RE: Must Have Swimbaits????,
magmaster,
Dec 17th 2004, #1
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greenback22.5,
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bassinator kid,
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swimbaitking805,
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swbt_maker,
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Nico,
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Wade,
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FISH JC,
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woodsac,
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swimbait,
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Nico,
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bassnet,
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BobH,
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Tm Customs,
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magmaster,
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Tm Customs,
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swimbaitking805 | Mon Dec-20-04 01:12 PM |
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#5460, "RE: Must Have Swimbaits????"
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my 3 favorites lately have been 1 Huddleston rof 5 2 SR7 weedless trout pattern 3. M.S. slammer trout pattern, the big one and for bluegill pattern i like the 3;16 bait alot.theres so many different companies out there ,just expiroment until you find what works for you.I may have an extra slammer or two i would sell,aside fom that i'm using the ones i have alot this time of year brian
Catch Alot,Photograph a few,Release them all...:-)
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Nico | Mon Dec-20-04 09:26 PM |
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#5464, "RE: Must Have Swimbaits????"
In response to Reply # 0
Mon Dec-20-04 09:46 PM by Nico
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I would liek to buy a few trout pattern swimbaits seeing that I have none !
I think I am going to go w/ smaller models because I cant stand waiting for a bite all day w/ the huge ones.
Warning... shameless blanket statements ahead.
Those two sentences are mutually exclusive. The second one doesn't even have any validity by itself. Smaller swimbaits don't necessarily mean more bites, even from 2lb and under sized fish. The smaller swimbaits are just a marketing trick to fool people who don't have the guts to buy anything big.
Oh, and my top 5 trout swimbaits off the top of my head...
1. MS Slammer, 9", light trout 2. Huddleston Deluxe, ROF 12 3. Huddleston Deluxe, ROF 5 4. Castaic Trout, 9", ghost trout 5. Rago Live Trout Hardbait, rainbow
I think I could live with just those. Oddball, or non-trout additions could be...
1. Mission Fish, 8", whatevercolor 2. Castaic Sunfish or Bluegill 3. MS Slammer, 12" 4. Stocker Trout, 10" 5. Rago Live Trout Softbait
I wouldn't say don't buy the little stuff, just don't expect to catch anything big on them (ever), and don't expect them to catch as many small fish as the big swimbaits do during many, many situations.
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woodsac | Tue Dec-21-04 04:26 PM |
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#5467, "RE: Must Have Swimbaits????"
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Nico, Wade and Joe...
I agree with what you guys said. I usually start out big and then downsize. Most of the time, if I don't catch em on the 9" I don't catch em on anything. But what if you're fishing a body of water that doesn't hold BIG fish?
I fish a reservoir where an 8lb bass is almost unheard of. But there are 15lb carp and 10lb trout. Would you still throw the bigger baits?
The reason I ask, is because I've never caught a bass out of this particular place on anything bigger then the 7" slammer. I throw the bigger baits there week after week. But then, when I finally tie on that 7 incher, I'll have a fish within the 1st 20 casts?
Anytime that I catch a fish on the 7", I'll switch to the 9" hoping to get something bigger. It just doesn't happen at this place for me. Any thoughts?
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Nico | Tue Dec-21-04 10:06 PM |
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#5472, "RE: Must Have Swimbaits????"
In response to Reply # 9
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Warning... more blanket statements and crackpot theories.
I don't doubt your success with smaller swimbaits on smaller bass at your lake, but I think here are the two points I'm trying to get across...
1. You can't fish for small and large fish at the same time. The chances of getting one of the biggest fish in the lake (be that a 15 lber or a 5 lber) are very slim to begin with. If you switch to small fish tactics your chances are going to be just about nil.... If you want to catch a big fish, you have to dedicate that time 100% to the task at hand.
2. Large swimbaits should be a critical part of your overall bassing toolbox, regardless of the size of bass you're targeting. People make the mistake of thinking there's some kind of linear scale where the best size lure is directly proportional to the size of the bass they're trying to catch. This is untrue, 3 inch soft plastics are as important for 12 lbers as 9 inch swimbaits are for 2 lbers. the size of the lure you want to use is related to water clarity, season, weather, and time of day among other things.
If someone really wants to expand their tactical arsenal (wheee), they'd get more bang for their buck by getting some 9 inch swimbaits than 5-7 inch baits. The average angler already has a bunch of lures that come close to the size of a small swimbait, so adding the small baits is not going to widen their possibilities as much as a bigger bait.
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