I do not even know if a swimbait is currently being manufactured that would fit this description or not. But I am looking for a swimbait, preferably one looking similair to the Osprey swimbaits, that comes unweighted with no hooks in it. From the swimbaits out there it seems like the best choice would be to take a saltwater swimbait that is threaded onto a jighead for the purpose I intend to use it for. What is the weighting system like on the Osprey's? Would it be possible to remove everything so I would just be left with the lure body? Thanks for any help.

Pulling everything out of the Osprey is no problem at all. That's what BWW (and I) do to re rig them. What do you have in mind?
-Brian

Brian,

Why rerig and how?? Ive never had any problems with them.

wes

The reason for th re-rig, is first and foremost, they rip after a couple fish. Keep fishing your Osprey and eventually you'll catch a fish that will rip the harness rig out of the bait. You've probably noticed that it's starting to rip if you've caught any fish on it yet. The bait is designed to do this, but unfortunately it's not cost effective if you're catching 1 and 2lb. fish. If it only caught 10lbers, then I'd pay $17 per bait, per fish, but as it is, I don't want to lose a bait over a 1.5lber. The other reason is because I was missing quite a few fish, so I added another treble behind the original one. Bass World West adds another treble also, in a similar location. Pretty much the only difference is that they stick one point of the hook into the bait and I let em hang like a slammer.
-Brian

Thanks Brian, guess Ive just been lucky then. Ill give that a look and a try.

Rob, Im still lurking around these sites, but with two kids just not a lot of time to post.

Im really struggling in central cal right now. My lakes seem to be too cold for trout fish. My best results have always been water52-58 degrees and up. Water right now at Issy is 44-47 degrees. Shad are dying off big time and the fish (all fish) are gorging them.
Still some big fish to be caught trolling trout on leadcore or using a keel weight up the line. Just that is very slow, boring way to fish. Ill try to be more frequent poster to this page. Great page and some very useful tips. Feel free to email me or call 661-871-1856 to shoot the breeze. Hope to meet you trophy fishermen in the future

PS I could see a toad out of Lopez this spring for a trout tosser.

Im out

wes neal bakersfield ca

Hi Wes,
Welcome to the site. I have been reading your reports for years on the bfhp and other places. Any bones you can throw us on the lakes over in the Central Valley / Foothills like Kaweah, Success, and Isabella would be great. I know these lakes have the big fish in them, but you never hear too much about it. Any tips on the sinking rubber swimbaits would be great too. I mostly stick to the smaller 5" swimbaits for fishing deep and haven't found a big trout imitating swimbait that I have the confidence to throw all day and fish deep.

-Rob