I have been expirementing with this for about a year now and have I have drawn some interesting conclusions. I have found that depending on the cut a swimbaits tail will kick harder and appear more erratic, it will also effects the forwared body motion of the bait causing the bait to swim with more of a side to side snake like action.

The problem is that it is difficult to remain consistant with the positioning of the cuts in relation to the size and position of the leadhead. Since this is a customized modification in which each individaul bait done by hand it some times can be hard to maintain conisistency but I think I have a pretty good feel for it.

I have found is if a bait is cut correctly it will get bit when a stock bait won't. Even when the stock bait is getting bit the cut bait will still out fish it. I've tested and found that it has nothing to do with size or color. What I mean is you can compare the same size bait in the same color pattern and get the same results. I have also figured out a way of rigging a second hook hook with out out adding any extra line or knots the swim bait and it actually works as a vise to help prevent the swimbait from sliding off the leadhead. This form of rigging doesn't seem to effect the action either.

In case you guys havn't figured this out already I fish a lot of swimbaits and I do a lot of fishing. I've been a big fan of the swimbait since the late 80's when Worm Kings where the only swimbaits available. I think Grubowski was making an injection mold shad tail at the time but it was no where near what the baits are today.

JerryG

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