SkippyFiSH Bait Co

SkippyFiSH Bait Company is the brain child of Touring Bass Pro Lou Consoli. SkippyFiSH baits were primarily designed as a top water soft plastic jerk bait. While the heads are similar to traditional flukes the tails are more like a swimbait and are long and thin with a flat edge so they kick aggressively back and forth when retrieved or simply jerked. This extra mass at the end of the tail is also designed to give the bait some action the minute it is skipped under structure to incite immediate strikes.

The SkippyFiSH baits are all injected with anise oil scent so that fish hold on longer. Designed to be skipped under docks, trees, and heavily weeded areas the 6" lure is best fished rigged weedless with a 4/0 offset hook. While this is the recommended rigging method for skipping the lure it can also be fished on drop shot rigs, Carolina rigged, or even like a swimbait when paired with a jig head.

This flexibility is one of the most exciting things about the SkippyFiSH is that it can be configured and fished so many different ways. It can be fished with an offset hook near the top of the water column, or rigged on a swimbait weighted hook and swam, or even rigged mojo style or on jig heads for saltwater fishing. The bait is also designed for easy customization and markers can be used to add highlights like a more defined lateral line. The company also plans on coming out with their own line of markers to make customization even easier.

SkippyFiSH baits are available in ten different color patterns including threadfin, baby bass, alewife, pearl and gizzard just to name a few. There are two different sizes which include 6 and 4 inch baits, and both come eight baits per pack. The 6 inch lures retail for $4.19 while the 4 inch baits cost just 40 cents less. The company is also working on other sizes ranging from extra large 8 or 9 inch sizes for large gamefish and saltwater and finesse 2 or 3 inch size baits for trout, crappie and smaller game fish.

SkippyFiSH baits are designed to be skipped and get into areas where other baits cannot in an effort to draw strikes from fish holding tight to structure like trees, docks, lily pads or even thick grass. Rigged weightless these lures slap the top of the water and can bounce multiple times when thrown with a spinning outfit before dropping into otherwise hard to reach strike zones, once in the water the SkippyFiSH can be jerked or retrieved right through even thick structure without hanging up. For more information please contact SkippyFiSH bait co. or go to www.skippyfish.com.