Hey all,
I have been fishing with the Big(6") storm wild eye swim shad and the castiac trout(6") on my med/hvy baitcast combo and have been doing pretty decent, I am now set on buying a new swimbait combo rod/reel I am going with the Okuma guide series rod (xhvy) with a induron idx400 reel For now this are all I can afford but have read that they will be very sufficent for throwing big baits.Now my question is this...
I live In lake havasu city and fish here 97% of my time, We DONT have trout here so i know the big bass dont feed on trout and some of the best swimbaits I have seen so far are usualy Trout patterned.I do know that they feed on sunfish here as well as shad,But shad dont get that big here so throwing a 12" shad wouldnt make much sense and for bluegill I have been looking into Mattslures bluegills and the smaller storm bluegills what LARGE baits should I look into and am I wasteing my money on an extra heavy duty swimbait rod if the baits dont make sense here?..I hope that question doesnt sound lame but I have been almost satisfied throwing smaller baits,yet I know if I find the right baits to throw in the large size it might pay off..any ideas would be greatly appreciated...