BUILT TO TRIGGER.

Baits that solve problems.

Purpose-built bass lures from Cerillo Bait Co. Pad Bug is coming first.

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Clear Pad Bug prototype rigged on a red hook on the CBC workbench

Pad Bug prototype / On the CBC workbench

Coming first / Near launch

PAD BUG.

Ride the cover. Hide the point. Clear it on the bite.

A weedless creature bait built for lily pads and heavy vegetation. Almost ready to launch. Follow the final testing, first pours, and launch.

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BE THERE FOR THE FIRST POUR.

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Active development

NEXT ON THE BENCH.

In development

Badfin

Ultra-shallow floating minnow

Engineered for the top few inches.

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Engineering

Airstrike

Topwater Dragonfly

Built to own the surface.

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Prototype

Spoondini

Weedless spoon-minnow hybrid

Built to wobble, flutter, and drive the trailer.

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Cerillo Bait Co.

SMALL COMPANY.
SERIOUS WATER.

I’m Joe Cerillo. I started CBC to build baits for the fishing problems I kept running into. One bait. One job. No filler.

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Field Notes / Featured guide

How to Fish a Weedless Creature Bait in Lily Pads

A practical system for reading pad fields, rigging a creature bait cleanly, crossing vegetation, and controlling the fall through high-percentage openings.

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Pad Bug is coming first. Be there when it is ready.