We have been reviewing some well-known brands and companies recently and wanted to change it up. This article is a shout out to the amazing talent here in California! With the amount of local talent and craftsmanship in the California fishing scene it’s hard to choose a favorite, below is a list of just a few of the many high quality baits available.
Do yourself a favor and give one of the local guys a chance before buying that big brand product, you might be surprised on how lethal their artificial baits are! Also, if you or someone you know has a killer product you’d like us to take a look at feel free to email us or DM us on Instagram! IG: @BeachToOcean
the local pros
Snapdown Swimbaits-
A small company out of Oxnard California that’s coming out with some innovative and new products. A cool story of entrepreneurship, what started out as a school project for his son turned into something that is killing the local scene. Snapdown swimbaits have been producing some top notch swimbaits, tubes and surface irons since 2017!
Only a few years old Snapdown is in the beginning stages of staking out a claim in their local swimbait scene. They have some creative color schemes and swimbaits that look lethal. We cant wait for the season to kickoff so we can put these baits to the test, especially those bitchin’ surface irons!
Also, Snapdown let us know of a new prototype thats in the works and it looks insane! The Skwidoo 23, remember the name, it looks like it gets bit!
Check them out at:
www.snapdownswimbaits.com or on Insta- @snapdown.swimbaits
Wackem Baits-
Wackem Baits is a local company based out of Orange County with some really unique baits that we can’t wait to try out! They have three specialty baits called the Dub Grub, the Mini Splitz and the Fish Stix.
They come in a variety of different sizes and color schemes; they even have them in mini for trout and other smaller fish. These plastics are said to be lethal in the bays and kelp line targeting an assortment of bass.
The Dub Grubs are their best sellers and you can see why, great design paired with some killer color schemes. Passionate anglers making some great baits, this ones on our list for sure.
Check them out at:
www.WackemBaits.com or on Insta- @Wackem_Baits
Perch Crack-
A San Diego based company that is pumping out some cool surf fishing baits! If you’ve been following us you know how obsessed we are with surf fishing and Perch Crack has a great bait that slays in the surf.
The motor oil bait is their best selling color and it’s lethal when fishing for surf perch! They also got some rad t-shirts, I’m thinking of buying the “Bruh” t-shirt and gifting it to a friend of mine that cant cast a baitcaster for sh**! You know who you are! lol
Perch Crack is a dope local company that has a great alternative to the big brand baits.
Check them out at:
www.PerchCrack.com or on Insta- @perchcrack
Speedbaits-
Another local artificial bait that has some pretty killer products! Speedbaits is located out of Arcadia California and they have some interesting plastics that look super fishy!
If you read our last post about tube baits you know we are huge fans of tubes and we’re a little obsessed now. Well Speedbaits has a great tube bait of their own, the “slugs”. The Slugs are a mean looking bait with some crazy looking color schemes! They have 2.25” to 4” slugs and a variety of different swimbaits.
They are becoming one of the better known baits in their local area and hopefully will continue to produce some killer Speedbaits!
Check them out at:
www.SpeedBaits.com or on Insta- @Speedbaits
