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Amish EdMon Nov-06-00 08:42 PM
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Just wondering what everybody's favorites are and for what species. I've been fishing the Basstrix a lot more and I'm really happy with them. They have these really wide tails so they wobble and swim at pretty slow speeds. And they are durable beyond belief, these things can take a beating. Last, is the colors. They are poured so that much of the color fades into the next one. These things look good just sitting in the box. So, anybody else have a favorite? Winter is here, mine as well pass the time talking about fishing.

Amish Ed

  

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brianTue Nov-07-00 09:28 AM
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ooooooooooo. Thought provoking. My all around favorite bait would have to be the fishtrap green sardine, other than that color, and maybe a couple others, I prefer big hammer. Big hammers have a better action, and a few colors are better than fishtrap's, but fishtrap's green sardine just can't be beat IMO. Then there's the castaic swimbait. That would be my favorite seabass bait. I guess for certain fishies I like certain baits, and for action I like the big hammers, and for colors I usually like the fish trap (at least for green sardine)... It all depends. Overall though, I'd go with fishtrap's green sardine.
-Brian

  

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Leapin' BassTue Nov-07-00 11:09 AM
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For 4" and under baits I prefer Fishtrap. For 5" and above I prefer Big Hammer. The Green Sardine and Channel Island Chovie are my favorites for halibut and the Channel Island Chovie (Fishtrap) and Rainbow Trout (Big Hammer) are my favorites for seabass.

Worm King AAs and ABs are the only worm king baits I like.

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RobTue Nov-07-00 01:22 PM
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I would concur with Brian's thinking ... or should I say Brian concurs with my thinking ;-) Just giving ya bad time bud.
The green sardine is tough to beat, I like it in 4, 5, and 5.5 inch. I don't like the 4" big hammers that much but the 5" are excellent. I also like the 5" cardiff plastics but the guy seems to have gone out of business or something and I can't get any more. They had a really good rainbow trout color but I'm out. Bummer...
When it comes to trout imitating swimbaits, I like the looks of the new castaics but I haven't used them much yet. Basstrix are good in the bigger sizes but the lighter 6" trout ones seem to roll on their sides for lack of weight. I have yet to find the "money" trout swimbait but the quest continues..

  

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Leapin' BassTue Nov-07-00 01:53 PM
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I second that.

I picked up some 3 and 4 inch Big Hammers last year at the Fred Hall Show and I don't like them too much - the Fishtraps look much better.

I looked into getting a custom batch of the 5" Big Hammers in a green sardine color (basically their Rainbow Trout but with a yellow stripe instead of pink) but I'd have to order like 1000 to make it worth it. If there are 39 other guys out there who are interested in 25 of these baits let me know and I'll check into it again.

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brianTue Nov-07-00 05:08 PM
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LAST EDITED ON Nov-07-00 AT 08:09 PM (PST)

Pete,
I'm down for it, only 38 more!!! Har Har.
-Brian

  

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Amish EdTue Nov-07-00 07:39 PM
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I agree on the Rainbow Hammers. Thats what I got those yellows and giant gophers on a few weeks ago. Castaics I like the little 3" shads in pearl or clear with red flake for spotties hanging on pilings. Of course there's those zippers that I'm so fond of, too many colors to name. These I started using when trying to find a subsitute for Whams. THe smoke with chartruese flake was sick. I could never go wrong with that color. I still have a bunch of sardine colored ones, work great for the butts.

Hey Rob, are the Basstrix you're talking about the trout shaped ones, or the ones like the Hammers and whatnot?

Amish Ed

  

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RobTue Nov-07-00 08:42 PM
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I was talking about the trout type ones. I've never fished the more "standard" type ones but they looked pretty good when I've seen them. Is that what you were talking about, the regular ones?

-Rob

  

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Amish EdWed Nov-08-00 08:09 PM
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Yeah, I was talking about the more "standard" models. I think they are the best swim baits around. Very under rated in my estimation, or perhaps just not known. They have this smoke with red flake that's just sick.

Amish Ed

  

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ryeguy (Guest)Mon Nov-13-00 05:30 PM
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i love the fluke

  

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Amish Ed (Guest)Mon Nov-13-00 07:18 PM
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Baby Bass is hot. I know a guy who fishes them almost exculsively. Sweet bait for sure.

Amish Ed

  

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