Big-bait specialist and Big Bass Zone co-columnist Bill Siemantel has long said that anyone can catch fish on swimbaits, anywhere in the U.S. He now goes beyond words to prove it on film. His newest project, titled Advanced Swimbait Tactics, comes via DVD and will be available from Spro in a few weeks.
A Hollywood outfit, Last Cast Media, produced the project, and it includes more than 100 action-packed catch scenes, but most important, it's one more learning tool in the quest for swimbait knowledge. It deals primarily with the Spro BBZ-1, 2 and 3 swimbaits – which cover the entire water column from top to bottom – but it's really about all swimbaits Siemantel noted. Also, it's an interactive experience.
"It'll have a high-impact opening, but then it'll go into explaining the lure, and then from another menu button, you'll be able to watch full, detailed descriptions of true techniques that anybody can use all over the U.S.," he said.
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Siemantel added that the purpose of the project is to show anglers that swimbaits work all over the U.S. In 2 months of filming, he caught more than 100 fish, and half of them are under 4 pounds.
"I think it's going to have a ton of impact," he added. "It's kind of like the BBZ book in an hour – casting angles, which baits to use, what the bait's doing to the fish, how they eat the bait. It's pretty insane."
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