i did the same thing recently during the Bassmaster Open on Lake St Clair in July 2024 and was able to catch a few smallies during the event.

@SteveRogersOutdoors

6 сағат бұрын

That is awesome!

That is awesome thanks buddy 👍

Thank you!

Very interesting!!! I'll have to rig a few up and put them to work. Looks like a good bait for the river!! Stay Safe & God Bless!!!

WOW!!! Thanks for this one!!!!!

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

It was fun to work on!

Love this video as I got back into Fishing after long time

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

I hope it was helpful! And thank you for watching!

Steve always thinking out of the box. Great video as usual.

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Sweet. Definitely gonna give this a go.

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Good luck with it.

The Japanese anglers are always on the cutting edge with baits... i love ur diy idea and will make some.. thx for sharing

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@earniecella550

11 ай бұрын

I made this 50 years ago😂

I've been hanging on to two bags of the OSP Dice. Kinda scared to use them. Wanna wait until I know there's some decent fish in the area. I like this small stick bait idea, as I can use my G7 worm tubes so the smaller fish can't pull it off as easily. Please keep us posted and maybe do a follow up video after you've spent more time fishing these 👍

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

I sure will! Thanks for watching.

There are so many possibilities with this Steve. Thanks for the tutorial on how to make them. I'm going to make a couple out of some broken Senkos that I have been holding onto for ned rig material. Ill try them out when the bite gets tough. This seems like a small mouth smasher.

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

The smallies definitely like them! Good luck with them!

Definitely i need to try this home made

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

Very cool

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

That’s money, thx Steve great tip

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Timing is everything. Just threw away some jig material. Watched this video and “dumpster dived” in my garbage and retrieved some of that jig material. Will be fun to experiment a little. Thank you.

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

Nice video and some very nice tips. Gotta try it! Thanks for sharing Steve! Continue doing what you do my friend. As always, #SteveRogersOutdoors rocks!!!

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Good luck! Let me know how it goes.

I saw these when they first landed in the US and immediately thought smallmouth fishing. I’m in TX and knew it was smashing smallies, but wrote it off. Boy do I feel dumb after watching this, prob start sticking skirt material in everything now…😂 Great video!

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! When I saw my buddy doing so well with I was convinced I needed to try it. Glad I did.

I'm making some tonight! I've had bluegill on beds that won't eat anything! We'll see!!! ...and I do have some of my old rubber skirts... that could be cool!

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

Genius. Now I have something to use those single strands of skirt material I have from tying jigs. Try them on a couple night tournaments I have with my brother this summer. Just when the wife thought I tied enough jigs 😂😂😂

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Good luck! Let me know how it goes.

@drew3021

Жыл бұрын

I think I will rig it on the dumdum rig. Increase the hook up ratio and get more use out of the plastic

I've been adding strands to soft plastic baits for 50 years since I was a kid. As a kid there was no Senkos, helgramite type baits so I would and still do add skirt material or yarn as well as embroidery thread. The dice may work for some but to rich for my blood or disability check lol.

@SteveRogersOutdoors

11 ай бұрын

I think your method is perfect! Those Dice are super pricey for sure. Thanks for sharing this!

They make bait threading needles that work perfect for doing this. First thing I thought of when I saw these dice awhile back.

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

I need to get some! Thank you for sharing this.

made this rig and it worked. the bluegill loved it. no bass yet

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

The panfish absolutely destroy that thing! I caught some huge gills on it.

This reminds me a lot of the Geecrack Imo Kemushi stick worm. It's a fatter worm with lots of tendrils. I've never used one, but I've seen other anglers with them. I like your idea better though. It's something I'm going to try!

@Surfer-727

Жыл бұрын

At what point is a square a worm, good point.

@LowBrowFishing

Жыл бұрын

@@Surfer-727 I think, though, that the tendrils are the main idea here. That smaller package might just be the enticing nugget those fish are after. I really don't know if square or round matter all that much. But hey, you never know with bass. The shape might be the exact thing they are keying on, lol!

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

When I saw how good they worked last week, I figured I would need to give that a try. Glad I did. Always learning something new.

Good idea for spent yamatanuki

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Excellent idea. I didn't even think of that one. Thanks for sharing this!

You just killed the dice! I’m going to try this with VMC crossover rings and for that matter I’ll probably dress out some flat nosed minnows as well. 👍🏼

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

So many possibilities. Looking forward to more experiments with it.

Works great with the Giant TRD’s

@SteveRogersOutdoors

6 ай бұрын

Excellent!

This is a great idea. I think the worm body looks better than a square/cube! Definitely more like an insect. For finness recently I found some wobble head need rigs, 1/16oz. I've been putting Zmans ned tube, or whatever the smaller tubes are. It's been working great. It has great action with wobble style head. Regular TRD looks good on it to. The movement in water is all action it needs. There's a newer small lake I recently got act to. Fairly clear with ton of grass. I had a bass that wouldn't touch anything. I through wacky, Neko, multiple different soft plastic profiles. He wouldn't touch anything. Then that little tube on wobble head. He couldn't resist. Are that pretty quickly

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

That is awesome. I will have to try that!

@maxcole3930

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveRogersOutdoors I'm definitely liking them. What I have is made by Flatlands- (swing head neds) I only have 1/16 oz but I plan ont grabbing couple different weights on my next TW order. I already have some old torn up sencos & shaky head worms cut up to make your dice replicas out of. Try them this week

@maxcole3930

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveRogersOutdoors something else I've been doing sense last summer is. Putting #2 hyper wire slip rings on my texas rig hooks. Gives baits a lot more movement if you want it. I know they make hooks with welded rings already & I have some. But for cost I just use split rings most of time because I can put them on any hook style or size I want

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

@@maxcole3930 i will have to give that a try! Thank you

@maxcole3930

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveRogersOutdoors I've been very successful with them definitely worth a try. Like you mention all the time. It's just a little bit different looking. Sometimes that's all it takes for extra bites

I love this idea. Just curious and thinking of trying it not only for Bluehill,but wonder if you did a micro profile like this how trout would react ? Love this idea and tip !

@SteveRogersOutdoors

11 ай бұрын

Based on what I have seen with it, just about everything will eat it. It sure looks like a little insect falling through the water column. It was very fun to fish. Thanks for watching!

@Carolinafishingtales

11 ай бұрын

@@SteveRogersOutdoors Yw. I enjoy your channel.

I put some in the top part of a worm and used it like that about 5 years ago. Who would have thought

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Right. You were onto something!

Great video! Have you had any issues with skirt material reacting with elaztech? I'm going to try this. Thanks for sharing!

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

I haven’t had any problems yet that I was aware of. The Elaztech did tend to hold the strands better than the plastisol.

@Paul_T82

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks!

In some ways it reminds me of a spongy spider I fished on my fly rod for panfish. Used to crush them on it.

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

It does!

If you think that silicone skirt works, try some old rubber spinner bait skirting. Been catching every small bass and biggest perch in the pond or river for years

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

I definitely think the rubber would be better. I have to dig around and find some.

Tried a few strands with Ned rig. I did not notice much difference. I will have to try on a short Ned with more strands.

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Good luck! Let me know how it goes.

I’m curious to know how the old original flat rubber skirt material would perform. Like the old H&H spinnerbaits had on them. Also Mylar would be a good test. You have living rubber also like the old Arkie jigs. I’d be willing to bet the silicone rubber like the original dice lure is the best for that shimmy. If you happen to test any of those out I’d sure like your response. That old thin flat rubber (H&H style) would probably melt after a while being in contact with plastisol.

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

I definitely agree that the rubber strands are probably quite impressive. Believe it or not I couldn’t find any around my tackle stash. I will have to do a follow up one.

@gregchilders7643

Жыл бұрын

I'm going to have to try the mylar.i am leary about the silicone skirt material cause the bluegills here in NJ will pluck them strands or maybe I might try a mix of both or see how marabou will work

@jamesbarron1202

Жыл бұрын

@@gregchilders7643 I thought about marabou but I don’t think it would do much. Thought about flat tensile (Xmas tree) but it probably wouldn’t shimmy either without the elasticity.

@gregchilders7643

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesbarron1202 I am going to give it a try, all I got to lose is about 25cents and time

@earniecella550

11 ай бұрын

As I had a bag of yellow skirts over a hundred I made some. does not get the same vibration but I have limited time on the water with that style skirt.

Steve, Rigged a few of these baits up and tried them last trip out. I had a few hits but seemed like they(fish) were hanging onto the skirted material unless they were small ones. After cutting strand in half & threading it thru the worm do you trim down the strand and more? I cut mine back but still going to try it a few more times. Stay Safe & God Bless!!!

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Each side it hangs off about a half inch I would say. I let them really take it before setting the hook. Could be some little ones hitting it too. I couldn’t keep the rock bass off of it. Lol.

@MrJohnB-qs6dp

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveRogersOutdoors Thanks for getting back. I thought it was because my nephew was catching small ones on a different bait. Will try the half inch!!!

Yeap I've seen those dice baits but I haven't tried them. I didn't know they were that exspensive per bait. I thought I was a pck of them for that price!

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Pricey for sure. I’m sure that’s why a lot of anglers have been playing around with this.

@maxcole3930

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveRogersOutdoors I still think using the worm body looks much better. Could also do it with skinny trick worm for even smaller body. I have some worms & old skirt material set aside to make some. Just need a needle with big eye like you mentioned.

there is a company called four seven lures that makes a dice version far cheaper and more effective

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Ай бұрын

Thanks! I will have to check that out.

Sorry Steve just can't get myself to throw a bait like this 🤣🤣🤣

@SteveRogersOutdoors

5 ай бұрын

I totally understand! First time I saw it I couldn’t wrap my head around it. Lol

Hey, Steve, great to see ya and hope you had a great Father's Day. Great video

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

It was a wonderful Father’s Day! Both boys were home. Blessed. I hope you had a terrific day as well and enjoyable weekend.

When I see stuff like this I wonder what the bass think it is. Or do they just eat anything that moves? That is a really strange rig.

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

I thought the exact same thing when I first saw that lure. Then my buddy started catching those smallies with it and I was quite impressed.

@cpntexas_x

11 ай бұрын

Ben Miliken doing the same thing. It appears it may represent a Helgranite

@SteveRogersOutdoors

11 ай бұрын

@@cpntexas_x it sure could! Thanks for sharing this.

OMG next week water bug topwater 1/64 oz. Sorry lol

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Lol. Love the 1/64 oz. Awesome.

Take a small marshmallows and do that to it

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

They would probably crush it!

Make sure you use a tough piece of plastic they tear up easy with true senkos

@SteveRogersOutdoors

11 ай бұрын

It does. Thanks for adding this!

You can just make needles out of wire

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

That would work well! Thanks for sharing this.

I'm gonna try this on a Ned rig. I am convinced that the Ned rig imitates a dragonfly larva. This could make it even better.

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@drmitofit2673

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveRogersOutdoors What I did was apply this to my favorite Ned rig, a Zman Big TRD on a VMC Rugby jig head Texas style. I didn't have a big eye craft needle, but a sharply bent thin paperclip worked really well, penetrating tougher Elaztech with ease. Instead applying of single skirt strands, I dragged a folded strand and the cut the loop for a double whisker look. Then repeated orthogonally every cm or so from hook bend to tail. The under water action looks tantalizing with the bouyant Elaztech tail sticking up and the whisker legs undulating. Fish have a sensory lateral line that can detect subtle water vibrations and the whisker legs make it look alive visually. Unfortunately, they half drained my favorite lake for maintenance so I can't report caught fish yet.

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

@@drmitofit2673 when the lake is full again let me know how it goes. That sounds like an amazing version you made! It will be quite satisfying to catch them on a lure you designed.

@drmitofit2673

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveRogersOutdoors Could be a good while. Maybe you should try this lure mod and make a fish catch video.

Try this on a fluke

@SteveRogersOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

That would be very interesting!