But if the bait catches more fish than other baits, then they can retain their customers. If its garbage, they won't stay in business because none of us throw baits that don't catch fish.
@@quest-fish well that's not good, I don't know why u fish with em. Most people eventually figure it out and stop buying the ones that don't work. It's like any product, if u want customer retention, the product needs to do what it says. Granted each lure has a little learning curve. If an I phone didn't go online and make calls, nobody would buy it. If they said it did but it really didn't a bunch would of bought at launch but would of fizzled out man real quick.
If a product works well and sells other companies want in on that pie and do their version. This is nothing new. What he's showing here are lures that are straight up clones, at least externally.
they actually talk about this months back in another video might changte your thought process on their situation did for me anyways if true i havent heard anyone say anything about them lying yet
The fish be watching this and thinking "Yeah bro, you tell 'em, we only accept 100% originals" 😏 Meanwhile creators here whittle bark lures, make dingleberries or plain block of wood lures and catch fish.
@@peterkruse5900 clearly its not your expertise. Because @SkyForgeVideos is right. Whats Marlinbaits. He made a video catching fish on "a block of wood".
The Scat bait is meant to be fished weightless only. They’re meant to be a super high density, soft plastic bait for long casts. Guys on Biwa fish them on the bottom weightless out deep in like 20-30 sometimes 40 feet. Slow popping along the bottom. Think of them as a Senko.
If the knockoff krej is called a riser, it is actually designed to kind of skip and be retrieved across the surface of the water like a fleeing bait fish.
Thanks for making this video! I'm a single dad and try to cut cost sometimes but this shows that isn't always the best choice. Just because a lure is in your tackle box... doesn't mean it will catch fish. Buy the right lures
been watching forever throughout multiple accounts due to loosing emails. keep it up crazy seeing how far uve grown. tight lines jon. wish me luck on my chase for a DD in ohio lol
I know it's already been said, but I wanted to comment on the exact model that the "Krej" knockoff is supposed to be. It's a knockoff of the Jackall Riser 007R and it's fished on a continuous retrieve targetting schooling bass chasing baitfish. I've caught a ton of bass on the real thing, and honestly, the knockoff fishes practically the same.
Hey Jon! Been following you forever and I absolutely love these kinds of videos. It's crazy to see how close some of these knockoffs come to the OG's! I'll just mention that the metal "krej" bait is actually a knockoff of the OG Jackall Riser Bait... the knockoff you have in this video looks nearly identical honestly. The Berkley Krej is actually a knockoff of the riserbait as well haha
“They have a patent that makes their lures unique, and that why anglers love them.” No im pretty sure them being the only option is why anglers “love” them.
Let’s see if a fish cares 😂 They definitely don’t care what it costs If you can catch a bass on a nightcrawler or a senko, do you think you need to spend more on a hard bait?
Video idea💡: fishing challenge kinda like the old MTB slams, one person uses the real lures, and another uses the “fake” or “knockoff” counterparts and first to catch a fish on all the lures, or whoever catches a fish on the most lures before time runs out wins 🤷🏻♂️ kinda miss the old mtb slam challenges so this would be a great vid to see in the near future. 🤙🏻KFNS
Ive learned after just a few years after starting bass fishing after 60 years of salmon and steelhead, that all the best lures are made in Japan. And its not even close.
This was a phenomenal review on knock offs. Many of us who fish spend lots of our hard earned money to botttomline…Catch Fish… we will spend $$ on lures that catch’em, period
If you want to try the best knockoff of the megabass islide you have to go with the Bearking Whalefall. I caught my personal best with that, great glide action. One of my favorite AliExpress lures.
@chrishart2683 it's a hard thing to believe considering most of them don't even run correctly. I've tested multiple and all have been trash. Even the googan sponsored anglers don't use that lure because it's such a trash unconsistant lure lol but there's always that one guy that has to tell fishing stories isn't there.
Hey Jon I just caught my pb bass yesterday on a blazin worm after watching videos of you tearing it up with them thanks for the inspiration you helped me get a pb
Here’s what I do, I buy the real lures in colors that are hard to come by in the knock offs and I buy the knock off lures in the run of the mill colors as my back ups.
Jackall Riser, not Berkley Krej! The jackall Riser has been around for some years now, it is actually a top water lure (with some subwalk applications also)... Would have been nice to get a fair eval
I custom paint lures, i catch bass on those knock Off DRT klash 9 (LIP IN) all the time, on lake Murray/ and Monticello they work! take the lip out they suck
Hey Jon, I got the opportunity to work for a website/app that specifically gets leftovers from the manufacturer and is able to sell them. Some places send 1st 2nd or 3rds. Maybe some might be missing a handle so they use a handle from others. Since there’s only 3-4 factories that produce reels, you get ALOT of close or exact matches. For instance shimano could product 17k reels but a factory could sell the difference and make their work cheaper at 20k. With lures you’d be very surprised. We’d get exacts without hooks. Or if the factory messed up due to design and language barrier. So they throw them in generic boxes and boom.
Been noticing you are using bates reels. Do you like them more than shimano? Just curious because i was thinking about trying bates out but don’t know if i want to fork out the money. Great video btw keep it up!
The krej comparison isnt compared to a krej its a riser, just a cheap one. They are great for schooling bass when skiped across the surface. I watched Patrick Walters fish 1 at smith when i was his Marshall during the Elite tournament
You hate the knock off Krej because it’s actually a knock of a Jackall riser bait 007. It’s an amazing top water. I wish you fished the knock off correctly so we could see if it actually worked 😂
Been a while since I watched one of your videos First off...thank you for shaving off the mustache looked kinda funny on you. 2nd I'm assuming the alternative lures are not made as nicely as the more expensive lures ...like they have better hooks etc
The brands from fleet farm are great. The have the on brand lures and they also have the best off brand stuff. Not crappy at all, just not the name brand
33:24 I’m sure the point of a knockoff is to come as close to the original as possible SACRIFICING the “performance” . AKA saving money to get something you wouldn’t even have in the first place. With that being said I have 15+ jackhammers and 10+ non original chatter baits, I just understand marketing a bit more to see the point of making a knockoff product 😂 (collecting money that wouldn’t have been spent on a $25 vision 110) .
have you ever considered that some of these companies make there product in china so the "knock off" bait could be the exact same thing just from the supplier
Do you know how stupid you sound? First off 6th Sense baits are made in the USA and they use Mustad triple grip hooks. Secondly, even a quick glance you can see that they are a higher quality bait. Their hard baits all have great action, and their soft baits do too and they last longer than Keitech, Megabass, Berkley. Is hating on 6th Sense the cool thing to do now, and you’re just that easily manipulated? 😂
the krej knock off best way to use continuously reel it in certain speed, Japanese people twitch it between, the original raiser bait one of the must have surface bait for shallow water ! there is shorter version too! John when u plan European fishing tour, must come to Hungary lot of different predator fish to fish for!
The term “fake lure” is a funny concept.
Yeah it’s actually not a lure at all
@@AlvizoFishinor maybe it's not fake at all? I fish knocknoff klash blanks and they're great.
@@matthewotis3594 clearly the sarcasm didn’t resonate through your incompetent little brain.
Remember folks... the first goal of these companies isn't for their baits to catch fish... it's for their baits to catch you 💰
But if the bait catches more fish than other baits, then they can retain their customers. If its garbage, they won't stay in business because none of us throw baits that don't catch fish.
@@RonSnow23 actually most of the baits i throw don't catch fish haha
@@quest-fish well that's not good, I don't know why u fish with em. Most people eventually figure it out and stop buying the ones that don't work. It's like any product, if u want customer retention, the product needs to do what it says. Granted each lure has a little learning curve. If an I phone didn't go online and make calls, nobody would buy it. If they said it did but it really didn't a bunch would of bought at launch but would of fizzled out man real quick.
@@RonSnow23 just a joke about getting skunked haha
From what I hear googan knows a thing or two about knocking off baits.
If a product works well and sells other companies want in on that pie and do their version. This is nothing new.
What he's showing here are lures that are straight up clones, at least externally.
Learned it from 6th sense.
they actually talk about this months back in another video might changte your thought process on their situation did for me anyways if true i havent heard anyone say anything about them lying yet
Oh yea. But if you hold every company that has made a lipless crank or spinnerbait to the same standard then what can you really do🤷🏻♂️
@@MattsFishinMissionevery company rips off whatever is a hot seller
Happy New Year JB! Been with ya since your name was Fishing the Midwest! God Bless Brother Hope 25 is a banger for ya and the family!
The bait you said looked like a krej is actually an identical copy of the Jackall riser.
I was trying to to find it for the the price of the jackal lure
Was going to say the same thing
I really with that he had ran it correctly i.e. topwater.. i'd love to get some cheap risers for family members.
I have the temu version of the riser and it works very well. I've caught quite a bit on it. But change out the hooks of course
@@rickywebre1350 Thanks!!
The fish be watching this and thinking "Yeah bro, you tell 'em, we only accept 100% originals" 😏 Meanwhile creators here whittle bark lures, make dingleberries or plain block of wood lures and catch fish.
Fish will bite a block of wood...
Stick to video games this is clearly not your expertise
@@peterkruse5900damn bro chill
@noahplayzVXN he ain’t wrong
@@peterkruse5900 clearly its not your expertise. Because @SkyForgeVideos is right.
Whats Marlinbaits. He made a video catching fish on "a block of wood".
Not lying check out marling baits… he’s proved it.. and makes some great looking baits
if u think about it... im sure theres SOME lures out there that are "fake" but made from the same factory and maybe even same materials lmao
The Scat bait is meant to be fished weightless only. They’re meant to be a super high density, soft plastic bait for long casts. Guys on Biwa fish them on the bottom weightless out deep in like 20-30 sometimes 40 feet. Slow popping along the bottom. Think of them as a Senko.
If the knockoff krej is called a riser, it is actually designed to kind of skip and be retrieved across the surface of the water like a fleeing bait fish.
That KO is actually an exact copy of the Jackal Riser and not the KREJ.
That Riser has caught me a bunch of stripers and Largemouth too.
Congrats on the new edition! Great content!
Congrats Jon. Hope she brings you all the joy in the world. love the content.
Thanks for making this video! I'm a single dad and try to cut cost sometimes but this shows that isn't always the best choice.
Just because a lure is in your tackle box... doesn't mean it will catch fish. Buy the right lures
The whopper plopper is probably the easiest one to imitate my man.
13:49 Had a mini heart attack thinking Jon was about to forget the plopper had hooks on it 😂
Those bellows shad imitators are 🔥. Actually, it's a little better. Put some baitfuel in the pack.
Need the info on that hoodie! So dope
my man got a knock off to test against the knock off of the knock off jackall riser lol.
been watching forever throughout multiple accounts due to loosing emails. keep it up crazy seeing how far uve grown. tight lines jon. wish me luck on my chase for a DD in ohio lol
Jon, could you link in the description where you bought these lures? Or say where you got em from. Great video!
Sick video idea Jon! Keep up the great content it is appreciated always!
Happy New Year Man!!!
Great video Jon! Are you going to be ice fishing anytime soon? And also congrats on the 2nd baby!
The first bait is the same size as the tiny klash, a smaller bait in the DRT line-up. I'm sure that's the bait they are knocking off
They should have compared it to that instead of the k9.
Ironically the gantarel knock off looked better than the original.
What is that bait called?
bro love your stuff keep fishing never stop.
Don’t sleep on affordable goodies
I know it's already been said, but I wanted to comment on the exact model that the "Krej" knockoff is supposed to be. It's a knockoff of the Jackall Riser 007R and it's fished on a continuous retrieve targetting schooling bass chasing baitfish. I've caught a ton of bass on the real thing, and honestly, the knockoff fishes practically the same.
Hey Jon! Been following you forever and I absolutely love these kinds of videos. It's crazy to see how close some of these knockoffs come to the OG's! I'll just mention that the metal "krej" bait is actually a knockoff of the OG Jackall Riser Bait... the knockoff you have in this video looks nearly identical honestly. The Berkley Krej is actually a knockoff of the riserbait as well haha
Man it's always a great day when jon b posts every time I watch one of your videos it makes my day 10x better man keep it up
“They have a patent that makes their lures unique, and that why anglers love them.” No im pretty sure them being the only option is why anglers “love” them.
Let’s see if a fish cares 😂 They definitely don’t care what it costs
If you can catch a bass on a nightcrawler or a senko, do you think you need to spend more on a hard bait?
Where did you get that hoodie I need one lol
Oh and happy new year. Much love from my family to yours
💪🏾The Pitbull just subscribed....
What a great concept for a video, love it dude. Happy new year bro!!!
The krej knocked off the Jackall Riser
Exactly; I haven’t seen a KO krej yet and I’d love to get ahold of some blanks.
😂 exactly
not even close tbh. the baits do 2 completely opposite things in the water column
@@grantn_fishing the riser does both. It was marketed as a topwater but then anglers found it also works well under water
Good luck bro💪
Is there a reason why you don't use a snap to quick attach a lure?
Video idea💡: fishing challenge kinda like the old MTB slams, one person uses the real lures, and another uses the “fake” or “knockoff” counterparts and first to catch a fish on all the lures, or whoever catches a fish on the most lures before time runs out wins 🤷🏻♂️ kinda miss the old mtb slam challenges so this would be a great vid to see in the near future. 🤙🏻KFNS
Awesome video Jon and Happy New Year to you and your family 🎉 🎣
Where do we get that hoodie..... that is fire.
Trying to find it right now! Someone’s gotta know
@29:02 I believe that bait is suppose to be a knock off of a Jackall Riser Bait , a very fast moving topwater bait
This is so fun, never get tired of watching your posts.
Amazing job, you always deliver the best stuff.
bring home the gold john b
You should make a video of the original vs the expensive fakes. 😆
next vid- catch a fish on all the knock off lures
I have the cheap baits from AliExpress and temu and they get smoked
Dude I was just buying both this is crazy you made this video Jon from Northern Illinois Thank you brother 🙏 your fellow googan Chris
I’m I total garbage for wanting some links to the KO’s 😂. Awesome video! 👏
Fish don’t have hands…they can only check out what something is with their mouth. You can catch them with anything 😊
Ive learned after just a few years after starting bass fishing after 60 years of salmon and steelhead, that all the best lures are made in Japan. And its not even close.
It’s interesting that humans are still trying to outsmart fish which have a brain the size of a tic tac mint.
the gill fins of the Gantarel fake tend to release but do not compromise swimming👋🏽💪🏽
This was a phenomenal review on knock offs. Many of us who fish spend lots of our hard earned money to botttomline…Catch Fish… we will spend $$ on lures that catch’em, period
If you want to try the best knockoff of the megabass islide you have to go with the Bearking Whalefall. I caught my personal best with that, great glide action. One of my favorite AliExpress lures.
Where are the knockoff bladed jigs from?
another good copy , this Megabass knoock off do suspend. this store is one of the best on aliexpress.
@@sjurkukk ?
@@tRexOnVacation i posted links to the store that sell those bladed jigs. seems youtube delteted those links.
@@tRexOnVacation also sold under the brand Mycena.
youtube keep delteing my links to the store. i just try the name on the store. LTHTUG.
All I know is that the clickbait that googan makes does not work for me
Never did for me either
In his words "hot garbage" is what the googan clickbait is.
I smoke big bass with the clickbait in the fall
@chrishart2683 it's a hard thing to believe considering most of them don't even run correctly. I've tested multiple and all have been trash. Even the googan sponsored anglers don't use that lure because it's such a trash unconsistant lure lol but there's always that one guy that has to tell fishing stories isn't there.
@@blind_eye_fishing seriously you know it’s bad when they don’t even use it on there channels
Happy New Year 🎉
Happy new year 🎉
The mega bass I slide has the internal hook magnets like it’s knockoff but the action of the real one is much much better 😂
It’s not a Berkeley knockoff, it’s a Jackall riser knockoff
Put the bill in the klash ko. Swims way better..😂
Hey Jon I just caught my pb bass yesterday on a blazin worm after watching videos of you tearing it up with them thanks for the inspiration you helped me get a pb
Really enjoyed this one! Can you still review the plastics? Also can you send the link for the knockoff Dark Sleepe?😂
Here’s what I do, I buy the real lures in colors that are hard to come by in the knock offs and I buy the knock off lures in the run of the mill colors as my back ups.
Jackall Riser, not Berkley Krej! The jackall Riser has been around for some years now, it is actually a top water lure (with some subwalk applications also)... Would have been nice to get a fair eval
23:16 hm. The mega Ass, didn’t know that brand.
great video and fun topic. Happy new year
Patents doesn't apply over seas.. and visa versa hence the zaldangerous swimbait and nessie soft glide
So, the krej one isn't the krej, it's a copy of the Illex/jackall Riser Bait but the concept is the same.
Hey Jon, i know you used to rock the canon 70d back in the day, would you recommend it as a first dslr?
I custom paint lures, i catch bass on those knock Off DRT klash 9 (LIP IN) all the time, on lake Murray/ and Monticello they work! take the lip out they suck
Hey Jon, I got the opportunity to work for a website/app that specifically gets leftovers from the manufacturer and is able to sell them. Some places send 1st 2nd or 3rds. Maybe some might be missing a handle so they use a handle from others. Since there’s only 3-4 factories that produce reels, you get ALOT of close or exact matches. For instance shimano could product 17k reels but a factory could sell the difference and make their work cheaper at 20k.
With lures you’d be very surprised. We’d get exacts without hooks. Or if the factory messed up due to design and language barrier. So they throw them in generic boxes and boom.
what is the website/app???
jackall does float. the wings on the side make it a 3 foot crank.
Love these videos
Just fyi, rumor has it the patent ran out on the chatterdonk and a lot of makers already jumping on it. Can not confirm or deny at this moment
The krej is also a knockoff of the jackal riser 😂
Been noticing you are using bates reels. Do you like them more than shimano? Just curious because i was thinking about trying bates out but don’t know if i want to fork out the money. Great video btw keep it up!
The krej comparison isnt compared to a krej its a riser, just a cheap one. They are great for schooling bass when skiped across the surface. I watched Patrick Walters fish 1 at smith when i was his Marshall during the Elite tournament
Great video, new sub in SE for sure 🤘
You hate the knock off Krej because it’s actually a knock of a Jackall riser bait 007. It’s an amazing top water. I wish you fished the knock off correctly so we could see if it actually worked 😂
Been a while since I watched one of your videos
First off...thank you for shaving off the mustache looked kinda funny on you.
2nd I'm assuming the alternative lures are not made as nicely as the more expensive lures ...like they have better hooks etc
can you drop the link for the "Mega Ass light sleeper"
Man, you compare fake and real tiny clash with the tails installed different ways 😅
It’s slow in NY, the bass been turned off and now I have to wait for spring 🤧
did the mega-ass day dreamer actually do better? I kinda think sharper hooks was the deal breaker for me.
I believe what you thought was a rip off Krej is actually a rip off of the Jackall riser bait
The brands from fleet farm are great. The have the on brand lures and they also have the best off brand stuff. Not crappy at all, just not the name brand
You are comparing a knock off to the Berkeley Kerj which is also a knock of to start with :-)😂
Awesome video man 🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣👍👍👍👍👍.
Just letting you know that patents are only enforceable in the country they were created so anyone out of the USA can make an exact copy legally.
33:24 I’m sure the point of a knockoff is to come as close to the original as possible SACRIFICING the “performance” . AKA saving money to get something you wouldn’t even have in the first place. With that being said I have 15+ jackhammers and 10+ non original chatter baits, I just understand marketing a bit more to see the point of making a knockoff product 😂 (collecting money that wouldn’t have been spent on a $25 vision 110) .
Bass: I know he didn’t just throw a fake jerk bait at me 🙄
Bladed swimjigs with a good trailer on them kill it here in upstate new york. The LMB's love them. That's what I've had most of my biggest catches on
have you ever considered that some of these companies make there product in china so the "knock off" bait could be the exact same thing just from the supplier
The fake one looks like the Chinese crap 6th sense uses.
Do you know how stupid you sound? First off 6th Sense baits are made in the USA and they use Mustad triple grip hooks. Secondly, even a quick glance you can see that they are a higher quality bait. Their hard baits all have great action, and their soft baits do too and they last longer than Keitech, Megabass, Berkley.
Is hating on 6th Sense the cool thing to do now, and you’re just that easily manipulated? 😂
What's the knock off gantral? Anyone have a linkt?
the krej knock off best way to use continuously reel it in certain speed, Japanese people twitch it between, the original raiser bait one of the must have surface bait for shallow water !
there is shorter version too!
John when u plan European fishing tour, must come to Hungary lot of different predator fish to fish for!
the lure that looked like the krej is a copy off the jackall riserbait