“There has got to be a better way to remove minnow heads.” is what sparked the idea of the BaitClipper while ice fishing a Minnesota lake in 2020. Scissors froze, bare thumbs and thumbnails froze, and biting them off required a pocket full of breath mints and a toothpick for after-hours socializing. Expanding the use to cutting crawlers without ruining a manicure and recycling a pile of torn wacky worms for Ned Rigging was an added bonus.