DIY bait. Riff on fuzzy Dice!

[Hobious]

I was about to toss a poop bait into the trash.  I felt the heft of the heavily salted bait and I got an idea.

People around here are using 7" Senko worms.  But here's mine

I'll try the at Clearlake tomorrow.

The OG dice is big money.  $5 each.  Too rich for me.  I think on a drop shot.

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[D.W. Verts]

Excuse me for getting to be an old guy. But what the HAIL is this?!?

Dale

[Hobious]

Haha. I'm old too.

It's the hottest soft plastic coming off Lake Biwa.  They been killing them on the California Delta.


The original is the OSP Fuzzy Dice.

[Capt. BassinLou]

So that's a drop shot bait? Can you rig one to see how it looks?

[loomisguy]

I bet it will work. I haven't tried the dice rubber yet, but I'm going to.

[Hobious]

So that's a drop shot bait? Can you rig one to see how it looks?

i'l have it on a hook now.  no bites, but i only gave it a few minutes.  the weather was just too brutal.

i think it will work better on the Califoria Delta, than clearlake. 

[coldfront]

lou:  it's been getting a bit of press lately.  just gotta READ... 

can be yours for the low, low price of ONLY $ 19.95

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/OSP_Saikoro_Dice_Rubber_Max_Salt_Soft_Bait/descpage-SDRSS.html?from=gpmax&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwrp-3BhDgARIsAEWJ6SxwxY0Wgqe0QYkDJLYjdnd4-vOnOGoVo7gFHNYwvz5QYBHA06LaeysaArKAEALw_wcB

[Capt. BassinLou]

lou:  it's been getting a bit of press lately.  just gotta READ... 

can be yours for the low, low price of ONLY $ 19.95

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/OSP_Saikoro_Dice_Rubber_Max_Salt_Soft_Bait/descpage-SDRSS.html?from=gpmax&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwrp-3BhDgARIsAEWJ6SxwxY0Wgqe0QYkDJLYjdnd4-vOnOGoVo7gFHNYwvz5QYBHA06LaeysaArKAEALw_wcB

Nope, still never heard of it, until this post, and at those prices, it's not happening.

[D.W. Verts]

Ain't never gonna happen. Nope. No way. Geesh.

Dale

[J.W.]

From what I hear, those lakes in Japan are highly pressured. I guess they gotta invent crazy stuff just to get bit. Geecrack Cuebomb is a similar bait from over there.

[FlatsNBay]

It's the latest craze. I think Taku Ito won an Elite series tournament on a fuzzy dice and other Japanese pros brought the technique over from Japan. A lot of companies showed off their own version of the fuzzy dice at ICAST.

[SenkoSam]

It would be so easy to make yourself. All you need is silicone skirt material and part of a Senko like the example posted. The shape doesn't have to be a cube and a rounded top would go through weed better or a round bottom would fall faster. My guess without trying it.

To pull the strand through, all you need is a small wire looped at one end where the skirt strand goes through. Pull the wire/skirt strand all the way through and repeat for other skirt strands.  Done!

A wide-gap hook goes through the center - line tie up. I will have to make one.

[Hobious]

Big sewing needle. Like a tapestry needle. You want to damage the bait as little as possible.  You do realize that's the entire point of my thread right?  I did DIY it.

It would be so easy to make yourself.

[Hobious]

Oh I kept getting slammed by micro bass on the Delta.  No bigs swallowed my fuzzy globs.