Banjo Minnow Success Stories

May 2009

From:chris coulter
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 7:30 PM

WOW!!!!! i love the banjominnow. im going to buy a whole bunch. MY uncle bought a sample platter for banjominnows and he got a bass on the first cast and second cast for me. He watched the video but i watched him on how to do it and the funny thing is that i caught more and bigger fish than him bcause i had my own way of bringing them in. i caught a 6 lb bass on a white banjominnow. i about crapped my pants on how big that was. between the two of us we caught 25 bass and 5 or 6 of them were 5 pounders. Now if i could believe in god just as much as a believe in banjominnows then it will be a good day. keep making the minnows and i'll keep fishing with them. we fished at YMCA camp in ashland neb and cant wait to take them out again. oh by the way the 25 that we caught was in a time period of 4 hours.   ur new fan, friend, customer chris from lincoln nebraska.


From: Josh Bagamery
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:07 AM
Subject: A Skeptic Turned Believer

To whom it may concern,

I grew up fishing the flats of south and central Florida and I have used about every type of lure that is on the market.  I have always been extremely critical of any infomercial touting the latest and greatest fishing lure breakthrough.  In fact, I have never ordered a lure that I have seen on TV.  When I saw the banjo minnow 006 I made a comment to a friend that if we split the cost the worst thing that could happen is that we would each be out $13 bucks.  No harm in that.  Attached are some pictures of my FIRST afternoon on the water with the banjo minnow.  These are 31 and a 32 inch snooks.  Catching two like this in one afternoon is a lifetime first for me.  Ok, I believe they work!  Thanks for dinner!

Sincerely,

Joshua Bagamery



From:Bryan Unger
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:10pm
Subject: Banjo Minnows work!

Caught this Largemouth 14" Bass on the third cast... Nothing more that I
need to say, it really works!

(sorry, they are cell phone pics...)

 



From: Ryan Shelmire
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 6:40 PM
Subject:  banjominnow


dear banjo

I purchase the banjo 006 minnow after christmas at gander mountian and wasn't completely believing the stuff you said but on the 5/23/09 I took it up to your little farm pond and on the tenth cast I caught a 14 inch largemouth but i had forgot to bring a pair of pillers so I lost the hook, about 3 hours later I caught a 14 inch bass with my hook in it. at the end of that day i had caught 12 bass, a crappie, and a 9 inch yellow perch. come this summer when we go to canada fishing I can't wait to play with the banjo minnow, oh that same day I had the biggest bass in the pond come straight out of the water after my banjo it really does work.
ryan shelmire


 



From: Austin Seiler
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 6:03 PM
Subject: 006 banjo


Wayne, this bait is amazing, me and my friend went fishing the other
day(i didnt have a banjo) he outfished me 40 to 15, needless to say i
got online as soon as I got home and ordered my banjo minnow, I just
recieved it today and cant wait to try it out. thanks for such an amazing lure



 



From:ryansteinherr
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 8:48 PM
Subject:  biggest bass i ever caught!!


wayne i must say this is the best lure i've ever used! there was six of us fishing a private pond in upstate new york. nobody was catching fish, and we all know theres huge large mouth bass in this pond. well i threw on the banjo 006 minnow after being stressed and not catching any fish. first cast i caught a huge catfish! we never knew catfish were in these waters. then the second cast a huge 7lb large mouth bass. you can picture the rest of my evening. after we were done we all were hanging out by the trucks, two of my friends and three others i didnt know. we all were talking about the banjo 006 minnow and they all asked where they can get them. When i got home that evening and emptied out my truck, my 006 minnows that were all packaged up in there own zipplock bag were gone. i guess when people see something works that good they'll do anything to catch fish, including steal my set. its frustrating wayne to have your best lure stolen from you! i will tell you this, they took nothing but the banjo 006's what does that tell you?? i love your product and as soon as i can afford another set you bet im buying it. i recently was laid off so it might be a while but thank you for a great night of fishing wayne, its a night i'll never forget. the biggest bass ive ever caught was caught with the bajo 006 minnow. sincerely,

Ryan Steinherr




From:Brett Crawford
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:46 PM
Subject: first big bass


I purchased your product after seeing it on T.V. a couple of times. At first I wasn't so sure about it, but a friend of mine had bought some and said that they worked, not like the commercial said but they did work. Well i finally got some from Bass Pro shops and after several failed trips to several ponds and at Cooper Lake in Texas I was about to give up. I made myself watch the dvd another time I finally told myself that I just need to practice so that's what I did. I went fishing Last Sunday 5-17-09 at my wifes Aunt and Uncles and what happened that day I still find hard to believe. In about two and half hours i caught 37 Bass ranging from 1 lb to 3lb's. It was amazing you have made a believer out of me thank you so much for making this product. I have noticed people saying negative things about the Banjo Minnow and like some guy said before if you dont catch fish on the Banjo Minnow then you need to just stop Fishing and Find another hobby
Thanks again for the amazing product

Brett Crawford
Cuthand, Texas


 



From:sheila
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 11:26 PM
Subject: first big bass


I went to my local bass pro shop and purchased the banjo minnow and the first day I went out it was raining and I wasn't sure how to use them, did my best but no luck, then next day raining again tried again still wasn't sure how to use them. no luck watch the video next day sunny went fishing through out first time big bass got off before it got hooked good then jerked one out of one's mouth then missed another one then I got the hang of it and caught a small bass then caught my biggest bass I have ever caught in my life might not be big to others but its going on my wall because it was my first that can it weighed 5 1/2 and was 20 1/2 inches long I was walking on clould 9 these banjo minnows really work once you learn how to use them it is amazing thanks so much hope to get a 9 lb on the wall next .
Sheila Carter

 



From:Jarred Horner
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 10:52 PM
Subject: banjo 006 minnow

Wayne, your lure is amazing. My name is Jarred Horner and I live in Great Bend, KS. I am always fishing out of Stones lake, but I have hardly ever caught bass out of there in the last 8 or 9 years. I have never even heard of someone catching crappie. When I received my 110 piece kit I went straight to the lake to try it out. On my first, to my surprise I pulled up a 13.5 inch, 2lb, black crappie. I didn't even know the lake had crappie in it. The next day I went to a different spot and on my third or fourth cast I hooked a huge large mouth bass. When I finally got the the digital scale out, the bass weighed almost 8lbs. It was the biggest large mouth I have ever caught in my life. I didn't know the lake had bass that big. Thanks for a great product.

 


From:Rodney G. Cummins
Sent:Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:21 AM
Subject: Fish stories

Wayne,

Some fish Stories: I do have some pictures I will send you soon. Last year I was invited to join my mother and father in Fort Bragg California to do some deep Sea fishing. I was not sure if the minnows I had would do the trick so I ordered some 7" and 9" pearl minnows from your dealer before I went. When I got there I was told that the Ocean had been very rough and the 18' StarCraft that my dad had would not handle the rough sea, so I was disappointed that I wasn't going to be able to try my luck with the longer minnows. The next morning I was waken by my Dad and he said that the water was flat and it was time to go. Wow what luck. The ocean laid down the day I needed it to. What a change of events. For the previous two weeks it was too rough for the Party Boats to even go out and today it was flat. My dad said that his friend Jack was going to tag along. I thought this was cool, the more the merrier. We left Noyo Harbor and headed for the deep water. I believe we were restricted to only 125' of water so we didn't have to go very far before we were able to let down. Jack asked what secret weapon I had with me this time. I laughed at his sarcasm and pulled out a 7" minnow, put a 2oz slider above the hook and let her go. All of us let down at the same time. I had 20lb braided line on my 9' GL2 that I had built several years before. Jack looked at my long stick and my minnow and began to laugh. Just as he began to laugh my minnow it the bottom of the Ocean. I set the bail on my Roddy reel from Penn, reeled up a couple of turns and WAM first fish of the day a 15 lb Vamillian. The other guys jigged there twisty tails for about an hour before they asked me if I had any extra minnows. Of course, I replied, and I rigged them up. As soon as their rigs hit the bottom they hooked up. A double for their first fish. We filled the box with 15 bottom and2 Lingcod each. These guys were beside themselves. I was the talk of the fish camp. The next day we did it again only this time about half way through our trip I had what I believed to be a very large fish by the way it was pulling.When it was to the surface I saw that a 5lb Vamillian and an 8lb Lingcod were on the same hook. Wow two at the same time. This was unbelievable that this minnow was so good that the fish are fighting over it. Toooo Coool. I made about three trips to the Coast that summer and did well every time.
Another time I took two friends to my secret (meat) lake. This is a small lake that has always produced Browns, Rainbows and sometimes Brookies. This day I had caught mylimit of 5 trout first and the other guys had only a couple fish to go. I thought that I might just try one of the minnows I had in my box while the other guys finished their limits. First cast was in the water about 10 seconds and the fight was on. It was a nice Rainbow about 12" long, so I removed the hook and released him. The other guys said "I'll bet you can't do that again so I cast in a different direction. 10 seconds in the water and I was hooked up. I sat there and released 15 trout in about a half an hour while the other guys were struggling to finish their limits with worms. This was the most incredible day I had ever had fishing for trout. I broke the Cardinal rule. I packed up and left instead of rigging every one with a minnow and having fun for the rest of the day. I left while the bite was still on. Never again will I be in such a hurry to leave. Rest assured that I will from time to time send you some pictures along with the story so you can see that I am still having a lot of fun.I am working on a method to get down to the deep parts of the lake for the big ones. I have some of Babe's big minnows that I believe will also catch big Trout (Macs, Browns andCoho's. I will send you pictures and I get them. It's going to be a good summer.

Tight lines,

Rodney G. Cummins

From:Chris LaPoint
Sent:Tuesday, May 12, 2009 9:18 PM
Subject: They work great

Dear Wayne,
 
My name is Patrick Lapointe. I live in a small town in the upper peninsula of michigan, called Baraga. I had purchased a banjo 006 minnow kit last year at the outdoor world bass pro shops in auburn hills. I didnt really get to use them last year but this spring i was able to use them at a friends pond a few miles from here. I started using them about two weeks ago and caught a few largemounth and one pike in a short period of time. Yesterday I tied up the banjo on a bigger medium acton rod then went down to the local marina and found out that it had better action then the other rod. So today i went fishing at the same pond with my friend and my dad. The first cast into the pond i was almost done bringing it in (using the dying minnow method) and it struck, i got the first one of the day, not even 5 minutes into fishing. that one was a bout 4 lbs. 5 minutes after that i got another one. When i had my sixth one on my friend and my dad had just caught there first ones. And of course they doubted me and my banjos like everyone else. That sixth bass I caught was about 7 lbs. one of the biggest of my life. I obviously out-fished them with the banjo and ended up with 7 bass. that's the most i have ever caught in that time span. And I would like to thank you for creating such a great and easy to use bait and hope to  catch a lot more this summer.
 
 Sincerly, Patrick

 



From: Debora Robertson
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 2:12 PM
Subject: Banjominnow

Dear Wayne:

My name is David McGlade and I am from Zanesville, Ohio.  In April I was with my family on North Captiva Island, Florida.  At night I would kayack the harbor, fishing for snook.  While in a large bay at dusk, the sounds of fish chomping fish were everywhere.  It was ugly out there, especially if you were the bait fish!  At night while watching TV, I repeatedly saw your infommerical.  Putting together what I had observed in the harbor earlier that night with what you were saying, I thought “he’s right”, fish eat fish period.

I acted.  I ordered the oo6 package.  After it arrived in Ohio I gave them a try.  I’m sure you have heard many words to describe the results, but WOW, amazing, incredible are just a few that come to mind to describe how the banjo minnow worked.  I made history in small farm ponds, several over 5 lbs. and too many 3+ pounders to count.  Unfortunately, I ran out of eyes on my first outing.  I have ordered more.  Thank you!

I will keep you in the loop as I try it out on other species.


From: Caleb Hill
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:49 AM
Subject: They work great

Hello My name is Caleb I live in Maine. I just recently got the Banjo
Minnow kit froma friend. I have seen the comercials but never bought into
the product. Well I was using the medium blue back minnow along a
weedline. I was skeptical but I used it. After three casts I had a hit
missed it and then the thing came back and hit it again! After three hits
I finally landed the biggest freakin trout I have ever seen 26 INCHES! I
has impresseed. SInce then I have caught numerous Bass and Pickerel GREAT
PRODUCT!!

 



From: Jon Heath
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:23 AM
Subject: Re: Outstanding

Of course you can post my comment on your site. i went back to the lake again today and fished from a boat using the minnows.  i had to tell all of my friends about the banjo minnow, and of course they didnt believe me so when we went out today i caught 4 fish in about 15 min. so they decided i had to rig them all up a pole with the banjo minnows. before the night was over i talked them all into buying sets for themselves. Once again i thank you for your time. also my friends and i will be purchasing more of the 006 minnows, and i will gladly buy any new products u make as i have found my new favorite brand in lures. Thanks again. 

Jon Heath