Get that Tattoo you've always wanted !

Take a chance! Get Tattoo's lures for fresh or saltwater

Over the past two summers, I worked closely with Mike Dauphin, owner or Tattoo's Tackle  to introduce these new, through-wired wood topwater lures to the freshwater bass market. Between us, we fine-tuned these new baits for freshwater bass fishing. Mike also worked on these lures with expert pike anglers in Europe, and Mike worked diligently with a team of saltwater guides and sea-going experts to ensure the new baits excelled for all saltwater, surf and inshore boat angling. 

I was the catalyst who sparked Mike to make these, since I believe these are some of the best topwater bass baits I have used, especially in highly-pressured lakes where bass have seen everything else go overhead already. You can pull up to any heavily-fished community hole, pull out one of these wood topwater Tattoo's - and there are banner days when every single lure-smart fish in that hole will boil up out of hiding to touch them to see what they are.

Why? Because bass see the same old poppers and walking baits (that walk-the-dog) routinely go past every day on every lake. They learn to recognize and reject the familiar lures and actions. But the Tattoo surface swimmers and the pencil popper action of the Walking Stick are something which fish have never seen before. So they can't help but flash on, slap at, touch, slash, swirl, jump, hit, tap or wallop them. It's what fish do to baits they haven't smartened up to yet. That is the nature of bass. There's not much else that bass can do. They can't read a book, scratch an itch, surf the Internet, answer the phone or go to the store. When looking for something to do, all they can do is bite - and not much else. They genuinely prefer to chase and engage whatever saunters past - unless they recognize and reject it as a lure they've seen before. The learning process happens quickly - but they haven't learned about Tattoo's yet. So even lure-smartened fish don't hesitate to hit them, since they've never seen anything quite like a Tattoo before.

The nature of bass anglers, however, can be just the opposite. We bass anglers typically don't like to try an unfamiliar new lure style that we've never seen nor heard of before.

So trust me and try these high-quality Tattoo lures. Let fish do a Tattoo on you!

Rigged and Ready to Go for Fresh or Saltwater!

1. Small Surface Swimmer. Armed for fresh or saltwater use with oversized x-strong black nickel VMC hooks, Through-wired with super-strong belly hook swivel. If average size largemouth or smallmouth are your quarry, then you may optionally want to downsize to one size smaller #4 hooks, ideally Mustad Triple Grip trebles. You do not need to downsize. It is just another option. Overall, the stock #2 hooks are the all-around best possible, especially for big bass and heavy line. However, downsizing (to #4 Triple Grips) will gain you an even more effortless hookset with average size bass and medium strength tackle, plus the lighter hooks add a little livelier surface swimming action than the stock #2 VMC's. Again, you don't have to replace the hooks, but if you are going to catch average size bass on medium strength tackle, then you may want to try #4's at some point.
    
2. Two Hook Danny Swimmer. Two VMC 4X-strong trebles on the belly and a hookless bucktail tag on the tail. If you are fishing in saltwater or for big largemouth, for pike, musky or other big freshwater gamefish, then this two-hook arrangement is for you. Big fish, including big largemouth, will tend to crash the bait completely, resulting in solid hook-ups with two belly trebles.
    
3. Three Hook Danny Swimmer. Same Danny Swimmer, but with three VMC x-strong trebles, including a feathered VMC treble on the tail. Average size largemouth or smallmouth, they tend to swipe or slash or strike at a part of this bait. They typically do not try to eat the whole thing at first. So having three VMC trebles all the way around will result in more hook-ups with average size bass. Except for the hooks, everything else is identical between the two Danny Swimmer models.
    
4. Walking Stick. This is a 'pencil popper' type topwater with 4X-strong saltwater hooks. However, I have caught so, so many largemouth, smallmouth and freshwater stripers with the Walking Stick, it's sick! Optionally, switch out the tail hook for a feather treble.