Just watched LOW show and noticed the blade baits being used(same as Lake Winnipeg show).I do own a few different bladebaits but have never seen those used on show at any of the fishing stores I frequent in Sask. and Alberta.What is the make of those blade baits.I have searched T.
Bros ,Reeds,Cabelas and can’t seem to find them.Any help would by appreciated.
they are b fish n tackle B3 blades in 1/4 oz. Deanstacklebox.com he carries them and more i like the glo gill blades in 1/8 they fall a little slower. 
How do you guys fish them?
Do you guys rip it up and let it fall, hold it off the bottom, swim it?
Going to pick up some.
Don’t know what you know about using them, this concentrates on summer fishing, but good video on the site, and also hand-made/painted (less likely to chip with the powder coat)
http://www.tjstackle.com/bladebaits.htm
for ice i wouldnt say i rip it but ’nuff to get it to vibrate. i watch the flasher to see how the fish want it. alot of the time they show up then i work it up slowly away from them and just make it quiver and they take it.
henny-
i’ve used this technique in a similar fashion on salmon with downriggers and back pointed 200 transducer cups ductaped to the canon balls of our downriggers. we also cross shot 50 mghzs from a front DR.
When the fish came in we would ‘tweek’ the lures and see if we could trigger a strike. Lots of fun. BP thru the roof.
Never did learn what i was really looking at. Maybe some of the SI guys can PM me and we’ll talk. I think it’s a technique that could be used on walleyes too, maybe even pike/musky.
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Just watched LOW show and noticed the blade baits being used(same as Lake Winnipeg show).I do own a few different bladebaits but have never seen those used on show at any of the fishing stores I frequent in Sask. and Alberta.What is the make of those blade baits.I have searched T.
Bros ,Reeds,Cabelas and can’t seem to find them.Any help would by appreciated.
Here you go >>> http://www.bfishntackle.com/b3_bladebaits.html
The 14K Gold plate and Pink and White are two of my favorites.
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How do you guys fish them?
Do you guys rip it up and let it fall, hold it off the bottom, swim it?Going to pick up some.
Joel Nelson goes into a very detailed explanation on how to fish blades on ice in this show.
http://www.idofishing.com/videos/viewvid.php/Number/1076831/
Here is an interesting bait that I saw, never tried one but might have to. Sebile Vibrato, when I first saw a post about it on another site I thought it might be something the GF would use!!!
ive been using blade baits for at least 10 years for ice and open water. i have never used the b3. U guys might want to check out what I use. They are from Rod Benders and they are called a vib e . I fish shallow water and use the 3/16. Lots of vibration. I use them 98 percent of the time. Love them
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for ice i wouldnt say i rip it but ’nuff to get it to vibrate. i watch the flasher to see how the fish want it. alot of the time they show up then i work it up slowly away from them and just make it quiver and they take it.
You’d think with a half hour TV show I could say everything I’d ever want to about blade baits, but it just ain’t so! These things are versatile as the day is long, but one thing I didn’t mention that Henny hit on was to let the fish tell you what they want.
In turkey hunting, it’s called “taking their temperature.” With fishing, it’s much the same. I start out ripping pretty aggressively, higher in the water column – usually at least a few feet off of bottom. Jig that aggressively near bottom, and your ability to see the fish you’re targeting on the flasher is difficult as a blade is a big sonar target. If they smack it after jigging like that, all the better.
As we move later into the season, fewer fish will do just that. Which is why it’s nice to rip them to draw them in, higher over their head, then slow it down to elicit strikes. Dropping it in the mud is a strategy I mentioned on the show, but beyond that, the key is really to keep the bait moving, even if very subtly. You can get some great wiggle and vibration from these things without the big sweeping jigging motion. To “rock” the bait, remember that you need to lift slowly to create space to drop it into and then perform the rocking motion. Drop it right on their nose as they approach and more often than not you’ll spook them.
I’ll fish these all year, and even when the bladebait bite is slow or dead, I’m confident I’m drawing fish into my spread of livebait offerings. You’re not just going to sit there and hope one swims by on its own are you? 
Joel
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