He had a hand in it but make no mistake, he didn’t invent it. I’d say there were a few others field testing that bait other than him. He has made many claims, another one was he was responsible for a floating worm rig which was pioneered by Doug Hannon. He was called out on that heavily, I’d give him credit for his spin on the bait though. Lowering his Ranger rig to get into a honey hole (under a bridge) was pretty radical and smart..