I wood, if I could catch a Monster BASS with wood, wood you? Blast from the Past.

If you where around the lake back in the late 90’s to mid 2000 when my Dad (Bernie Siemantel) walked the shores of Castaic and Pyramid you would remember him. They called him "Bucket Of Lures" man. I found a pile of originals bait we both made that brought back true memories of the early days. The Vee cut baits on the head were from 1985 and around 1990 I got lazy and started just cutting a single head cut like the old J-Plug style. Some of these baits pre dated other well known baits but all in all, they all worked!

Photo Above: 13 original wood plugs from Bernie and Bill Siemantel’s collection. 1985-1990’s

Here is my pops Bernie Siemantel with a Castaic Striped Bass caught on one of his BS Wood Plugs. If you look at the bottom of the photo hanging off the reel, you will see one of his lures. This is the same lure in the above photo that is the 3rd one from the top left.

Bernie Siemantel: Another Big Bass caught at Castaic Lower Lake.

Just for all the Big Bass lure designers that say they are the first to come to market with an original Big Wood Swimbaits…….Look at the photo below.

1934 Zig-Wag…..Does it look familiar?

You add a soft plastic boot tail and what would (WOOD) you have?

Yes, big wood plugs still work today!. Bill Siemantel with a monster CA bass caught with one of his original 1985 wood swimbiats.