“Make Em Bite” with Prowater Baits

With the opening of the sport fishing seasons upon us here in Cottage Country I want to share with you some of my favourite soft baits made by a local Ontario company and one of my sponsors; Prowater Baits.  If you haven’t heard about Prowater Baits, or tried them, I encourage you check them out.

Prowater Baits was founded in 2019 by Clarington native and fisherman Vic Morris. Vic is an experienced tournament angler with many accolades who decided to start his own soft bait company in his shop, affectionately known as the bait bunker.  Morris used his knowledge and worked with local professionals to come up with unique one-of-a-kind, soft bait designs that are tested and fine-tuned by his pro staff; so that when you hit the water, they are sure to increase your chances of catching fish.  Vic has been actively growing his company by attending many of the areas fishing shows and approaching local tackle shops and businesses which now feature his product. Prowater Baits are handcrafted with premium buoyant material which gives these baits amazing action and durability.  They also feature Vic’s own patented, pure organic, water-soluble fish attractant called Triple F scent “feeding frenzy formula” designed to “Make Em Bite’.

Some of my favourite Prowater Baits are:

The 3.5” Deadly Nedley

Which was designed as a bass bait but has become one of my favourite early season walleye lures. It can be rigged on a 1/8 oz to ¼ oz Ned rig jig head or a regular ball jig head and fished either on bottom with a very slow subtle jigging or shaking technique; or hovered, suspended vertically under the boat. Early season I usually use these inside weed edges – 6-8ft of water that have rock bottom.  As we get later into the year, I move out a little bit deeper on the outside of the weed edges in about 12 to 15 feet of water.  These baits feature a colour I helped perfect called Wangers Walleye Gold which is gold in colour with green and black fleck.

The 4” Money Shot Flat Worm

This is an ultra finesse drop shot bait created with a slim design and floating tail action that entices the most finicky fish into biting.  I use these fishing both shallow and deep-water hard bottom structure for drop shotting both bass and walleye when the bite gets a little tougher or conditions are not the greatest.  It is a great bait for sight fishing shallow water or live scoping the depths.

My go-to colours are black, or Green Pumpkin with black and gold fleck.

The 3” Hoyaa Finesse

This is an ultra versatile bait that can be used in many different presentations, including Ned rigging to Neko rigging, and my favourite – Texas rigged weedless with a 1/8 oz bullet sinker on light line. I fish this in shallow cover such as docks and shallow inside weed edges; mainly for smallmouth and largemouth that cruise these areas looking for an easy Crawfish meal.  My favourite colours are black and blue and Green Pumpkin black and gold fleck.

These are just some of the fantastic baits out there from Prowater Baits that are available at local tackle shops and businesses in your area, or you can check out the whole selection and order online at www.prowaterbaits.com

I know these baits will “Make Em Bite” so reach out to Vic to get your hands on some and support a local business.

Cheers and tight lines!  See you on the water!

Mike Williams,  www.williamsoutfitters.com