Just passing on some info on a new color offered by Castaic Soft Bait Co. In their 8 and 10 inch swimbait they have created a new trout color that should be killer. It's called Ghost Rainbow and is transparent with the typical green/pink trout outline printed on it. It should be a great color for clear water, bass will see more of an outline than the actual full body of the bait. They debuted this color about 2 months ago, but now it's available everywhere. I haven't thrown their 10 inch swimbait much, very heavy, but I'll definetly give this color a try.

You can see the difference between the opaque Rainbow color(top) and the new transparent Ghost color.
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what is the hook up ratio on those things? it seems like it would be hard to get a fish with the hook right there....im not much of a swimbait guy but i always see those and wonder what is better, a treble at the bottom or that. thanks

You can see in the picture that they include an eyelet in the belly to tie off a stinger hook. I don't like running a belly stinger on this style of swimbait because a lot of time you'll get bit while running the bait into points and bouncing it off structure. That treble will get you snagged up continuosly. I used to insert a copper dowel into these kind of baits and run line through it to tie a large, round worm hook as a trailer on the top of the bait near the tail. Basstrix 10" swimbait has a similar double hook set up. When I get a chance I'll post a picture of how you can do this, but I'd definetly shy away from adding a stinger to the bottom of the bait. Most fish inhale these baits head first, so the position of this hook on the top of the head is the best set-up.

Only $12 (or was it $12.99?) for the 'big 10-inch' -- not a bad deal! Hope it holds up for a few toads!

'Preciate the heads up on the stinger rigging. I was definitely considering just adding a big treble down there. Might hold off, til I *miss* a few, at least!

Have you tried a weedless treble as a trailer?

Bob