“Chuck Byrd Investigates the Mister Mino for Catching Freshwater and Saltwater Fish”

Part 4: The Future Looks Bright for the Mister Mino

Editor’s Note: Chuck Byrd, president of Mister Twister (a division of Sheldon’s, Inc.) in Minden, Louisiana, is an avid fisherman and recently conducted field tests on the Mister Mino, a new Mister Twister lure. Byrd and other fishermen have had phenomenal results using the Mister Mino. This week, Byrd will tell us how to fish the Mister Mino, and why it was created.

Question: Chuck, how do you like to rig the Mister Mino for bass?

Byrd: At this time of year, the most-effective way to rig the Mister Mino for bass is on a drop-shot rig.

Question: What pound-test line do you use with the Mister Mino?

Byrd: I don’t like to overpower a fish, and I have a very-good drag system on my reel. Rarely will I fish heavier line than 6- or 8-pound-test line.

Question: Chuck, what keeps the Mister Mino from turning over and lying on its back and its side?

Byrd: That’s the right action for Mister Mino. You want it to turn over, lie on its side and sometimes float belly-side up. The Mister Mino imitates a dead or a dying minnow. The bass looks at the Mister Mino and sees an easy meal the fish doesn’t have to chase to eat.

Question: What colors are available with the Mister Mino?

Byrd: The Mister Mino comes in eight-different colors – silver ghost, milk bone, blue smoke, fire tiger, gold pumpkin, baby bass, goby green and trout.

Question: What’s the most-popular colors?

Byrd: Silver ghost, baby bass, goby green and blue smoke are the most-popular colors. We’re selling the Mister Mino in the trout market in the North, the walleye market in the central part of the country, the panfish market in the South and the bass and the saltwater markets all across the country.

Question: What’s the future of Mister Mino?

Byrd: We’ll have more sizes and colors. The Mister Mino isn’t just designed for one species of fish. All gamefish eat some type of minnow because that’s their normal and natural food. So, this bait will catch almost anything. We’re only beginning to learn the many-different ways you can fish the Mister Mino. For instance it can be: flipped on a jig; rigged on a drop shot; fished like a grub or a minnow; fished with only the hook as a weight or with weights and rattles in it; fished in fresh water or salt water to catch walleye, crappie, all species of bass, speckled trout, redfish, flounder and other saltwater species; dead sticked (not giving the bait any action at all) or swam; or jerked or cast out, letting it flutter and suspend. There are so many ways you can fish the Mister Mino, and there’s not a wrong way to use it.

Question: Chuck, if someone can’t find Mister Mino in their local tackle store, can they visit your website to purchase the Mister Mino?

Byrd: Yes, visit www.mistertwister.com. We’re having a special on the Mister Mino right now.