Jon first developed the Bondy Bait out of a need for a heavy, balanced lure for jigging the Detroit River for musky in the deep shipping channels. Every other bait on the market had problems. Either they were too light and you couldn't feel the bottom on a choppy day, or the hooks tangled on the leader repeatedly because they were not made for jigging or they were such poor quality that they couldn't hold up to the beating a big fish would put on them. Jon set out to make the ultimate bait for this deep water style of jigging, and came up with what is now internationally known as the Bondy Bait.
Although Jon had originally made this lure for one purpose, anglers across the globe have been having tremendous success with it by adapting it to their own geographical area and local predatory fish species. Jon primarily vertical jigs the Bondy Bait in deep water with current, but other anglers cast the bait and 'stair step' it down breaks and drop offs. It can be thrown to the edge of weedlines and ripped out of the weeds. It can be used for suspended fish like striped bass on a hot summer day, or it can be jigged for tarpon in places like Boca Grande Pass in Florida. The Bondy Bait has been extremely effective for giant lake trout in NWT and it was one of the number one baits for lake trout during the last few seasons on Lake Athabasca, in northern Saskatchewan.
Jon has personally made and sold thousands of these baits and is working on new colors as anglers request them. New bait designs are always in the works as well, and as expected they will be made with the same high quality components as the original Bondy Bait. Please click on the 'Buy Online' pages to view the entire catalog.
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