I have one of these in my box and wondered what you trophy fish guys thought of them. I had a lmb at about 7 lbs chase one at Silverwood, soooo....

calicokid

i think they look great but dont have much swimming action to the tail. Or maybe thats just mine ;) I like mission fish alot better
1. weedless
2. nice bed fish bait
3. Look Great
4.catch alot of fish

I dont know this is just my opinion
later

Shane

What I did to mine was, I heated up a blade from a cardboard cuter till it was red hot, useing some long nose pliers to hold the blade, then VERY carefully just shaved off a little plastic just before the end of the tail, one side at a time. It worked great, lots of tail action at slow speeds. Just take your time in doing this because it would be very easy to cut too deep, and ruin the bait, hope this helps. Dave M.

I agree with Shane, the BassTrix don't have much tail action unless you're really ripping the bait. Pretty to look at though! :D

if your going to check out the Mission Fish, check out the new Bluegill as well. www.316lurecompany.com.

I recently went out after some Calicos with a buddy in his 17 Whaler. We just fished fro about 3 hours and threw nothing but the 3:16 baits. The Mission fish stood up to the test of those Calico's pretty darn good, with each bait catching no less then 5 fish up to 4 lbs a peice. I had one bait that just couldnt hold up any longer after about 10 or so fish on it. A little expansive for 5 fish, but the excitement of pulling them out of the thickest kelp on the weedless swimbaits is the ultimate. Speaking of thick kelp, everseen a Calico eat a Sumo From? Fun stuff, its amazing how similatr to Largemouth they really are!!

calicos on the mission fish sounds awesome! But problem is the occastional barracuda ripping the crap outta that thing. EVIL barracuda!

Shane

Evil Barracuda!!!!!:)

I threw a Sidewinder for about 6 cranks of the hnadle until a 15" cuda decided he wanted to chew on the back half. The baits dont quite run the same without the rest of the body, but I did get bit by something when I threw it out for the next cast just to get a laugh, something actually bit it!! Crazy ocean fish!!!! Why cant Largemouth act a little more like Calicos as far as thier eating habbits......if it swims, or moves through the water by any means, EAT IT!!!! gota love them for that:)

gona go back out and get some more next week, hopefull I'll have a couple pics this time.

Cam

Hey socalfrogger, have you tried the 3:16 bluegill for calicos? Looks like a pretty sweet plaid bait to me.

calicokid

Cam, did you throw the frog for the checkers? I keep forgetting to throw one in my box for them, but I have thought about it ALOT! In my experience, they don't blow up through the kelp to grab something dragged on top (Slug-gos and stuff), but I want to throw the frog for them- especially when I'm in the middle of really thick kelp on the board, they are hitting bait on top, but hard to catch- I'll get it wired soon...

yeah big bass swimbaits dont mix with ocean. Unless they are like the MS Slammer that might be cool. but youd have to buy some tails because youd lose alot.

Shane

I did throw the frog, got one fish on it and missed another. Didnt really throw it except in one thick area where I saw a few fish come up through it and crash bait.

theBluegill works just like the shad. Between 5-10 fish per bait, but it gets bit alot.....

Cam

Cam, had some nice fish (6-8 lbs.) follow the 'gill today at LMV, no love, though- I like that bait, hopefully have some quality fish to report soon! Actually had quite a few followers, especially in open water, 20-25', nice shoulders on them-

I think the fish were in that mood yesterday. I went back to my roots and stopped by the San Juan Village to tune some baits and get them running right. Those lakes are shallow with grass everywhere just under the surface. I think I had every bass in both ponds follow my bluegil to the bank, but the only one that ate it was a 6" that I proudly manhandled on my Loomis BBR965 and 25lb test. Good thing I had the big stuff for that little rascle, there as a dock about 50 feet away and he started right for it:)

cam

Nice, Cam! I have been meaning to stop by the Village, I got a 6.5 a couple months ago on the 9" Slammer in the middle of the day, he went waterskiing over the weeds thanks to the CL820XFA and 20 lb. test, one of the best fish I ever got out of that toilet- I also got a nice one, 4+, on a 9" AC plug last year- I guess the DFG should plant trout in there, cause they seem to want to eat them. Any froggy looking stuff? I did a drive by a couple of weeks ago, but no floating mats yet. The lilly pads growing in there now are pretty cool- too bad all the locals' bait of choice is a 4\0 treble with an egg sinker, I'm sure some of the nice ones have been made into fish tacos that way.