Hammer 4

You guys are so..negitive.. ;D

I'd go with the smaller of the 2..I hardly ever use line over 6lb for shakey, or dropshotting..although my 2500 reel can use 8 lb .

1/8 3/16 1/4 3/8 1/2 3/4...

I'm waiting the kicker trout...A friend has one, and say he burns it..he has the smooth finish trout. So..are you gonna get 1, or 2..or .. ;D

Sounds like he's talkin bout the Huddelston Huddlebug..which is tail weighted..

Reaction strike 5" swimbait.. :

I would suggest a coploymer, i.e. Yozuri or Izorline..I've had issues with the fluro breaking and or fraying... > The body of water I mainly fish is quite clear. I was going to use floro.

Not to bad mouth Okuma reels...as I have 1 of their rods...but 2 of the tackle shops in my area will Not service Okuma, or BPS reels..They wouldn't tell me why. Just sayin..

Anyone that has 15 lb hybrid that is not satisfied...send it to me..

X 2...they work for me...

Well, yeah...so do bare hooks... ;D

Yeah...well tell them to try those baits in the high pressured waters of L.A. and Orange Counties city park lakes..

I would consider another brand, IF you plan on using fluro...I use 12lb 100% for mainline, and as a leader. IMHO, that line breaks to easy, say compared to 12 Yozuri hybrid ultrasoft..also the abbrasion resistance sux..your mileage may vary..

Well, I just got some, threw the 4" talapia today, and stuck a nice 3lb'r, when no one was catching anything. I think the swim action is o.k. for the $$$ they work pretty good imho.

Jigs in the winter, cuz ya gotta fish em so dang Slow.. ;D

Don't be...yes your gonna lose some, just as with any other lure..give the fish time to commit..I do a fast 3 count once the fish takes the bait..then set the hook in a upward motion.

This is the trout swimbait

RTBass, I'm not Matt, but I think these are along the lines of what he meant. The Ayu would be a tube type, the Mattlures Trout, would be the soft swimbait.

Tried em...tossed em/

Fluro isn't the end all to mono type lines, I find the 100% trilene fluro to be poor in breakage, and abbrassion resistence...I'll stick with YoZuri coployler line. And braid.

Decent..swimbaiting takes alot of patience..you get skunked alot, But imho, the fish you do get are better quality, i.e. bigger fish. With the weedless Hudd, the fish has to commit, and you have to let them, otherwise you wind up losing a bunch of em.

probably the best hard bait for the $$$ is Tyler's kicker trout, he can custom make any pattern you want. This would be a 8" bait. Also the 8" BBZ hardbaits work well. Nate's 8 or 10" slowsink trout, again these can be custom made. Google 3:16 baits, Jerry Rago baits, Nates baits. There's bound to be a bait that will work in your lake. I shamfully neglected to list Mattlures, as a Quality hard, or soft swimbait..doh..

I think it depends on which baits you have.. Hard baits like the 3:16's, Rago's, Nates, and Tylers kicker lures might change your mind.. On Edit...for me it's the soft Hudd weedless trout, only cuz I can't afford to lose many more of these spendy suckers.. :-[

Nick...fish that BBZ Slowww...also ..easy to make it twtich and turn..have fun..

One of the guys at the local lake has some spiral wrapped swimbait rods. I can tell one thing...they seem to cast a country mile, of course the spiral wrap doesn't garontee long cast's..