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From Albie Snax to 14-Inch Spooks: Lure Design with Alex Peru
Description
Alex Peru invented one of the most versatile lures in Northeast saltwater fishing — the Albie Snax — and he did it by asking a question nobody else was asking: how do you make a weightless soft plastic that actually casts?
In this episode, Peter sits down with Alex to unpack the design decisions behind the Albie Snax, the Super Snax (which actually came first), and the Fish Snax XL. Then Alex breaks down his new company, Clobber, and The Freak — an 11-inch, 4-ounce sliding-weight spook with a baitfish profile and a nose-rigged single hook, built to convert the big striped bass that follow a Doc but won't commit.
Along the way: why stiffness (not weight) is the secret to casting distance, how to rig soft plastics for weeds and mangroves, why squid are always in the bait ball, reading a fish's body language, the cat-toy theory of triggering strikes, and why big stripers hit a baitfish in the head.
Guest Links- Clobber (The Freak) — Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clobber_company/
- Fish Snax Lures (Albie Snax, Super Snax, XL):
- ZipChip pocket frisbee: https://www.zipchipsports.com/
- Albie Snax —
- Fish Snax Super Snax —
- Fish Snax XL —
- Albie Snax Hooks 4/0 —
- Fish Snax Twistlock Hooks —
- Owner Twistlock Beast Hooks —
(Timestamps are from the raw recording — they'll shift after you cut the ending and any mid-roll edits. Re-check against the final export.)
- 00:00 — Intro: the story of the Albie Snax
- 01:19 — Origins: starting the business in 2011, the albie lures of the day
- 02:44 — The design problem: a "weightless" soft plastic that casts
- 04:34 — More plastic, not more weight — why cylindrical, and the two-piece mold
- 06:11 — The red-head prototype era and hand-pour