  • @pietervanniekerk3776
    @pietervanniekerk3776 Місяць тому

    Fish the Bellow stick baits make a vids on that

  • @NickyRoads
    @NickyRoads Місяць тому +1

    Just get em off temu. Ordering them for 10 dollars a pack of these websites is crazy. Especially when the site is probably getting them at 20 percent of what they're charging

  • @mrp1224
    @mrp1224 Місяць тому +1

    It’s a Yoto worm

    • @smelltheglove2038
      @smelltheglove2038 23 дні тому

      Yoto worms are my go to chatter bait trailer. They work so well.

  • @abelgomezjr9157
    @abelgomezjr9157 Місяць тому

    These have been out for several years.

  • @tonysmith6320
    @tonysmith6320 Місяць тому

    I like them, but the bluegills bite the tails off.

  • @Bassrespecter
    @Bassrespecter Місяць тому

    Belly weighted wide gap like an owner flashy swimmer will prevent that twisting and let you drag and swim it over the grass

  • @markwarren3535
    @markwarren3535 Місяць тому

    These are the BEST if you use attractants. Holds it much longer. Especially the thick stuff like Bait Fuel.

  • @TheAcenightcreeper
    @TheAcenightcreeper Місяць тому +1

    Looks like a yoto worm from 5 years ago….

  • @timmontano8792
    @timmontano8792 Місяць тому

    It sounds like these particular soft plastic baits would have been better if they'd been made with Elastec rather than plastisol.

    • @Daiwa_Is_King
      @Daiwa_Is_King Місяць тому

      Gee crack just dropped the elastec style

  • @sheamartin911
    @sheamartin911 Місяць тому

    Looks like that would kill on a free rig

  • @binyaoutdoors
    @binyaoutdoors Місяць тому

    Twist lock hook makes a big difference

  • @user-ey2te5vs3z
    @user-ey2te5vs3z Місяць тому

    They work but for the price of them there are equally good baits with better durability that also get bit. I can’t justify paying that kind of dough to have the bait ripped on smaller fish.

  • @racerxv6valvoline424
    @racerxv6valvoline424 Місяць тому

    dude!!!! Are you seriously catching fish on these things....Guess it kinda resembles a slug.......way cool video

  • @rodneyrumph3470
    @rodneyrumph3470 22 дні тому

    it probably looks alike a dead or dying bream

  • @iamblackrob
    @iamblackrob Місяць тому

    I have them and they fall apart too fast.

  • @zachsowa1699
    @zachsowa1699 23 дні тому

    Reminds of a leech