How To Fish A Banjo Minnow
Tons of anglers bought the banjo minnow because of its excellent tv advertisements when they first came out on the market years ago. There are still plenty of fishermen that think it is some sort of gimmick.
It’s not a gimmick. It’s a great fishing lure if you know how to use it. The twitch and pause technique works excellent, but many anglers use it as a search bait. It is not a search bait.
Make sure to find some type of shallow water cover. That’s where you’re going to have most of your success with this bait. Water in the 2 to 10 foot range with some type of weeds, rock or wood should produce some fish.
Cast your minnow out and once the lure hits the water, just wait a few seconds. Let the bait fall. A lot of strikes will come on the initial fall if you’re in a good fishing spot. Once you start moving the bait, give it a couple of twitches and then let it fall. This pause will trigger the strike from the majority of the bass that you will catch.
If you use it as a search bait or if you move the bait along too fast, you will not consistently catch fish on the banjoy minnow.
This lure will also catch plenty of pike and an occasional walleye if the walleye are feeding shallow.
