My grandpa was the Godfather of fishing.  In fact, everyone just to referred to him as Godfather since that was his nickname.  He lived to fish and fished to live.  Before he died, I went to visit him on his death bed.  His house was filled with trophies from bass tournaments he had won.  When Godfather was on them, no angler could beat him.  As I entered his bedroom, Godfather motioned for me to come closer, “Son, I have to tell you something.  Come over here closer, closer,” he said in a whispered voice.  At that point Godfather murmur into my ear, “Son, I am going to tell you about an offer you cannot refuse.”  I asked him, “What’s the offer Godfather?”  “Son, go buy yourself a Castaic Catch 22 swimbait, it’s guaranteed to catch 22 without breaking apart or losing its ability to swim,” he explained.  The super soft, triple-jointed, ultra realistic swimbait is guaranteed to catch 22 fish before breaking apart; now that’s an offer no angler can refuse.

No other swimbait makes anglers such as offer.  This is how it works, if you land fewer than 22 bass before the lure becomes un-fishable, Castaic (www.castaicswimbaits.com) will replace it with a brand new Catch 22.  An angler only needs to send the used Catch 22 lure and $7.50 for shipping and handling for a one time replacement.  Now that is an impressive guarantee but what makes this swimbait so different from all the others?  A close up look shows that the Catch 22 is made with a patent-pending flexible “Inner Armor Skeleton” that prevents it from ripping apart and losing it natural swimming action.  The “Inner Armor Skeleton” acts like a soft shark like skeleton, reinforcing vital sections but providing flexibility.  As fish strike and attack the Catch 22 the soft outside skin will tear but the inner skeleton keeps the lure in one piece and fishable. 

The Catch 22 also has a “No-Throw” sliding hook system.  This system works by threading your line through a hole in the lure’s mouth and runs out an opening under its chin where it is tied to a hook.  The hook is held in place with a patented Magnetic Hook Holder.  This holds the hook in place against the body keeping it from damaging the lure.   When a fish is hooked, the hook breaks away from the body of the lure and slides up the line; the fish is unable to use the lure as lever to get loose and the lure is less likely to be damaged while trying to land it.

So, it’s an extremely durable soft swimbait, but can it catch fish?  Castaic has gone to great lengths to make it with lifelike features and have a natural swimming action no matter what speed it is retrieved.  Some of the features of the Catch 22 include lifelike bulging eyes, raised gill plates and fins, super soft body, ultra realistic paint pattern, and a textured scale and tail.  These attributes alone would add up to an attractive lure to catch a fish on; however, Castaic knew that looks by itself does not catch fish.  So, Castaic built the Catch 22 with RealSwim Technology.  RealSwim Technology as explained by Castaic: As water passes over the anatomically accurate body of the bait and reaches the jint opening, it swirls and creates a vacuum which pulls water into the opening.  As this happens, water on the opposite side of the bait is forced out.  Once empty, a new vacuum is created and the whole process shifts from side to side. The same thing happens on the smaller joint only more quickly. The end result is a virtually real swimming motion we call RealSwim Technology.

The Catch 22 can be fished like any other swimbait and in any strike zone.  It can be burned just under the surface, casted out and allowed to free fall, jerked in erratic movements, dead-sticked, or fished in whatever speed or presentation will cause a fish to strike it. The Catch 22 will also do a 180 or turnaround when twitched on a slack line which is extremely deadly technique for fish following the bait but not striking it.

The Catch 22 comes in a variety of styles including a Golden Shiner, Ghost Rainbow, Rainbow Trout, Bluegill, Sunfish, Threadfin Shad Blue, Threadfin Shad Green, Silver Shiner, and Tilapia.  Anglers can also select from 4-inch, 5-inch, 6-inch, 8-inch, and 10-inch models in either slow sink or floating depending on the model. 

If it looks like a fish and swims like a fish, it may just be a Catch 22 by Castaic.  The countless styles and models make it a lure any angler can fish with in their home rivers or reservoirs.  Plus this soft swimbait is guaranteed to catch 22 bass before breaking apart or losing its ability to swim and as my Godfather use to say to me, “It’s any offer you can’t refuse.”