12 WEIRD Fishing Lures and When they Work | Awesome UNDERWATER Footage

Oddball fishing baits. We're talking bats, rats, spiders, turtles, snakes and the list goes on. The question is, do they have a place in your tackle box? Wired2Fish's McKeon "Keys" Roberts has hand-picked an assortment of baits that defy the norm and delivers his assessment on each supported with high-quality underwater and above water video footage.

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While several of the lures feature names and looks of alternative forage, one should maintain the perspective that a fish doesn't necessarily associate the baits as some names imply (that's marketing for us humans). For example, while a bat is most certainly not on the menu, the Savage Gear 3D Bat has a great action for a topwater crawler bait. Conversely, anatomically correct and realistic trout-imitating lures are designed to fool bass by mimicking the real thing - matching preferred forage in looks and movement can be highly effective. The bottom line, fishing tackle is fun, and it can be creative. With a little exploration, you may find that weird and magical bait that gets bites others are missing.

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[RevelsGang]

We need more videos like this with underwater footage!!

[Michael_Clark_II]

Okay... This man has to be an EX-Seal... I have never run into someone this calm, has intel, and facts to back it all. Outstanding video.

[Angel-wipu]

I went night fishing and a small bat flew into my line and got tangled. I didn’t know until it was within 5 feet so I pretty much had a real life version of that lure dragging through the water. The bat lived 👍

[davidcloyd]

Loved this video! “The baby loon bite”!

[gizmocarr]

What really makes a good artificial lure great? Price, versatility, simplicity, lure action, durability and availability; most of all is fish bite them. All of the lures you showcased certainly could catch fish; however, most are novelties that have been made before. It seems if you make a new lure someone will buy them; that is the idea manufactures depend on.

[redeyestones]

I used to live with a girl that had two very large Oscar fish in a 36 gallon aquarium. One night we were watching a movie, and out of the corner of my eye I saw a mouse crawling along the top of the open aquarium. (It was a very old open house on the beach in Maui. Good luck not having a mouse in the house once in a while) but right when I said, "check out that mouse" the female Oscar jumped up, and tail slapped the mouse into the water, and swallowed it whole. Was unexpected entertainment. Started catching mice once in a while, just to feed to the fish. The Oscars were roughly 2.5 lbs, and the mice were 2.5-4 inches. I'd imagine a full grown bass would probably try to eat a full grown rat if given the chance.

[bassinbilliards]

I came out with my own prototype Dragon fly lures back in the early 2000s. I was in jr.high during 9/11. I never got it off the ground with a company or sponsor etc. Nobody had a design for them. Not Cabelas, Bass pro or in fisherman magazine etc. No one. I had fun using my own and trying to figure out what better materials to use. I'll never forget & neither will my father.

[kylemolletfishing]

Amazing video fellas. A great perspective on what these lures really look like to the fish, and I'm sure will help a lot of people in making decisions about lure selection.

[georgedavis]

You never know when the next weird bait will become the next bandito bug..

[Mr.BigPerch]

Rat's & Mouse Imitation works great for Pike, Floating Bug's are Troutkillerbaits in Sommer in small creeks.

[andrewyangfishing]

The rat does wonders especially in the post spawn

[billiegoat]

Great video. The way you break them down was awesome. I looked at the spider bait like something I would never buy, know I want a few and try that tree limb trick. Now that I think about it a huge Brown would love a mouse bait. Opened my eyes up thanks!

[Chiccone]

Yak, yak, yak, the channel is called Wired2fish, so fish those crazy lures for us!!

[Lurtz]

I really liked this video and have had some success on most of the baits on here. Even if a regular old frog would catch the same or more fish it’s always fun to throw new baits and maybe sometimes the extra size or new look could prove to be the difference.

[fishingkingdom]

Thank you for this video, I will be testing the duck and bat in some major pike water next week!

[craigstuckey]

I missed one of the biggest smallies I've ever seen on that dragonfly.

[FishnTheSouthOkanagan]

I have the baby beetle, it skips nicely when placed well, other times as it skips it hits the dock and have start all over again.
The bigger brother to the beetle is twice the size of the baby beetle, same action but slightly more heavier in weight, probably a decent weedless pike bait or bass.
There aren’t many Supernato beetle YT videos which IMO sucks for us that are trying to learn and grow as an angler via YT.
I’ve caught a biggun Largie on the Livetarget field mouse before, fun times.
Lunkerhunt also has a weedless baby muskrat topwater lure with rubber skirt for legs, haven’t tried it out (I don’t have it).

[Squatch]

Wow cool idea for a video nice change of pace

[joshsherrod]

The red dragonfly got me my pb largemouth. My rule of thumb is throwing it by pads and under trees

[bassinbilliards]

Oh an Lunker hunt wasn't the first either. There was a small company that made a floating lillypad lure with a dragon fly that dangled over the water. You would leave it out in hopes a vass would cruise by and jump at it landing you dinner.