Big Bait Fishing

for a little while till they tear

i've never seen that , spinning reels maybe , but not baitcasters .. You'd be reeling the oppisite direction !!!

not to get into an arguement over it but there are times when a fish will shake a bait off and end up having it rehooked during a head shake , there were witnesses to his account of what happened plus video of the account .

Savage Gear 3D real trout in 7'' - $9.99 , fantastic swimbait !! do you have a rod capable of throwing big baits ?? what rod do you have to throw swimbaits ?? that will define a lot about what swimbaits to get . let people know to give you some good recommendations .

i had purchased a pack of them when they first came out , they do cause a lot of commotion on the water . as far as durability , the tail (flapper) comes off pretty easy , a lot of times caused by braided line wrap around it . it's a better top water bait than a buzz bait , in my opinion , or should i say that i would choose the Rage tail shad over a buzz bait ...

Unintentional foul hooking is not illegal, intentionally foul hooking is , trap hook on a jig ??? Come on , really ???

what ever hand you use to work the rod , reel with the other hand . i use left hand reels as i work the rod with my right hand .

Shooter is a whole different breed , less stretch and a lot less manageable !! Shooter works phenomenal as a leader attached to braid , almost an extension of the braid but with all the abrasion resistance and no visibility . as far as using it as a mainline , i wouldn't . try a spool of 16 lb. Sniper , pretty sure you'll be happy ..

on baitcasters , always loosen the drag , it's not good to keep it buttoned down !!! as far as storing rods , i keep my rods under 8 ft. leaning against a wall and my longer rods (swimbait rods) up on plastic coated hooks horizontly on the wall and i have fishing shelves holding baits that i don't like to keep in tackle boxes on .

absolutely , Bass Resource is phenomenal !!!!

very nice story !! awesome outcome , the seller is a good guy !!! :respect-059:

you have to reel them in like you do swimbait fishing , get them to the top and reel constantly , surfing them on top of the water not letting them jump or dive down , that's the number one reason for lost fish on swimbaits that have a jig stlye top hook . When i hook into a fish while fishing a Hudd , i don't let the fish do ANYTHING !!!

he forgot to add an unopened bag of ice !!

Syncork(composite cork) is pretty nice !!

another grip material i also like is Hypalon , the look of EVA but alot softer .

St.Croix has phenomenal customer service , Vicky Nelson takes great care of you !!

you got me then , i'm stumped

if i wanted a rod like that 873 , i would have it built on a St.croix 5C71MHXF-B , would Citra-strip the blank down to the raw blank , would wrap with micro guides , fuji skt split reel seet and have split EVA grips . would be a lot lighter and stronger and ridicously sensitive, a killer 3/8-1/2 oz. jig rod ....

absolutely

they checked that scale they used and it was good , that fish would have been a record even though it was hooked outside the mouth , as long as it wasn't intentional (foul hooked ) i fish Dixon lake regularly , it gets hammered !! there are big fish in there , i will catch one soon ...

looks like a stick bait that has been cut short and then had a lighter taken to it , that's exactly what it looks like when you burn the end of the bait and it keeps melting causing the burning plastisol to ball up , give it a try ...

i bought the 40 size cause it was on sale , didn't know if i would like it so it sat for awhile , now that i'm using it finally , i love it

did you spool up the line right ? if spooled wrong , you will have coils through out the line . try the braid , which has no memory (once the waxy coating has wore away ) see if that solves it . the coils will possibly cause line slap . like Mike said , 14 lb. line is awfully big for that size reel , most use 8 lb. max , if you do need stronger line , braid is your best choice used along with a leader of mono or flourocarbon . i would recommend 10-15 lb . that stuff if plenty strong , needing stronger line , you might consider a baitcasting set up

thanks !