The AGS Echo Minnow is Aaron’s Guide Service’s custom-painted suspending jerkbait built for clear-water smallmouth, walleye, pike, and largemouth across Great Sacandaga Lake and the Adirondacks.
The Sacandaga Ghost color features a dark back, ghosty bone/olive body, and sharp baitfish flash that shines in clear water without overpowering pressured fish. It is a killer smallmouth bait around rock points, flats, weed edges, and suspended baitfish on Sacandaga and other ADK waters.
Built on a proven 110-style suspending minnow profile, the Guide Stick is made for twitch-pause retrieves, cold-water pauses, and reaction bites when fish are following but not committing.
Best for: smallmouth bass, walleye, largemouth, and pike
Best water: clear to lightly stained
Best areas: rock points, weed edges, flats, drop-offs, and suspended bait
Retrieve: twitch, twitch, pause — let it hang and get crushed
Walleye & Bass Lures
This 3/8 oz blade bait is one of our go-to lures for catching walleye, bass, perch, and northern pike throughout the open-water season. Measuring 2 inches long, it has the perfect compact profile for matching baitfish while still putting off a hard vibration that draws strikes from aggressive and finicky fish alike.
We use these blade baits heavily on Great Sacandaga Lake, where they have become one of our hottest walleye baits for both casting and vertical jigging. They work great in spring, summer, and fall, whether you are covering water along weed edges, ripping them over flats, jigging deep structure, or targeting suspended fish.
The metal blade design creates a tight, vibrating action that triggers reaction bites from walleye and bass, while the compact size also makes it deadly for perch. Pike will crush them too, especially when worked around bait, weeds, rock, and drop-offs.
Product Details:
Weight: 3/8 oz
Length: 2 inches
Best For: Walleye, bass, perch, and pike
Techniques: Casting, ripping, yo-yo retrieve, and vertical jigging
Season: Spring, summer, and fall
Great For: Lakes, reservoirs, weed edges, rock piles, flats, and deep structure
Whether you are jigging for walleye on Sacandaga, casting for bass, or looking for a versatile multi-species bait, this blade bait is a proven fish catcher that deserves a spot in your tackle box.
These are the same pre-tied drop shot rigs we use on nearly every Aaron’s Guide Service trip for walleye, smallmouth bass, perch, and even northern pike.
Each rig comes ready to fish with a #2 hook and your choice of 1/4 oz or 3/8 oz weight, making them perfect for fishing live bait, soft plastics, minnows, worms, leeches, and finesse presentations. Whether you’re fishing deep weed edges, rock piles, humps, points, or suspended fish, these rigs save time and keep you fishing instead of tying knots.
Drop shotting is one of our go-to techniques on Great Sacandaga Lake and throughout the Adirondacks because it keeps your bait just off bottom and in the strike zone longer.
Each pack includes 5 pre-tied rigs, ready to clip on and fish.
Features:
5 pre-tied drop shot rigs per pack
#2 hook
Available in 1/4 oz or 3/8 oz
Great for walleye, bass, perch, and northern pike
Works with live bait or soft plastics
Guide-tested on real fishing trips
Saves time on the water
The AGS Rock Candy Ned Kit is a go-to finesse setup for targeting smallmouth bass around rock, gravel, points, and deeper structure. This kit includes a variety of 2.75" stick-style Ned worms in proven fish-catching colors, along with matching Ned jig heads so you can rig up and fish right away. Also includes weight size: 1/10oz, 1/8oz & 1/6oz
This is the style of bait we rely on when smallmouth are glued to the bottom, feeding around rocks, or acting pressured. The compact profile, subtle action, and bottom-hugging presentation make it perfect for dragging, hopping, shaking, or dead-sticking across rocky areas.
It’s especially effective on Great Sacandaga Lake and Adirondack smallmouth fisheries, where finesse presentations shine around boulders, ledges, and hard-bottom transitions. Whether you’re fishing from the boat or casting from shore, this kit gives you multiple color options to match water clarity, light conditions, and fish mood.
Best for:
Smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, perch, and walleye
How to fish it:
Drag it slowly through rocks, hop it along bottom, shake it in place, or let it sit when fish are pressured.
Great around:
Rock piles, gravel flats, points, weed edges, docks, and deep-water transitions.
Kit includes:
2.75" finesse stick worms in assorted colors
Ned-style jig heads
Compact ready-to-fish variety pack