[Mike P]

Originally Posted by JohnR

One of my favorite threads of all time.

Is Ronz THE PENETRATOR?

RONZ Engineered Soft Baits

Straight from the horse's mouth

The RONZ was originally developed for striped bass fishing on Cape Cod. Used exclusively by commercial striped bass fisherman it was dubbed the secret bait. When I decided to sell the RONZ to bait & tackle dealers the commercial fishermen were quite upset. They knew the secret bait wouldn't be a secret anymore. I tried to console them with the fact that they did not have to lie about what bait they were using anymore. All I received in reply was a look of disappointment, as if I had betrayed them. I didn't have a name on the RONZ back then, but it did have a few nicknames. The secret bait was the first, then it was the Penetrator for a online tackle company in N.Y. They quickly realized that customers were very unhappy about the pop-up advertisements they were receiving after using the search engines to find the penetrator. The wife wasn't too crazy about that name either. Then there was a group of fishermen from R.I. that called it the holy grail. I kind of liked that one. But then I received a phone call from a priest that fished who told me how wonderful my baits are and how he catches fish like crazy with them, but felt I should not call it the Holy Grail. I explained to him the name was not my doing and I would consider his request. That was about the time the secret bait was officially named the RONZ.