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Megabass Vatalion

Post by Drakestar » Fri Aug 14, 2020 4:27 pm

Has anybody fished the Megabass Vatalions? How does it compare to a Gantarel, for example?

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Re: Megabass Vatalion

Post by Cal » Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:47 pm

More comparable to the Gantarel Jr in size... runs deeper than the Gantarel Jr with slightly more resistance in the water. Its a two piece bait where the Gantarel is a 3. Best fished at a slow to medium speed...

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Re: Megabass Vatalion

Post by Drakestar » Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:46 pm

"A big, overgrown, two-piece lipless crankbait." Hmm, I think I could run with that. Sounds like the stock hooks need replacing anyway, wondering if stouter hooks would make it suspend rather than rise.

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Re: Megabass Vatalion

Post by goldrod » Sat Mar 25, 2023 9:43 am

my son brought me two of them.. it took a while but i finally got the hang of it..
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Re: Megabass Vatalion

Post by goldrod » Sat Mar 25, 2023 6:42 pm

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Re: Megabass Vatalion

Post by goldrod » Sat Mar 25, 2023 6:46 pm

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Re: Megabass Vatalion

Post by sbd3 » Sun Mar 26, 2023 3:22 pm

Different action, it's more of a cross between a lipless and a cover style glide bait, less fluid motion than the gantrel. I love that you can fish it shallow over submerged weeds.

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Re: Megabass Vatalion

Post by LowRange » Wed Mar 29, 2023 12:00 pm

Drakestar wrote:
Fri Aug 14, 2020 4:27 pm
Has anybody fished the Megabass Vatalions? How does it compare to a Gantarel, for example?
I hated it at 1st because I threw both and the Gantarel constantly outfished the Vatalion 20:1 but then i realized I was fishing them both slow and slow is not how the Vatalion wants to be fished. About the time the water warms up and I put the Gantarels away is when the Vatalions should shine as a more aggressive bait. This is my plan this year. Last year I fished them slow along side the Gantarel and they were awful performers with that slow roll and pause retrieve I use on the Gantarels. Only later did i hear about burn and pausing the bait.

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Re: Megabass Vatalion

Post by Drakestar » Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:45 pm

I need to go back to trying Vatalions from the kayak this spring. I'd never quite unlocked this bait since I asked the question, but I have a bunch of weed beds where I might burn a Bucca Bull Shad or traditional lipless overhead. Sounds like this bait (with possibly more pronounced stops) could be a good producer in the same spots.

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Re: Megabass Vatalion

Post by Cal » Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:47 pm

If you pause the Vatallion over a weed bed, it will fall right into it. Don't over think it with this bait. I've had great success fishing it on a straight retrieve.
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Re: Megabass Vatalion

Post by LowRange » Fri Mar 31, 2023 6:30 am

Mine float?

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Re: Megabass Vatalion

Post by Cal » Fri Mar 31, 2023 7:40 am

LowRange wrote:
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Mine float?
LOL.. then I'm just remembering wrong :lol: carry on :lol:
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Re: Megabass Vatalion

Post by LowRange » Wed Jun 07, 2023 6:03 am

I am starting to understand the appeal of this bait. At 1st I thought it was a worse Gantarel because when fished the same it performed much worse. It just didn't get the bites. I was slow rolling and pausing in early spring with the bait like I fish the Ganatel but these work better with a burn and pause retrieve. I was burning and pausing over weeds and getting bit like crazy with the bait during a rainstorm. It's an aggressive bite bait vs the seductive allure of the Gantarel.

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Re: Megabass Vatalion

Post by Cal » Wed Jun 07, 2023 6:20 am

The Gantarel also works very well burned 🤫
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Re: Megabass Vatalion

Post by LowRange » Wed Jun 07, 2023 8:16 am

Cal wrote:
Wed Jun 07, 2023 6:20 am
The Gantarel also works very well burned 🤫
I'll have to do that with one I have that has lost the diving fins. With the fins it would dive too deep to burn over my grass. I was going to give it new fins but I'll leave them off.

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