HOW I FISH the Nikko Hellgrammite
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- How to fish the hellgrammite made by Nikko Fishing. What rod, line, hook and where i fish it. Such a great creek / river bait for smallmouth bass and more. Links below also DISCOUNT code to Nikko website below
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I am so glad you started this channel. You explain things in a way everyone can understand. Keep it up!!
Me too.
Excellent. We need more tutorials from Big John. Creek fishing has become a passion 😂
Caught plenty of smaller bass with those hellgrammites. Glad you introduced them to many people. Never heard of them until you produced your first video showing them off.
Everything you presented is spot on. I had a smaller hellgramite lure from BassPro I had bought for trout fishing years ago. I broke it out recently and was getting lots of fish, bass, perch, panfish - but managed to shred every bit of plastic. They didn't hold up. I came across this video and decided to give the Nikko version a try. Wow - these things really hold up!
I love this rig you demonstrate. I caught lots of smallmouth, never got snagged and my lure is as fresh as it was when I tied it on.
I found that the fish did not hit it hard and I had to really pay attention. Gut hooking is never fun for catch and release! I fished it with mono and I will be switching to braid for next time. I ended up dragging the lure at a steady retrieve so they wouldn't have time to swallow the lure.
Glad to see you’re uploading these types of videos, thanks for the tips on these hellgrammites
Excellent video!!!! It’s great that you setup this additional channel. You answered many how’s and why’s and when’s that come to mind when you are moving fast fishing. Happily subscribed!!
Love the new content man!!
Love these videos as much as the other channel. This helped me quite a bit, I wasn't fishing the hellgrammite correctly.
Thank you for the detailed explanation very helpful 👍🎣
This is exactly why I enjoy and follow your channel
Hellgramites main habitat is a rocky stream bottom in a moving stream ,creek, or river. Here in Pennsylvania, my Grandfather and Dad used to catch and collect Hellgramites to fish both for Trout, and Smallmouth out of a local Limestone trout stream. Hellgramites have a 3-5 year life cycle. If you flyfish the wooly worm, and wool bugger imitate these nymphs.
I really enjoyed this video and a new style of rigging. I am currently teaching a nephew and his son to fish conventionally. I started them worm and bobber on local ponds and lakes, they terrorized the bully sunfish and bluegills, next I took them to the Delaware River and had them wade and fish the channel for Smallmouth bass and possible striped bass....using shiners drifted. ..no dice switched to a Keitech 1/10 oz jig head and a 3" Keitech swimbait.....Smallmouth, Smallmouth, Smallmouth.
I used a 1/4 round jig #2 hook and Mister Twister tail baits in Chartreuse Yellow, Green ,Pumpkinseed, and Motoroil when I was a conventional angler and had great success. I'm going to pick up some Nikko Hellgramites and some of these hooks and try this. I've been a Fly only guy since 1991 but teaching these two new anglers has brought back so many memories and I am enjoying seeing two new anglers flourish.
I started them both off with matching rigs,,,, St Croix 6' single piece medium fast action Triumph rods, Shimano Sienna 1000 spinning reels, loaded with 6 lb Berkeley Trilene in a olive color. I think I will pick up two Shimano 2500 Sienna reels and get some 10lb braid and put some Maxima 4 or 6 lb as a leader . Was wondering do you keep your softbaits in a small plano box or in the original zip bags? What brand hook is that i know you said 1/0 for size
I never could find the right hook for that bait and you found it! Thanks for your info! Great info! Thanks Brother!
I never heard of a hellgrammite until watching you and I LOVE them! So do smallies in creeks and rivers lol You have taught me so much! Thank you, John.
I’ve been wanting to try these, but didn’t have a clue how to fish em. Now I do. Thank you!! I’m gonna order some and give em a whirl. Thanks again.
Great tips great video thank you john i really feel i am learning a lot
I love those Zman weedless
Ned and bullet heads. I very rarely lose fish on them and can throw them into some thick stuff
Great stuff! I’ve had some success using a weedless ned hook, but I never would’ve thought of this hook and sideways. They are great hooks.
Loving the side channel. Keep up the good work
I love the hellgamites, I bought the Nikko hellgamites, very nice and long lasting materials. Caught many bass on one of them, they last a long time. I'm new to fishing, and from watching your video's, I invested in the hellgamites.
Thank you for the informative video's.
Looking forward to more of them.
Just ordered my first pack of nikkos. Thanks for all the tips. God bless.
Woooo, a master class!! Keep doing bro! Nice videos and always good talk.
Thanks for this, man. Just used the Bullet z and mud bug helli to crush bass for ten days in MI. Wouldn’t have had that rig without your insight, a lot of people are fishing it other ways but that worked awesome and was so weedless. Thanks thanks thanks 🙏🏻
This is the video i needed brother , thank you
Outstanding instructional video John. I love 💗 your channel. 🎣
Great vid here John thanks so much I think I asked how you rig these in one of your fishing videos this is just what I needed!
Hey John, thanks for sharing how you rig the bullet jig head hook through the side instead of the belly. I was skeptical but gave it a try, and man what a difference it has made! I was having a similar issue where about half the fish i hooked were coming off using the Ned rig hook. Problem solved .... thanks again and all the best.
You just changed my mind on the hooks I was going to use this year. My order is sitting in amazon.
Thank you for this video just started kayak fishing
I tried this set up and was playing in a stream behind my house where a few smallmouth hang out at a tressel bridge. Had a few bass look it down but no hard hit then a decent rainbow trout came over and grabbed it. Just like you said😊
Great explanations! Makes me wish I had those kind of streams nearby!
That rig is awesome, gonna try it tomorrow 😀👍
I was hoping that you would upload on the channel again!! I found out about hellgramites because of you! They work real good in the creek!
Looks great.
Great video John I don’t always comment but I watch nearly all your videos man. I just bought a few packs of the Nikkos at The East Tennessee fishing show can’t wait to try them out. I’ve used live ones for years and they are like smallmouth candy for sure. 👍
Love your content, missed your Scripture at end though. Thanks and God Bless You 😊
I hope they have a micro versions of it in the making soon. 2 inch would be fun to fish with. I would be all over it.
This lure got my only Smallie of the day.
Just received my first pack in the mail, can't wait to hit some creeks with it
Love the 2nd channel.
Put the Obsidian on the Zman tonight and let the current do the work like you said. Got a nice smallmouth! Good to get back to the hellgrammite
I must have missed what you're running for line? Thanks for sharing, and keep the videos coming.
My right ear loved this video
By watching this video, I decided to make Nikko my Hellgrammite choice. I was considering Yums version but it is not as durable as Nikkos are. So that changed my decision. I agree with the jigheads you chose, I use them religiously. They are perfect for Missle Baits Ned Bombs. But that plastic will rip easy so you have to be careful how you work it. Now Zman has a jighead called a Ned lockz and it comes in EWG style. Those are my choice if I can get em. They will make the bait stand up better. Thanks for sharing this video. I wanted to see how the Nikko version were. This settled my decision and I thank you sir!!!
Hey John,
love your videos, keep it up!
Have you ever tried fishing the Hellgrammite or other floating lure, like the Z-Mans, with a cheburaska (I think in the US they called swing jigs) rig?
I use them together with Z-Man lures for perch and zander and it works perfect.
Greetings from Germany
I got up at dawn and fished the grand river with the bait. It just floated! So I tried inserting a weight into it. Yeah right. Now I see he uses weighted jigs. Thanks, now I know!
John...rigged some your way today. All I can say is Holy Cow !! It was an absolute smallie fest. Thanks.
Good stuff!
John can you please get the (nikko flex worm 12" pinch worm) and try it out also some underwater footage
John, I’ve caught fish on the hellgramite rigged sideways and the more typical rigging of from to back. I don’t think the fish care. I think the point you made about “let the current do the work” is good advise. And in my experience casting up stream and taking up slack in the line as the current brings the hell gramite toward you or casting across current and slowly retrieving allowing it to swing in the current. I don’t think helgramites swim upstream so I never cast downstream. Great smallmouth lure!
I been watching your videos where you catch a lot of fish species with this NIKKO HELLGRAMMITE lures and I hope it works for me too
The Nikko Hellgrammites to u are what the Gulp minnows are to me I believe!!! Hahaha Hahaha.....they are our go to baits
I'm going to try those lures this year. I've caught many fish on live hellgramites over the years and have been tagged by them plenty of times while seining them lol. The big red-headed ones are the nastiest. The smallies around here hit them hard so I'm curious how they'll be with the lures
You should come fish the upper stones river with me east of murfreesboro. It's right up your wheel house. Great small mouth
That sideways rigging thing is popping up everywhere, natural reaction to try something new is skeptic but I'm gonna try out this definitely, that's what's fishing is all about. What's the point of watching this videos if not to learn and try out new stuff anyway. Thanks for the tip my fellow angler friend.
Am I the only one that noticed hellgrammites crawl backwards? Love watching
Using a leader... do you think the color of the braided line matters? Thinking of switching to yellow. Great videos by the way... keep up the good work!!!
I just gotta rig it through the belly, I always have stability issues when side rigged
Would you rig the same way in a reservoir? I’m looking to go no more than 6 -8 feet deep fishing rocky shorelines that drop of into deeper water. I need to fish weedless. I’m finding the Smallies within 10 feet of the shoreline and want try some different baits
I use a 6'8in extra fast action also i find 7' sometimes is a bit too long for the over hanging trees and a little bit better for accurate casting!!!!!!!!!
I recently tried this hellgramite and the 1/15oz bulletz jighead with a bit of sight fishing. The jig head was too heavy. Do you know of a supplier that does lighter (1/64 - 1/32) jig heads on larger hooks(#2, #1, 1/0)? Using an unweighted #1 - #2 hook with the Nikko results in a bait that floats half the time.
I found out about Hellgrammites via ndyakangler but I prefer your setup because of the weedless properties. Can’t wait to try this!
One question, if I am fishing murkier areas is this still an option? I know hellgrammites exist in very healthy clearwater rivers but we don’t have many of those by me. Will the bass still eat them and should I go with the lava color?
yes they can still work, i would probably still use a dark color like odsidian
Have you ever used or tried the Nikko Tadpole to fish in the creeks and rivers? If so, any success?
That Nikko Hellgrammite is money..you don't even need a hook sometimes..lol
they dont let go..
Thanks for the info! I am definitely going to give it a try next time I’m on the Holston!
i have caught a bunch of smallies with them on the holston
Get some lives ones .we did as a kid in kings mtn north carolina.
John, do hellgrammites work in stream-beds that are not rocky and/or don't have a lot of current? I live in South Alabama where most of the streams have silt and/or mud bottoms. I'm unsure if hellgrammites are a natural forage for fish in such streams.
I don’t do as well it seems in those waters. But I have done well in the Everglades
Would these be good to fish on larger bodies of water?
I heard you talking on a video about cutting them down. Have you ever tried cutting them in half (so they become 1.5” each) and fishing on a 1/32 jig head? How do you think that would work for panfish?i don’t have much experience with them, but it would be great to have a durable bait like these for ‘gills
Yeah I know several people do that for smaller bass. They are a little bigger thick for most sunfish
So there is another great Hellgrammite. Made in the USA. Try Tackle Max version
i just looked them up and will order some, thanks
If you wanted to guarantee a catch in a creek, would you rather take the hellgrammite or your 4 inch swirl yum dinger?
Love these vids
probably have to stay with the hellgrammite for the creek and bigger water going to the dinger
Do you have a color recommendation for murky water? I fish in southwestern Ohio and northern KY. Nothing is clear in these parts.
for hellgrammites i use the obsidian, its dark black. for other lures most people use blue/black lures
Hello my name is Ivan I buy some Nikko hellgrammite I buy 4 packs of green pepper and blue black June color at Bass pro shops formerly of cabelas y buy some hooks bot kind but is going to be my first time used this kind of fishing lure and I hope it works
I have tried these before with no success? But I will try it your way and let you know 👍
Is the hellgrammite strictly a spring /summer lure or does it work just as well in winter?
oh all year, i have had good succes in every seson
I mainly fish for trout here in Doe River in Tennessee. Would the trout go after it?
i have caugh a bunch of trout on it
If you hook it more centered, you can replicate it’s natural movement better, faster bites.
It actually works really well this way
what do you mean by show bass?
Dang can't find those 1/10 oz hooks you're showing here. The link didn't work.
Good instructional video though.
When are you coming to California?
hmmm
Anyone know how much a Nikko hellgrammite weighs?
Do you think if Niko added ribbing to the hellgrammite, like a swim bait, that it might be even more effective?
i dont think so, its not made to swim
@@morecreekfishingadventures I was just wondering if ribbing would make it undulate more as it drifted in the current.
What type of knot do you use to tie your leader line ?
double uni
Thank you ! Could you do a video on how you tie your knots ?
John where I buy nikko god bless you
amazon, or nikko website, or fishtales in cleveland, tn
I’ve had good success with them in the upper Flint on Shoal bass.
i want to try there soon
But each packs comes with 15 soft plastic lures i have 60 in total NIKKO HELLGRAMMITE lures for me i can start used a few i going fishing this week or next week
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Sounds like they're cautious about eating them.
You've probably been asked this but when I let it drift, I get hung up all the time. Irritating!
that definitely happens but thats also the way fish eat
These baits don't work...lol. They are awful and not tough, fish hate them like Bikers hate Katy Perry. Do not use...they don't last for months or hundreds of fish, Nope. ( If you read this far, These fuckin things rock ! Bass and Trout love 'em. Different presentation up here in NH, this lure's a Slayer)...
I cannot understand much at all. Diction and Pronouncing at low Yank level.