Bigeye v3

The plug that started it all. Since 2018 Sir D has given hundreds of tweaked and tuned plugs to his field testing team, and they spent hundreds of hours in waters from the Eastern US to Europe targeting Striped Bass, Tarpon, Snook, Redfish, Bluefish, Weakfish/Trout, and Flounder, and all that hard work has paid off.

V3 for 2025: Bigeye in its third major iteration still sees all the v2 reinforcements made to the roughly 7” plug body, and now with improved through wiring, direct swivel, and rattle-free options. Loaded options will also become available as Sir D and the team perform their due diligence and find what works best.

As is, the plug is nothing short of a fish magnet- often drawing strikes when no other offering will. Here is a quote from Sir D himself with tips for fishing the standard weight bigeye v3 effectively:

“ As far as fishing the plugs, this is where it gets fun. I will say it’s pretty average to cast- not a range-missile by any means and in a cross wind you might find some casts are better than others, but the good news is that these plugs aren’t competing with needles or SP minnows anyway. I fish them slow or fast and in very shallow spots- sometimes as little as 2 feet of water or over grass beds when the tide gives me enough water to swim them over the top (where other plugs would get fouled fast). They are the first plug I throw in shallow areas that have fast current where a plug like a Redfin will even dig too deep. If you don’t have much current where you are fishing, you can absolutely fish them slowly but if I’m being honest, a lot of the time I will throw something like a Redfin for its good action at a slow retrieve or a weightless sluggo if I’m looking to twitch a bait extra extra slow right in their face. Then if I’m not getting bit on a slow retrieve, I will throw these plugs with either a slow retrieve hoping the profile is what they want, and mix it up with a crank/stop retrieve just to see if the fish are in hunt mode and it really gets the fish fired up. Most of my really big fish that I’ve caught with these plugs come on that start/stop retrieve- the plug (depending on the hooks I suppose) will nearly suspend on the stop, with a very slow rise (with the nose down just a tad) and in my head, I picture the bass coming up behind the plug, freezing when it sees it stop and look down (like a baitfish just looking for food) and then when I put a few cranks in, the bass thinks its cover is blown and go into attack mode before it can get away. I imagine the same thing happening when I swing the plug through current it passes the current seam and enters slow water- as soon as I feel it come out of the current I count one Mississippi and give it a few quick cranks and it gets nailed quite often as the plug speeds up. The biggest single piece of advice I can give you is putting the rod tip down right at water level when you want to fish fast current or work the plug a little faster on a couple cranks. Most plugs would dig even more when you do that but this plug just gets an even better body roll while staying shallow. 

When I see some other guys fish them, they have their own style of how they like to fish them and it still works well so it’s safe to say there’s no wrong answer! Not the typical learning curve compared to some more common plugs out there but I truly believe that’s what makes them so good and fun to fish. I know I probably sound biased but I swear these plugs get bit when nothing else will- full refund if I’m lying!” -Sam aka Sir D