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swimbaitThu Nov-08-07 12:14 AM
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#3274, "RE: Swimbait Arsenal Advice"
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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

  

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Swimbait Arsenal Advice [View all] , Sinjin Kim, Tue Nov-06-07 09:31 PM
  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

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