|
Sinjin Kim | Tue Nov-06-07 09:31 PM |
Member since Jul 14th 2007
5 posts
| |
|
#3269, "Swimbait Arsenal Advice"
Tue Nov-06-07 09:32 PM by Sinjin Kim
|
Great site you guys have here. I heard your name in the tournament scene Rob (swimbait) and look forward to having the privilege to compete with you one day. Once again, great site, knowledgeable members and cool atmosphere. I look forward to being more active on this site.
I've been bass fishing almost a year now and absolutely love it; love it so much that I haven't returned to the salt close to a year now.
With the swimbait season coming up and local team tournaments in full swing, If you have a moment please advise me on swimbaits I should purchase to complete my arsenal. I mainly fish (tournament lakes) at Castaic, DVL and Casitas but will fish the FLW National Guards Series as an AM at the Delta, Lake Mead, Columbia River and Shasta.
I plan to purchase the following (if you think I should'nt purchase any baits below, please feel free to explain why. Thanks).
-7" Triple Trout (Solid White) -6" Lunker Punker: I love the action on the 9" but think there is a time and place for the 6" model. -2X 3:16 1UP (will receive shortly). -3:16 Armageddon -Rago Baby Tool -Hot Mama (CA Swimbabes) -6" Huddleston -Huddleston Shads -More (as many as possible) 4,5,6" Bass Trix in Hologram Shad.
*I guess I need some bluegill swimbaits, but I can put that on hold until the summer. (Matt Lures and Shell Cracker).
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n212/halijedi/Swimbaits003.jpg
All the best,
Sinjin
|
|
|
|
RE: Swimbait Arsenal Advice,
Tm Customs,
Nov 06th 2007, #1
RE: Swimbait Arsenal Advice,
magmaster,
Nov 07th 2007, #2
RE: Swimbait Arsenal Advice,
SWMB8R,
Nov 07th 2007, #3
RE: Swimbait Arsenal Advice,
Sinjin Kim,
Nov 07th 2007, #4
RE: Swimbait Arsenal Advice,
swimbait,
Nov 08th 2007, #5
RE: Swimbait Arsenal Advice,
Tm Customs,
Nov 09th 2007, #6
RE: Swimbait Arsenal Advice,
nicco,
Nov 09th 2007, #7
RE: Swimbait Arsenal Advice,
swimbait,
Nov 09th 2007, #8
| |
|
swimbait | Thu Nov-08-07 12:14 AM |
Charter member
9890 posts
| |
|
#3274, "RE: Swimbait Arsenal Advice"
In response to Reply # 0
|
Hi Sinjin,
Welcome to the site. What a wonderful first post. I wish I could give you a better response but I am running on empty right now.
You've received some excellent advice already here, a testament to the great people on this site who are always willing to help.
I would reiterate the Slammer and Stocker Trout recommendations. If you go do Delta, Clear Lake, Shasta without a 7 and 9" Slammer... yea. It was not broadcast too much, but FLW reported online that Jimmy Reese was fishing a 9" Slammer when he won the Stren series event this year at the Delta. The stocker trout is one of the most under-rated baits to this day on the market. Even I lose faith in it sometimes, but then there are times when that lure straight puts fish in the boat. A must own IMO.
What else... You mentioned Basstrix - a great lure. You want a cheap Basstrix alternative that gets down deeper than everyone else's bait at Clear Lake? 5" Big Hammer in #13 bait fish on a 3/4 or 1/2oz lead head. It's so cheap by comparison to what you own and are buying there's no reason not to put a few in your box. I threw the Big Hammer for about 30 minutes in the Tri-States north TOC at Clear Lake a few months ago and caught two nice fish including one that went in our 24.75lb bag on day 2. I caught that fish in an area that had been hit so hard it was stupid.
When the herd is on a particular bait, that can be informational right - because you know what category of bait is working, but then if you can differentiate a little, you get that advantage, that little edge. I've been preaching Big Hammer at Clear Lake since I fished as a non-boater with Felix Camacho in like 1999 or 2000 (can't remember). I gave Felix some baits on that trip and he hooked a 12+ in the tournament on it. This was the week after Byron set the BASS weight record. Some lures just work, Big Hammer is one of those. Still no one seems to get it or use it. Maybe my sponsor bias is too strong, but I love that damn lure.
Final thought: I look at what you have and what you are buying and I see a tendency to follow what everyone else is doing. Understandable, you are just getting way in to it and you have to start somewhere. But take a minute to look through all of the swimbait reviews here on the site and look for something that just looks good to you. Pick something that is not super popular. Buy it because you think it could be good. Fish it with confidence and see what happens. Not all of the best lures are the ones splashed across the pages of Bass West magazine. Success in fishing comes when you believe in what you are doing and what you are using.
PS. Don't forget that drop shot rod for the FLW. I ate crap living and dying by the swimbait as a non-boater in that deal. The boaters there are very good, very professional, and by in large very cool guys. But at the same time - the better the guy is who you draw - the less likely you will get the casts you want/need to get to make the swimbait thing happen.
The guys who win on the no-boat side of those things are flexible, open minded, and not afraid to finesse down to the lightest lines and smallest lures when need be. Yes bring your big bait rod in case the opportunity arises, but don't get the idea you can do what you would normally do with a team partner or by yourself. It doesn't work that way when the guy up front paid $2800 more than you to enter. It's important to respect that and work within that context.
-Rob
|
|
|
|
    |
niKKo | Fri Nov-09-07 04:18 PM |
Member since Mar 09th 2009
221 posts
| |
|
#3276, "RE: Swimbait Arsenal Advice"
In response to Reply # 6
|
This really helps me out. As i am thinking about starting to get into the swimbait craze...... thank you
Final thought: I look at what you have and what you are buying and I see a tendency to follow what everyone else is doing. Understandable, you are just getting way in to it and you have to start somewhere. But take a minute to look through all of the swimbait reviews here on the site and look for something that just looks good to you. Pick something that is not super popular. Buy it because you think it could be good. Fish it with confidence and see what happens. Not all of the best lures are the ones splashed across the pages of Bass West magazine. Success in fishing comes when you believe in what you are doing and what you are using.
I think ill go visit Eric at the shop...
|
|
|
|
|
|
© Copyright Robert Belloni 1997-2012. All Rights Reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without express written consent.
|