...I just wish they'd get delivered already.

http://www.castaicsoftbait.com/video/ragoVideo07.mpg

They're at TW right now

What's left is ghost rainbow in fast and slow fall as of 3/2/07. Enjoy:

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/descpageSWMJRAGO-JRRT.html?from=calfish

Where have I seen that tail action before? And who told Jerry to have his baits painted by Castaic? Hmmmmm....I don't know?

The baits look great!


Josh D.

What is the slow sink equivalent to as far as rof's?

ah dang i shoulda got a ghost trout too ;[

Shane

Just got my baits. They look good in person. They're quite soft and look like they will give good action. The paint jobs are very nicely done. The ghost rainbow shows the lead harness quite a bit through the belly but the rainbow color looks very good. These are going to catch fish.

The only things I don't like are:

No loop on the belly for a trap hook, that is disappointing.

The hook seems a size or two too big for the bait. Some people are probably happy for the larger hook but it stands out quite a bit. JMO.

2 of 4 baits had a depression in the side near the tail. It looks like the baits were pulled from the mold too soon or they weren't injected with enough pressure to fill the mold. I saw this same problem on the Platinums. I am hoping these indentations don't affect the swimming action.

Time and the whims of the bass will tell us more :)

Rob those dents are shrinkage dents. When the plastic is hot it expands. as it cools it shrinks. Those dents are very dificult to combat especialy with larger baits.

www.mattlures.com

I got mine from tacklewarehouse today and threw it in my pool to check the acction. To my dismay it leans to the side when retrieved. Has anyone else had this problem? If so is there a fix? I don't want to wait three weeks to get another one.

The swimming action otherwise was awesome. My brother, who doesn't fish said, "damn that looks just like a real fish". This bait also sits perfectly horizontal on the bottom when deadsticked. It kinda rests on the tips of pectoral fins and the tail and looks like its hovering.

No belly ring is a shame. We need a class action move here:


JERRY:
PLEASE add a belly ring to your baits. Would make the baits a lot more fishable. Totally a bummer not to have a way to rig trap hooks on the belly without having to get totally commando.

MP

i believe he said he was going to release a belly ring later, in a second version.

Shane

He could have EASILY added a belly ring to that lead harness in the bait. I had to listen to a high pitch whine from Matt P over an email LOL. He was going ballistic LOL. Matt looks like we'll have to stinger it from the top. Very nice looking bait for sure. I can see the lead harness plain as day on the ghost color. It gives off a boneish color. I don't think it will be a problem for my stupid fish tho :)

Mike