1990 VHS • Bass Magic 60 FPS

About

Bass Magic is a bass fishing instruction video running approximately 48 minutes and 33 seconds, hosted by Dave Winkleman and produced by Babe Winkleman Productions of Brainerd, Minnesota. The program is part of the Fishing Secrets video series and focuses entirely on the spinnerbait as a versatile bass lure. A mailing address of Post Office Box 407, Brainerd, Minnesota 56401 is given for catalog requests, and the Babe Winkleman fishing television program is described in the closing as the largest and most watched fishing program in the world.

Winkleman opens by defining successful fishing as pattern recognition: identifying fish location by season, cover type, available forage, and fishing pressure, then matching lure and presentation to the fish's mood. He then introduces the spinnerbait as the most versatile bass bait across seasons. On the water, he demonstrates the range of spinnerbait configurations he carries, beginning with his standard bread-and-butter setup: a 3/8-ounce blue and chartreuse single-spin spinnerbait with a hammered copper Colorado blade in size six by Lindy. Color selection guidance covers bright colors for clear water and sunny days, copper blades for overcast conditions, and more passive colors for heavily pressured fish. Single-spin versus tandem configurations are compared for versatility. Live fishing footage shows Winkleman catching multiple bass while discussing cover types and retrieve adjustments, including a strategy of starting high and fast early in the day and moving progressively deeper and slower as conditions dictate.

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Archive

Internet Archive, in The VHS Vault

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Credit

The Vista Group®

Language

English

Subtitles

English (automatic)

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