Banjo Minnow Success Stories
May 2009
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From: Lisa Miller Wayne,
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From: Tristan Fletcher Dear Wayne, |
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From: "fanning" I caught a 12 lb bass on the minnow. It works! |
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From: Christian I got this product for my birthday and we went to a bass pond and I tried all my lures and got nothing. I put on a banjominnow and caught eighteen largmouth bass, thank you |
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From: Tanner Olson I live on Lake Winter, in Winter Wisconsin... I also live right next to a river that is well known for the muskies, northerns, and bass. I brought three, just three minnows with me(and lost all of them each cast). The first one I lost before I could even close the bail on my reel. The second one, right after the first jerk another northern came up and snapped my line!!! My third, a REALLY BIG largemouth bass came up and a 5 minute fight started until the line snapped again!!!!!!!!! I'm a strong believer of the banjo minnow now |
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From: Cleve Shearer I recently ordered the minnow kit, after watching the infomercial for years and saying that's a joke. I have been pre-fishing tournaments in Alabama with my HVAC guy this summer and last week I broke out the Banjo about 10:30 a.m on the Warrior River after a 6 fish morning and Chris was complaining how hot the water was. He pretty much said we're done. First cast I missed, long story short, the spots murdered the Banjo. I caught 13 fish by 12 o'clock,including 3 of the largest spots (bass) ever. Chris who has at least 20 rods and reels and I have never seen him tie a lure on the boat was tying away. I would have won the Tournament by myself in the middle off the day. Then Sunday some friends and I put canoes in the Locast Fort River and first cast a 4.2 lb spot topped all the week before. I also had 2 more 3 plus lbs I am fishing in one of the top farm ponds in Alabama, Tuesday, next week with three Doctors canot wait to see what happens. Cleve Shearer |
From: Monalina Aquino
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:36 AM
Subject: New Contact from Banjo Minnow Store
All I want to say is thank you,thank you,thank you
The banjo006minnow is heaven in a lure I mean one day my brother and I were using mighty XXXXX.And we didn't got any luck so I got my banjo minnow and my brother said banjo minnow.What is a banjo minnow, is that just an ordinary old gimmick?And I said just watch and see so I cast it out and bang I caught myself a nice striped bass.So my brother said where you got that this lure is amazing so he said give me one.So I gave him one and he cought himself a nice big mouth bass.He was begging for where I got it and I said banjo minnow.com and automatically tried to get himself the one and only banjo006minnow kit.So now I'm never ever going fishing without banjo minnows now I am very satisfied with this lure.So I went fishing today and I coght a 39lb striped bass so every body around me said where you got that lure it's just amazing.So thank you very much Wayne and you have a very good product
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From: brandon doty I rarely used fake baits in the past, but I recently ordered the banjo minnow set and all that has changed. Now I can't take the lure off my line. I'm catching bass in open water, and also the thickest and slimiest weeded places that I could never have fished before. It's a great product and I highly recomend it to all of my friends. Thanks |
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From: T.Daniel Carr Hi Cyndy. (One of my best friends spells her name Cyndy too!) I live in Illinois and wanted to purchase the banjo minnow package deal for my daughter. We went fishing last summer in Wisconsin and NOW she is used to catching bigger fish now. I attached pictures of two of the big smallmouths she caught. Her birthday is coming up, and I wanted to get her something to help her keep catching fish. Thank you, |
From: Kurt Braun
Sent: Tue, 23 Jun 2009
Subject: New Contact from Banjo Minnow Store
I recently received my order of the Banjo Minnow and immediately went to the lake. As I don't have a boat I have to fish from shore and was very surprised and impressed. I have to guess based on size and feel, within 30 minutes I had 2-4 lbs'ers. Couldn't find the camera before I went but have since found it and it will be along for the trip next time.
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From: Matt Reynolds wayne, i have caught more big fish with this bait. it is unreal, more bass weighing 2-5lbs. i was fishing with a friend the other day. i outfished him 10 to his 1. it was so great the 4 and 5 inch minnows are the beast for your big fish. if you go to a place you have never been. use a banjo. it is great you will find out what is in there. thank you wayne for a great product |
From: dennis jilek
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 11:26 AM
Subject: thanks again
Thanks again for the baits and the prompt delivery. I had so much fun last summer and last fall using the minnow for Muskies, Northern Pike, Large Mouth Bass, and Small Mouth Bass. It still is my go-to bait in my tackle box. People still laugh at me when I show them the lure, I just tell them.... Lets go fishing and you will find out for yourself! As for the frogs and weedless design, No other frog can beat the banjo frog.
Dennis Jilek
Upper Penisula, Michigan.
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From: Heather Allison Dear Wayne, I just wanted you to know i love these banjo's i have been useing them sense the first time they came out they just keep getting better these are the only lure i own any more they work great i have caught every thing on them from bullhead, brown trout, rainbow trout, bass ect. Keep up the good work and keep the banjo's comeing!!
thanks George (upstate NY) |
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From: Ed Butera Dear Wayne, When I purchased the Banjo system my angler buddies were busting my chops about "soft baits". - First time out with the Banjo lures while fishing in the keys I nailed a 6lb. Jack Cravalle while my buddies sat there catching finger size snappers. Second time out fishing off Camino Real bridge for Snook - on the third cast I got nailed hard and the line broke. This was not the products fault, this was due to insufficient line weight. Lastly, just yesterday (6/14/09 ) I was fishing with my buddy and we came across schoolie dolphin. I used a small blue and white with red eye Banjo teaser and caught 9 fish in a row before the hook finally gave away. My buddies will be ordering soon!!!
Captain Ed / Boca Raton |
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From: Jc Allen I ordered your product even tho I was skeptical that it would work. I thought for the price I did not have much to loose. My Wife, Son and myself used you're product and were very happy with the results. My wife caught a 4.5 lb large mouth Bass and 2- 3 lb Large mouth. My son caught 3- ranging from 2 to 4 lb large mouth and I caught 4 ranging from 2 to 3 lb large mouth. This was all done within two hours. Thanks for an outstanding product. I will recomend it to all my friends.
Jason, Dena & Lane Allen, Bremen Alabama |
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From: Phyllis Doran I arrived at the lake telling these 2 young fishermen about my success with the Banjo Minnow on my last trip. They gave me that "look" and said they saw the commericals about the Banjo Minnows. Standing five feet from the kids I casted the Banjo Minnow into the lake, instantly I landed a 3 lb 11oz Largemouth bass. This is the biggest bass I have ever caught. The other fishermen immediatly asked me where I purchased the Banjo Minnows. The second cast was tangled in lilly-pads ( I didn't use the weed-guard). The third cast I brought in a 1lb bass. We recommended your product and purchased other sets for family and friends. Thank you for such a great product. Thank you- Richard Doran |
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From: oscar carmona HI WAYNE MY NAME ITS OSCAR FERNANDEZ , IM FROM LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA, I WENT TO TEXAS IN A TRIP TO SEE MY WIFE FAMILY AND I BOUGTH YOUR GREAT PRODUCT AT BASS PROSHOP, GREAT INVESTMENT. THE NEXT DAY I WENT TO THE LAKE CALL WHITNEY HERE IN TEXAS, I USED YOUR BANJOMINNOW 006, AND WOWOWOW I CAUGHT 1 BIG BASS IN MY IRST CAST. I CAUGHT A 3 POUNDS AND A HALF BASS GREAT FIGHTER, BUT NOT A CHANCE TO GET AWAY FROM MY HOOK. LOVE THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE,I SAW THE WHOLE ACTION HAPPEN RIGHT INFRONT OF ME, I SAW YOUR TV SHOW SO MANY TIMES AND IM SORRY BUT I SAY WHAT A BUNCH OF BS , WOWO I WAS SO WRONG I HATE MY OWN HOOK , BUT SOMEHOW I SAY LET GIVE IT A CAST LOL , IM SO HAPPY IM HAVING A GREAT TIME FISHING HERE IN TEXAS ,IN ALL THIS LAKES AROUND ME, NOW MY NEXT CHALLENCE ITS CALIFORNIA THE CASITAS LAKE THE SOON AS I GET BACK TO CAL, IM GOING FISHIING THERE ITS REALLY HARD TO CATCH A FISH THERE. WILL SEE , HOW GOOD YOUR BANJOMINNOW 006 WORKS IN THOSE WATERS I KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOU, AT THE MEAN TIME HERE THE EVIDENCE OF MY GREAT FISHING EXPERIENCE, THANKS ALOT, CATCH YOU LATER LOL.
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From: cathy bryant Hello. I just wanted to say I love the banjo minnow. I took my daughter with me fishing this past sunday to a small neighborhood pond near our house. There are usually bass, and hornpout (catfish) in there. there are lots of bass but they are usually around 2 lbs top.
I was using my small yellow 006 minnow when i felt a tug. I let the line tighten then pulled. i caught a 1 1/2 pounder. Then i released him and recast an about the same spot. I felt another tug and waited. Nothing. So I barely moved my wrist again for a little bit and waited. another tug.. Then another. So I pulled back. At first the line wouldn't move. I thought I had hit the bottom and gotten hooked. When all of a sudden my line went taught and my pole started to bend over. Then I was slowly dragging the line in when the line started swimming around. Next thing I know there was a huge bass jumping through the air. I yelled at my daughter to bring the net, which was too small for the fish... so I did what any angler would do fishing from the shore.... I got wet!! I stuck my foot in the water and grabbed the fish with my hand so I wouldn't lose it. What a monster... 7 1/2 pounds of fish. I was torn between keeping it or letting it go because this was my first ever bass over 3 pounds. It was an old female, that looked to have been hooked before but never landed. Anyway Banjo minnow has been true to their statement that when no other means is working to catch fish; the banjo minnow will deliver. I decided to release the fish and let her live in the pond. The man who works there has never seen the fish before and there is no outlet to a stream as the pond is stream fed. There is a rumor that there is a 10 pounder in there as well, we'll just have to see.  |
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From: Jim Hamilton and Wayne Hamilton hotspots. Me, my son Jim and my grandson Ty. I have to admit Jim is the best fisherman of the 3 but on the 2nd. cast.. yes, the 2nd. cast Ty made he was working the Banjo Minnow when WHAMMO... a 3 pound bass attacked it and we saw it because of the full moon and a lighted dock at that spot. I mean that fish attacked the banjo minnow like a barracuda. He didn't just mouth it like a worm, he hit it like a Mack truck. So we had the first catch in less than 2 minutes of fishing. Well, we usually can bag a few so I still was a bit skeptical. But before I could say much about it WHAMO another 2-3 pound bass hit Jim's Banjo Minnow and we landed him too. So far, so good. 2 bass in less than 5 minutes. We took another couple of bass from that spot and then it slowed down for about 10 mins so we headed off to the next hotspot with 4 catches in about 15 minutes.. I noticed all were good sized fish between 2 and 3 pounds. So we get to the next spot and start working the banjo minnow there and next thing I know Ty says I got one. I could tell it was a big one right away because he started towing the boat out away from the bank. We don't use a John boat.. it's an electric weighing about 450 pounds and with the 3 of us and 2 dogs... it must be about 1,000 pounds in the water. We couldn't see the fish as the battle raged and Ty didn't try to bull him in.. just worked him and let him pull the boat along for a while. When we finally got him up close to the boat and he broke the surface I could see that he was going to exceed the record for this lake. He was a good 8 pound lunker. We've fished this lake for over 30 years and have caught lots of fish over the years and the biggest bass we've ever caught here was just 5 to 6 pounds. This monster was huge. A new lake record. I never even knew there were any 8 pound bass in this lake. But the Banjo Minnow completely surprised us. We couldn't believe our eyes but there he was, a record breaking trophy on the first night out using the Banjo Minnow. Of course we released this guy back into the lake. No way we wanted to keep him. We figured the only reason he'd managed to get that size was because he'd managed to avoid all the other lures and worms that he'd come across before. But THE BANJO MINNOW HAD DONE HIM IN.. lol It was like it didn't seem fair to harvest him when we're using such a potent lure like this Banjo Minnow that even this wise ole lunker couldn't resist it. lol Well, we fished the lake using nothing but the Banjo Minnow.. not even tempted to use one of our old favorites or a plastic worm... No way we were going to use anything but the new secret weapon Banjo Minnows.. lol So here's the bottom line and you can quote me on this. We caught about 12 bass last night and here's what we noticed. First off, the bass really attack this lure unlike any other we've ever used. Thanks to watching your excellent DVD twice before putting it to the test. Second, and this is very important to us fishermen.. WE NOTICED THAT THE FISH WE CAUGHT WERE ALL LARGER, BETTER FISH THAN WHAT WE USUALLY CATCH. Strange as that may sound, we were catching bigger fish on average and all 3 of us made that same observation as we were heading back in and talking about our great Banjo Minnow fishing trip. We can't wait to get back out on the lake tonight with this new secret weapon Banjo Minnow. It is everything you said it would be and more. It actually works as good or better than your video shows. Your video isn't hyped up at all.. The Banjo Minnow is really that good. There is no way I'd write this testimonial for you if we hadn't had one of the best fishing trips ever last night. I felt obligated to let you know about it. I live on a private lake communty in Sugar Land Tx. and I don't want to name the lake because it's in a neighborhood and not open to the public. But I'll give you my address and you can look it up on a satalite system on your computer.. It's a 45 acre lake and my address is XXXXXX St. Sugar Land, Tx. 774XX I consider this lake a bit better than average but not the hottest bass lake I've fished. A lot of the time we're the only boat out on the lake, so it's not like everybody's loading up when they fish this lake, but we do pretty good on it lol. And we'll do a lot better now that we bought your great Banjo Minnow lure system. Feel free to use this testimonial if you want, it's the least I can do for you for creating this terrific set of lures. Many thanks, Wayne, Jim, and Tyler Hamilton |
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From: Sam B Hey Wayne,
I'm a 15 year old kid from Michigan and lately I have been getting into fishing. I saw the Banjo 006 Minnow advertised on TV. It looked really awesome an looked like it really worked but I really didn't know if I could believe something that saw on TV. But I figured that it was worth a try. So I went on-line and went to bassproshop.com just to see if they would have it so I would not have to order of of the TV or the Internet. They had it and I went and got it at my local Bass Pro Shop. Right after I got it it went to a farm that was stocked with bass so really no matter what bait that you used you would catch some largemouth, right? So me and three friends caught bass they were using live bait and i was using the Banjo Minnow. We all caught fish but I caught the most. I got 15 within a hour and the kid who got the second most he only caught 8. My friends were mad at me they said stuff like "Money caught you that bass you should just stick a twenty dollar bill on the end of your line." Well thank you Wayne it is the best 20 dollars I have ever spent in my life. This summer I am going to Houghton Lake and Higgins Lake in northern Michigan. I sure you probably heard of these lakes got any other tips?
Sincerely, your new best friend, Sam
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From: This Memorial weekend ,on May 22,2009 we went fishing at Clear Lake a couple of miles from Lakefield,MN.My cousins were there a day before and didnt catch anything.Then I got up there and I casted out my clear silver banjo minnow next to a fallen tree in the water off the shore.On my first cast out I had a strike once it hit the water.I reeled it in and it was a 15 inch smallmouth bass.The banjo minnows are the best lures I have used!
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From:Jon Heath 8.0 pounds and 23 inches long..........what a fish |
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From:Tommy Flowers Here is a bass that I caught this past weekend. This bass was four to five pounds and about 19 inches long. Hopefully the first of many. Thanks Wayne, can't wait to get back out there and try it again....
Tommy Elgin, SC |
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From:Jon Heath Well Wayne, its Jon, i have the best fishing story ever....I decided to go fishing today after a long vacation. there is a small lake that i have been going to here near amarillo tx called Mackenzie. its a nice small lake where they don't allow jet ski's, watersports, ie tubing and skiing. the water is starting to warm up now, and my fishing buddy is at a work conference in Dallas. so i decided today that i would like to go fishing. i heard about a new way to cook a bass so i thought i would go get a couple and try to cook it....keep in mind i hate the taste of fish....im strictly a catch and release fisherman. with all of the fish i have been catching with the banjo minnows i thought i would run down there and get a couple. so i was fishing from the bank using (of course) my favorite glow in the dark 006 using the silver color weighted eye set. i caught a 14 inch lrg mouth just big enough to try the new taste test.....this of course could not be the end of my fishing trip, after all i just payed 3 dollars for a lake pass. so i continued to fish in a little cove just behind the boat ramp. the water is fairly clear a few feet out from the bank so i could see a small group of weeds in the area. after loosing my first minnow, i was pretty upset, but didnt want to give up that easily, i knew there had to be some sort of fish around here. while rigging up another minnow, i noticed a flash in the water. there was a largemouth that looked like a pretty decent size moving through the weeded area. i quickly rigged another pole and attached a weed guard. i cast my line over the area about 3 times using the swim swim die method...nothing. the 4th cast was a little different. i tried the die for a second the small jerk and die again method. i felt a small tug on the line and set the hook. there was a decent size fish on the other end that quickly came to the top of the water, spun then snapped my line....i have to say i was very upset. i had just lost 2 of my favorite lures. luckily i had one that u sent me still in the box. i rigged my pole a third time hoping to catch another fish (without loosing my last Glow in the dark lure). about 15 min of casting there was a hit. it was a hard hit. this was it, i had lost my lures to weeds and fish and trees, and i was going to bring this one in....i began reeling the fish in. there was so much fight in this fish, my little Shakespeare reel began to get hot as the bearings were working against this fish. the fish came closer to the edge of the bank. now i start to notice that the fish is a monster. the fight is on i began reeling to the point that i dont know if my reel is going to burn up before i can land this big large mouth.....im not sure what size test line is on this pole bc i just bought it a few weeks ago...as the fish comes to the bank the line snaps again. knowing that this was my last glow in the dark minnow, and the largest fish i had ever caught, i jumped into the lake and grabbed this monster bass....i pulled the bass out of the lake to find that it is in fact the largest bass i have ever caught. She is 23 inches long and 8.0 lbs....she will soon be mounted on my wall as my first monster bass.....to make the story a little more interesting when i pulled her out of the water, i noticed that this fish had my other banjo minnow in her mouth. over all i caught this fish 2 times within 15 min on a banjo minnow lol. i still lost one of the other minnows in the weeds, but at least i still have 2 left lol. Oh by the way i cooked the small fish and still dont like the taste of fish, guess its back to catch and release. i will get u some pics as soon as possible. my phone is not connecting right now.....thanks again
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From:MRS KULER Hi Wayne
My name is Bill Kuler and my minnows arrived just before I left for vacation to Il., and was able to fish during my vacation on Lake Springfield there were approx. 80 people on the pier and NO one was catching a fish, I tried the blue back minnow with the weighted eye and caught 4 big mouth bass in less than 20 minutes, this is great I'm now ready to try my luck at home. I know that you Must watch the DVD before the fishing adventure. Works Wondeful Bill Kuler
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