Swimbaits

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Permalink Reply by Jordan Doucet on March 30, 2009 at 11:58pm

Love the Tru-Tungsten 8" Gill. Looking forward to catching a fish on the floating BBZ this year as well as the MS Slammer 3 piece and of course I can't wait to try out the Lunker Punker.


Can't wait.

Permalink Reply by Mark Byrne on March 31, 2009 at 1:25am

I don’t know, I have a swimbait that friend made for me, it is beautiful, almost too pretty to fish with! He makes tons of baits and they are all great, but I have been throwing this for a year and have caught ONE bass with it! Now that fish was over 4 pounds, but he hit it as soon as it hit the water, so it could have been a brick for all he knew! I am looking at the Hollow Body swim baits from Berkley, I have some on order!

Permalink Reply by Chris Blandi on March 31, 2009 at 7:38am

I'm looking to catch some fish on the weedless hudds, 8 inch hudds, Mattlures Hard Gill, Lunker punkers, Big Hammers, hollow bodies, Wake Jr's, Spro shad and TT 4 inch, MS Slammers, and more that I can't think of right now. Got alot on my plate.

Permalink Reply by S Hwang on March 31, 2009 at 11:52am

Looking to fish the weird stuff more this yr. Bettencourt magum rat, the custom 13" snake, 6" Rago delta rat, Also looking to hook up on some mission fish still - hopefully as I fish more jigs it will be a more viable option.

Permalink Reply by Eric DeLay on March 31, 2009 at 12:01pm

Price is not an issue when I have an opportunity to crush your hopes and dreams.
Now answer the questions punk. Or I will feed you to Woo's hogs.

Jon Sessler said:

My favorites are the ones that I beat Delay out of on Ebay!!

Oh the other favorite is the ones I drove the price up on Ebay that Delay bought...

Permalink Reply by Eric DeLay on March 31, 2009 at 12:08pm

I have a couple of limited edition baits on the way right now. I am not supposed to say anything about them but I will post a picture when I get the green light from the guy who makes them. All I can say is they are AWESOME and Jon won't have any. LMAO

Permalink Reply by T Dot on March 31, 2009 at 12:37pm

now a subject i like

almost here? :) on our boat it never ends [then again we dont fish year around - yet atleast]. just got done testing out some new rods and lures, and left the lake with a pretty $100+ bill.

some of the major players we support are 22nd century, 316, abt, baitsmith, black dog baits, huddleston, ms slammer, natesbaits, rago, river2sea, tru tungstun. there maybe more, but i dont have 20/20 memory.

in retrospect when it comes to swimbaits - we have either seen it, tried it, or use it.

i would like to get my hands on a 12inch hudd, triple troot, or any of those pounders, so i can brake some muskie teeth.

Permalink Reply by Marc Marcantonio on March 31, 2009 at 3:30pm

I have some awesome looking new Lucky Craft hard swimbaits I'm anxious to try, as well as many others including several models of Reaction Strike swimbaits, Matt's Lures, Basstrix, Triple Trouts, etc. So many lures, so little time. My biggest problem is that during tournament season it is hard to test these lures out as I'm always competing instead of experimenting. I'm actually going to practice using some of these swimbaits this weekend on American Lake instead of fishing the Open on Sammamish.

ciao,
Marc

Permalink Reply by David Parnicky on March 31, 2009 at 4:29pm

Im pretty new to swimbait fishing. I really am looking forward to experimenting with some 8" hudd. deluxes, Castaic Catch 22's, KGM TW Swimmers, River2Sea S Wavers, and Jackall Giron's. I have recently been knocking them dead on the hollow body style baits. Got some basstrix to try and been doing well on the money minnow.

Permalink Reply by Daniel Bavery on March 31, 2009 at 5:35pm

Im looking fwd most towards the Rago Magnum Rat. Sick wake action on that hairy beast! Ive done well on all swimbaits Ive thrown but non compare to the Lunker Punker! MS Slammer be a close second. The only ones I have not done well on is the RS swimbaits just because of reliability and they dont swim well at slow speeds, and slow is key. Every one Ive had was pure garbage(not tryin to sound harsh but its reality).
Ive done really really well on paddletails but to me its not a big fish bait, its a numbers bait. If I think Im going to throw a spinnerbait, I throw a paddletail, but even then I dont tie it on much. Ive used almost every brand out there. Basstrix and Berkeley perform the best by far.

I always tell everyone I talk to about swimbaits the same thing. DO NOT buy cheap ones for the sake of saving a little cash. I have wasted a lot of money on knock-offs, just to turn around and buy the expensive, proven baits. Seriously, if you buy $15 baits, you get exactly that, $15 worth of poop. I dont mean 4" shads or paddletails, Im talkin 8"+ baits. Hopefully someone will take note and not waste cash like I did a few years ago.

Permalink Reply by Todd Reis on March 31, 2009 at 7:55pm

The new Sebille's are pretty nice in the water..

Permalink Reply by Eric DeLay on March 31, 2009 at 9:45pm

I have an agreement with the guy who makes them not to post anything on any forums. I am not sure why he said not to, but I'll check with him after I get them. If he says it's OK I'll put up some pictures.

Jon Sessler said:

I gotta know what you have coming

Eric DeLay said:

I have a couple of limited edition baits on the way right now. I am not supposed to say anything about them but I will post a picture when I get the green light from the guy who makes them. All I can say is they are AWESOME and Jon won't have any. LMAO

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