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Here is the official reason for this bass Mr. Long, >From the photos that you sent us, the fish that you caught appears to be of a spotted bass with a deformed head. This type of deformity is not uncommon in fingerling fish but is not often seen in adult fish caught in the wild. This deformity can be caused by an injury to the fish during its larval stage or it could also be from a developmental or genetic problem during its embryonic development. We sometimes see fingerling fish exhibit this condition at our hatcheries but they usually do not survive long in the wild. This condition has been observed in a number of different fish species. Nick Nichols Assistant Chief of Fisheries Alabama Division of Wildlife & Freshwater Fisheries 64 North Union St. Suite 551 Montgomery, AL 36130

I sent "all" the photos to the state DNR fish biologist today. The guy holding the little guy, said he caught one just like it there two weeks earlier , heck might have been the same fish

I use the Wiggle rig 100% of the time,, even when others are not watching me,, I do it because no other method of fishing has ever beat it "PERIOD" ! When it has been tested head to head ( in the same boat, or next to other fishermen on the bank) against all other rigs and techniques, I have NEVER been out fished, not even by a pro. Most of the time my catch rate is over 5 to 1,, today it was over 20 to zero against 6 other fishermen Now i have a number of "years" experience with it, it is not something most people can totally master with a couple of times fishing it. Although in many cases , well actually all cases I am aware of, people have caught more fish using it than anyone next to them not using it, but they have still not mastered it to the point where it catches "every" bass that sees it, regardless of the conditions or the mood of the fish. I have not seen a bass in years, I have not caught. It is still just a rig so you need to choose the right lures for the conditions,, just like today, I started with a worm,, and 6 cast, no bass, switched lures, and had a bass on "every" cast. It takes fishing from 2 dimensions to 3 dimensions , You can totally control the action of your lures in "all" directions,, now knowing what action is needed, under what conditions, is the key to catching "every" bass. This takes a lot of practice. Sometimes it takes leaving the lure in one spot, and vigorously working the lure, other times leaving it in one spot and just the slightest amount of action every couple of sec. letting it lay still between those movements,, other times it's covering water, working the lure, like you have never seen a lure move before, it's like a live bait fishing struggling against a hook. Sometimes it is just the death quiver of a dying minnow, other times it's swimming a minnow lure on it's side in a tight circle, just like a shad with it's gills injured . Bass like to chase things,, no doubt about it, but they also prefer, over anything, a "free" lunch, when they are not interested in feeding at all, they will still "always" hit a small morsel of high protein the can "mosey" over to and inhale. On the Wiggle rig the tiny Dynamite worm (1/8 inch X 2 1/2 inches) has nailed some awesome bass that ignored everything else. I now fish with a fluke above this worm most of the time, I am really amazed at the huge bass that pick that tiny worm over that fluke, the only problem I have with using it,, everything hits that tiny "wiggling" worm, and I mean everything, bream, trout, perch, crappie, cat fish, and even carp. You never know what you will be reeling in. In most cases, BIG bass don't chase pray,, they feed by two methods, ambush, and opportunity, the Wiggle rig is an opportunity fishing technique, it gives the bass a meal they "know" is hurt, that can't run, that they don't have to waste energy on to eat. The reason live shiner, and live shad fishing is so productive is the struggle of the bait, the fish know it's hurt. The problem of fishing this way is,, having live bait, live bait does not really struggle very long as they get tired too quickly, and live bait is not legal in tournaments,, the other factor is many bass fishermen don't think live bait fishing is a sport, the fishermen has not "tricked" the bass The Videos of lures on my web site show a lot of motion that can be created using the Wiggle rig,, because, well,, those actions catch fishermen (also many bass when they are in the feeding mode), but it is not the most productive way to fish the rig "all" the time. You, the fishermen can control the action with the Wiggle rig,, never before have fisherman been able to control lures this way. Remember the Wiggle rig does "nothing" to a lure It just allows the fisherman to do "anything" to a lure. Now the fisherman's true skill can be placed into his lures. If you have not tried this thing, you have nothing to risk, because it is the only tackle in the world with a 100% instant "total" refund including S&H, if you don't like it,, and you keep the rig, you don't even have to send it back, heck you don't even have to buy a stamp, just email me and tell me you want your money back,, and I hit "refund payment" at PayPal. So far,, no one has ever asked me to refund their money, but i will do it in a heart beat.

What was even more weird is after I landed this thing,, no one, (6 other fishermen on the bank ) not even me, caught another fish

I started the day wiggling a worm,, 6 cast no bass,, changed over to wiggling a tiny fluke, caught over 20 , one on every cast, until I caught this bass,, not another hit after I landed this thing. All the bass were spots,, this one has a spots body,, but sure not a spots head and mouth. What the heck is this thing ????????????

They are already in the mail,, thanks I understand this rig is also awesome for ice fishing

That is very true,, BUT, the thing we strive for is getting "every" bass to hit a lure, that is the goal of every fisherman, and every lure manufacture,, every bass will not hit a non moving lure, every time. I have fished against dead stickers, (in the same boat), they caught fish, I caught 10 to their 1, while wiggling, that was the lowest average of the many such test that were done. Now if needed I could easily dead stick the lure while it's attached to the Wiggle rig,, I never did it in these test, but I could have. That's one of the great features of using the Wiggle rig,, you can do anything with it, and do things no one else can do with any other method.

I have heard of fishermen doing this with the rig, I never have,, most people cast for these fish Here is the type emails I get on the rig http://ezknot.com/kail.html Now Tom has told no one he fishes against, about the rig, he lets me use this on the web site because he thinks if they ever find the site, the jig is up anyway

Hooking the lure depends on the lure, and where your fishing it,, you want to rig weedless if snags are a problem On the video,, I need them done professionally ,, I know that, and am working on getting it done

WE ( the customers ) can claim that, you can 't If you say it and the everyday Joe who thinks he just found the magic wand of bass fishing when purchasing your product reads that and he doesn 't get those 10 bass an hour you are saying you get when fishing with your product then the first thing he 's going to feel is that he got screwed and begins to bad mouth it. Good point I just got back from doing some "bank" fishing this morning Fished from 10:15 to 12:30 I caught 31 Spotted bass from 1/2 to 1 1/2 pounds The guy next to me had to try the rig, as he was being skunked, I rigged up one of his rods,, he caught only 6 in the last hour I was there, while I caught 13 standing beside him. Same lure, with me giving him instructions. It is a rig that needs to be practiced with I've been using this rig many years. I always out catch everyone else ,, well almost, my 9 year old grand daughter gives me a run for the money, she has beaten me a few times with her using it. The place we were fishing is the discharge from a 17,000 GPM pump that fills the lake. it's like fishing behind a dam, shad really pile in there and the bass follow them

It "is not" usually fished straight down, it is just the only way we can video it. It is at it's best at the end of a long cast in shallow water It is so effective from shore,, I have not used my bass boat all year,, why even fool with it ? I have done most of my fishing from two lakes this year,, both have very large areas where you can bank fish,, I can average 10 bass an hour walking the banks of these two lakes.

I could have made the same post, but people would not have believed "me" It was one of the best enforcements of the rig I have ever read. I need to get permission to post it on my web site

Thanks for that report It's just nearly impossible for me to get across, just how effective a fishermen "can" get with his presentation using the Wiggle rig over all other rigs,, and not just in drop shot applications, it works with any soft plastic application were you would use a weight,, even along the banks, and in very stained water

The reason a rubber band won't work is physics,, you cut rubber thin enough so you don't need three or more Ozes of weight to hold it in place to get it to stretch, (so you can get your action) and it breaks when casting,, same thing with "all" elastics manufactured anywhere in the world, also the slightest weight snag, means you break off. When I first got the idea, I tested the principle with a strip of rubber, it took 4 Oz'es of weight to get the first one to work with the weakest rubber I could find. I then tried "every" elastic thread manufactured, I called or emailed every company in the world for samples, the last thing I wanted is a "special" ordered material to make this thing work,, because of the cost of such a material. None of the manufactured material would work, I then asked the companies to make me an elastic that could stretch in less than 1 OZ resistance, yet had at least a 6 lb breaking strength. "NONE" could think of anything that would do that . One day I was looking at some 100# "Spectra" fishing line I use for salt water fishing, I got the magnifying glass out and found out it was a hollow braid, I took some supper fine rubber, and a needle, and threaded the rubber through the Spectra, pulling the Spectra down , bunching it up on the needle, and rubber. I did this until I had covered a 4 inch section of rubber (it took about 3 hours to make this 4 inches). I then tied a knot in the Spectra at each end over the rubber. I just made the worlds strongest bungee cord,, it worked great, I caught a dozen bass on that one cord. I called Honey Wel about making an elastic with their Spectra,, their engineer said it was impossible,, Because Spectra has no stretch, I called an elastic manufacturer and asked them the same,, they also said it was not possible, I then called my patent attorney. By the way,, my "invention" is anything and everything that stretches between a weight and lure. I went over board to make sure it would "NEVER" be banned in tournaments,, B.A.S.S. got the first exclusive story on it, (June 2001 Bassmaster), part of the deal was they never would ban it. It is currently used by many of their pros, you will probably never see anyone on stage saying they were using it, because I won't "PAY" them to do that. I guess many people don't know, but unless they get paid to tell,,, they just don't, it's not to their advantage to tell anyone what they use to win,, why "give" your secrete away? They are paid to promote their sponsors products on stage, whether they actually used them to win or not. It's just the nature of this business, and keeps the little guys little, as only the mega companies can afford to pay them. I could sell out to Berkly,, then everyone would buy it,,but I would not make a penny on the dollar from all my work.

Your advice is well taken,, I agree with you about it,, but tell me another way,, I would give anything for a better way to present this,, but being as I own the company,, anything I say about it would be considered a commercial. I could, I guess, get me another email address and "pretend" to just be a happy fisherman using it But that is something I will never do, it's just not honest. I sure did not mean to make anyone look like a moron,, I sure don't think they are. What I think is I'm not being able to get just how good this thing is across,, I am believing that that is the problem, it is too good, so good no one believes it. I know why they are so Leary,, they have been screwed by so many companies that have made such claims in the past, on stuff that was just no better than they were already fishing with, and a lot of stuff actually worst than what they used. They have all been conned before. These con companies are still out there, and still trying to rip off as many fisherman as they can. I am not one of those companies !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 80% of my business is repeat orders Next time you go fishing,, put that rig on one of your rods,, don't wait until the fish won't hit anything else, just use it for a few cast, please give it a chance.

I never said "anything" that is currently used, does not work,, "everything" works with bass at times, just it's hard to find something that works "all" the time.. The Wiggle rig does not work all the time either, it only works (all the time) when the fish are located close to the bottom , banks, or structure. When fish are suspended in open water, it does not work Your very experienced fishermen were right,, with the rigs that "were" available, they used the best methods for the tools they had, this is a new tool that opens up a whole different game in catching fish,, they never pitted their techniques against this rig. I have,, and a couple thousand other fisherman have as well. SO far it has out preformed "every" other technique of using soft plastics, "every" time. These test were all done with both fishermen using the same lure, in the same color, and both fishermen in the same boat, at the same time (of course many different lures were tried, just when one fisherman changed over, they both did.) The Wiggle rig did not just out perform all other rigs 50, 60, or even 80 % of the time, it did it "every" time. Sure some days were not 30 + bass days, but regardless, the fishermen using the Wiggle rig caught more than the one not using it. You can't judge a lure, or a rig, or even a technique, when fishermen are in different boats,, one could just be able to find more fish than the other. Finding fish and big fish is over 80% of winning tournaments. Another thing,, the Wiggle rig actually does nothing to a lure, it just allows the fishermen to do nearly anything. I hate to hear when guys order the rig and tell me they are going to be fish a tournament with it as soon as they get it. This new tool needs to be practiced with, just like a guy would not drop shot in a tournament, when he had never drop shotted before. Since there are a thousand different actions and combination of actions you can put on a lure with this rig, you must "learn" how to use it, you do this by watching each lure, where you can see what rod tip action places on the lure,, so you know what your lures are doing when you can't see them. Sometimes you need a lot of action to get a bass to hit,, other times you want just a very little. With the Wiggle rig, you can vary that action, to anything even with the lure sitting in one spot, until you find out what they are hitting, then stick with it. One major reason people don't catch many huge bass is they fish their lures too quickly, If you dead stick,, you have learned big bass just mosey over to a lure, it some times takes them quite a few min. to get over to it to eat it. This is the reason dead sticking works so well. The only difference between wiggling and dead sticking is,, the lure acts like it's still alive, it keeps more bass interested in it. So we are using the best method (dead sticking) keeping the lure in one spot, and also the best action on that lure,, something that before, no fisherman could do. This rig works so well, it is the only fishing tackle in the world with a 100% (including S&H) "instant" money back for "any" reason,, and you don't even send back the tackle,, that's right ,, you keep it, use it, throw it away, do what ever you want,, it just takes an email from you telling me you want your money back, and I hit "refund" on PayPal,, it does not even require a stamp. Your money is instantly placed back into your account Show many any tackle company that will do this,, heck show me any company, anywhere, with any product that will do this Think about the dead stick,, the lure just sits there, with zero signs of life, perhaps the bass saw it moving before it died. With the Wiggle rig, the lure "can be" ever so slightly still moving, in that one spot, so even a bass that didn't see it moving prior, when they come by the lure, they will ****** it, or if you like, you "can" still just let it sit there dead, but you now have the option,, something you never had before.

There is no one lure that will,, but there is one rig, that increase the catch rate of the lures (soft plastics) that you use,, "so far" I have not had a single report where two fisherman were using the same soft plastic lure,, that the one using the Wiggle rig did not out fish thee one without it.

History of lure action Throughout the history of using lures, fishermen have always had the disadvantage of limited control over their lure's actions. When using lures there have only been two forces the fisherman could use to get "action" out of their lures,, moving the lure towards the fisherman, by taking in line, and the force of gravity. Fishermen can control the movement towards them to some degree, in changing the rate of retrieve, and rod movement during that retrieve. Gravity acting on the lure is a "slow" uncontrollable force when the lures falls back towards the bottom after being raised. Lure manufacturers have spent millions in R&D to take as much advantage in these two forces as possible, to try to mimic the action of the natural pray that fish feed on, and they have also spent huge sums trying to get their lures to continue to move (their skirts, tails, or limbs) once the forces of the retrieve, and gravity have stopped. Very little continued movement has ever been archived after the lure stops moving through the water., yet they have sold many millions of dollars in lures that claim to still move a "little", once the lateral action stops. The reason is simple, natural pray moves around in one spot. Many game fish will not hit something that is laying perfectly still, unless they just watched it moving. This means you can't leave it in one spot for long, or the fish that watched it, loose interest in it. Being able to keep a lure moving in one spot has been the Holly Grail of the lure manufacturers, and fishermen. To totally mimic live bait, to be able to fish a lure like live bait. The drop shot rig has come closer than anything before it, and when the fish are deep, and in clear water, the drop shot rig out catches all other prior rigs, even though the action is not natural. Why are you guys not interested in the solution to this problem ? Do you not believe a lure moving with an equal , natural, totally controllable vibration and action, can catch more fish than what your doing now ? DO you not want to take the action out of the lure manufacturer's hands and place them in yours ? I'm really curious,, have I invented something that few "regular" fishermen want to use, that only serious fishermen use ? Watch the first video on this page,, although it shows the maximum action placed on lures,, this action can be reduced to anything the fisherman wants. http://ezknot.com/videos.html

We have Blue gill that get almost that black when they bed, is the fin structure identical to your gills ?

I have two techniques that,, so far "nothing" by anyone, has been able to compete with in these weeds. The first is "slapping" a soft plastic minnow lure over pockets,, toss your "Wiggle" rig's weight to hang in the top of the weeds behind the pocket with the lure over the middle of hole. Hold tension on your line and vigorously slap the lure on the surface, throw as much water as possible and make as much noise as you can with the lure. I work a lure for at least two min over a hole like this,, the noise and action can bring fish from many yards a way when they are active, so you have to wait on them to get to it. The next, if that does not produce, only because they are not actively feeding, drag the weight until it drops in the hole ,, now work your lure while it's in that hole, you can make that minnow do anything you want it to down there for as long as you like. So far in all our testing against other lure and rigs in these conditions, these techniques have out produced all others at least 5 to 1 For more information on the Wiggle rig, just click the banner in my signature

I tell you what,, email me with your mailing address, If there is a bass left in that lake, you will catch it Click my signature banner, and read that page,, I will mail you "free" a set up that will have you catching fish As far as slowing down,, with this rig you can leave the lure in "one spot" for hours, and you can keep it moving

The Wiggle rig, nothing in every test we have done, has even got close to the catch rate, in deep water,, but it also works in 6 inches of water I use a lot of different lures on it,, some of the best are soft plastic minnow lures, the softer the better Check out these lures actions on this YouTube video,, you will be able to see why nothing even comes close To learn more just click my signature banner below

Dang at least you could have sent them to the "inventor's" and Bassresource Sponsor's web site to see and buy them http://ezknot.com/SUHooks.html I don't drop shot anymore, it's obsolete (much less effective than my new technique) Although my new technique is rigged sorta like a drop shot You can't get this type of action out any drop shot rig. Of course iif I want just a little action, I can just use a little less rod tip control http://ezknot.com/Storm3.wmv http://ezknot.com/8inchworm.wmv This is the rig I now use exclusively with soft plastics , it works with any size lure, and replaces drop shotting, Texas, and Carolina rigging, as it gives you total lure action control. Here is how this rig is rigged To learn more about it,, there is a lot of information you need to read and see, go to this site http://ezknot.com/Long_Shot.html If you still want to just drop shot, use the best drop shot hook, the only hook in the world that was engineered just for drop shot fishing, that any knot will make it stick straight out, ALWAYS, even after you fight your fish,, plus you can drop shot huge lures with the new 2/0 StandOuts,, you don't have to worry about trying to wedge your knot in the hook eye,, something you can't do with light line and huge hooks, that's why no one was drop shotting with big lures, they couldn't get their hooks to do-right With the Wiggle rig I don't worry about the hook sticking out,, If i miss the strike, they will hit it again,, and again, and again. SO I rig my lures totally weedless, plus I want the hook to pivot on this rig,, it makes for a more natural action

I got the scanner working This guy has made two orders with me totaling 50 dollars over the last 30 days,, I just could not believe this letter,, I have added little extras from time to time in orders, and i have never had a single fishermen even really thank me,, well maybe a few when I through in a few lures or something,, but sometimes I put a little more of something in a kit or add a few worms to their bag of 20. I guess no one even counts them, I know I wouldn't I could not believe this letter,, and you can see why I'm framing it

I understand,, I have just not been on this board long enough,, and the fishing conditions have really stank for all fishing the last two weeks, in most places. I have this,, An email from a tournament guy in New York state Hi Rodney, Here are a few photo's of Jason and myself holding some of our tourney fish from 2006. We had a wonderful fish filled season taking 15 wins, 8 tourney lunkers and 23 tourney large mouths that weighed in over 5 pounds each....in N.Y. waters. Thanks so much for designing such a great product. Thanks Tom Kail