Big Bait Fishing

i also don't care to much for the rage tail baits i have tried (shad , anaconda , and the toad) they rip way to easily and i have found cheaper products that in my opinion work better . the bait i found i like the best out of them is the toad , jsut wish it was twice as big , that would be a winner . i even Pm'ed Big O about if there was any chance of them making a bigger size but he never even bothered to reply to me , so now i will not ever bother to buy these baits even if they did , nothing like being ignored to make you a negative fan of said products ...........

those reels have ABEC 5 bearings and the reel has a 3 year warranty !!!! just wish they came in black and had them in a left hand retrieve and i would of got one or two already ........

i have the 2009 SX and it is my favorite reel , i feel i have total control with it when making long casts which this reel does superbly !!!! if i were you i would get the SX

i use Canyon Plastics frogs , a buzz type frog , i retrieve it with a steady retrieve as slowly as possible , keeping it on top and the legs slowly churning . i found that i catch alot more fish that way then using hollow body frogs letting them sit on mats .

your best choice would be a good fluorocarbon line . i like to throw bigger worms on a shakey head rig so i can cast them on a baitcaster , so i use 10 lb. flouro . as for the hook set , i use only Owner hooks (Owner ultra head rigs) so i have confidence that when i do a light hook set that i will button the fish , i stay away from hard hook sets , to me , it is not needed ...

check this reel out with this bad@#$ handle !!!! ;)

here is a place you can buy them and they ship them to you http://www.livewaterdogs.com/Order.htm

keep checking the 3:16 website daily cause they should be for sale any day now !!!! I can't wait. Already sold out...Holy cow..... that was the first run , Mickey should be stocked up with them some time this next week .... http://www.316lurecompany.com/

i voted 10 lb. , but my most used is 25 lb. Izorline XXX (for swimbaits ) ....

The day I start buying $55 swimbaits is the same day I'll take up scuba diving! your missing out then , they are not for everyone ....

keep checking the 3:16 website daily cause they should be for sale any day now !!!! I can't wait.

another bait that is pretty sick is the 3:16 freestyle shad !!!

nice stuff !!! wish i had the funds to get some new set-ups

1. 6" hudd (top hook and weedless) 2. Mattlures hardgill 3. Mattlures ultimate soft gill 4. 6" Spro BBZ 5. Tylures Kicker Sunfish 6. CL8 bait 5" swimbait that's a good start

i rarely get to throw a jig in good spots cause of all the bottom grass in the lakes i fish . so that is my deciding factor , if there is grass -no jigs only texas rigged plastics .

Revos are strong , smooth , built like a tank and are small in hand . i own 3 (SX , Inshore , and the Toro ) and plan on getting quite a few of the Revo Toro Winch's !! . these reels are great

that is not a swimbait , that's a tiny paddletail , come on now , enough with the advertising :

Izorline XXX ......

i rig all my Hudds (only use the 8" ) very similar , in that i don't use wire between my trap hook ( size 1, Owner ST-41 ) and the hudd eyelet . i use a Berkley cross-loc snap (size 3) , a lot easier to change hooks out , sometimes i go down to a size 2 hook when im throwing it deep down among rocks but use the bigger size 1 for deep open water . by the way , i mostly use the ROF16's .......

the Owners are only $3.49 for a 5 pack !!! http://www.***.com/Owner_Straight_Shank_Wide_Gap_3X_Flippin_Hook/descpage-OSHWG.html The Owners don't look like they have a welded eye from the pic on TW correct me if I'm wrong.. I like the welded eye and don't want to go through the hassle of doing it my self. i don't think they are , haven't checked mine . but with 50 lb. braid (i use for punching mats) and 20-25 lb. flouro i use for flipping , i consider the non-welded eye not an issue . are you concerned about chaffing of the line ??

i have had no problems with 30 lb. braid :-? that said , i would go with 50 lb. braid ....

Creme lit'l fishie ..... yes , they catch fish !!!!

try the River2Sea bubble popper , here is the link http://www.***.com/River2Sea_Bubble_Popper/descpage-RSBP.html#pImage pic below-

i use stretchy gauze tape on the spool , just a little bit to cover the spool , then tie an arbor knot with the braid and spool it up ( i use a full spool of braid on my reels ) below is the type of guaze tape i use .....

i used 30 lb. power pro on my revo sx for a year and a half and it worked great , no digging issues ..........