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swimbaitWed May-18-11 07:10 AM
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#11912, "The Big Hammer still hasn't won an elite series event"


  

          

Following the last two BASS Elite Series events it looks like guys are favoring the paddle tail swimbait on tour quite a bit lately. Kennedy was throwing the Basstrix some in his recent win. Hite was throwing something similar and a bunch of guys were using paddle tails in the last one.

These guys are such good fishermen, but I wonder if there's a certain amount of group-think on the tour. I mean, Hite was throwing a paddle tail pinned on a jighead. I don't totally get that? Why not throw a swimbait tail like a Hammer on a matching jighead so it looks normal?

The part of the paddle tail phenomena that seems unexplored on the Elite's is the part where you put it on a 3/4oz head and trigger bites on the sink. The fast sink. Just amazes me that it hasn't happened yet.

Yes, the Basstrix paddletail is a great bait that gets a lot of bites. But when someone takes a 5in Big Hammer on a 3/4oz head and starts drilling fish in 10 to 40 feet of water, I think eyes will open :)

  

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The Big Hammer still hasn't won an elite series event [View all] , swimbait, Wed May-18-11 07:10 AM
  RE: The Big Hammer still hasn't won an elite series eve..., ll kaidoy ll, May 18th 2011, #1
RE: The Big Hammer still hasn't won an elite series eve..., swimbait, May 19th 2011, #2
RE: The Big Hammer still hasn't won an elite series eve..., dockboy, May 22nd 2011, #3

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