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Hey Deep. Very nice mod man! Where did you catch your hud fish this time? Gotta take me out to nail some big mama these days man! I am hoping to dedicate myself to swimbaiting these days! Off topic, what's so special about the 68? Does the 8 inch tail's stronger kicking action really produce more bite? Do you know why is that? Or what particular situation does it shine over the 6 and 8 alone? I am just getting into the hud fish lesson. Been watching a lot of matt allen's video... but didn't find much information about the 8 tail 6 inch body. Thanks man!

That's a sick looking bait!! Man! Congrats on the good deal! Hope you will catch a trophy on this one!

I will take the seat if you can give me a ride from charlottesville!!

would love to come! But not sure about boat arrangement yet. John might or might not have an extra seat for me... So I am not too sure yet. Please keep me posted if there is anyone have an extra seat on their boat! Big Thanks guys!!! reelcrazy- rippinglips 1 boat Kaotic1 +1 and boat Henry ( purebass-ing) : intend to go, but no ride confirmed yet.

icic! That's indeed an interesting situation. Kind of remind me of back then when I used to fish for tunas. The school of tuna is boiling on the water chasing balls of bait fish that is 7-9 inch long. I had great success using a floating or suspend jerk bait giving a fast twitching and stop action, usually I just cast over the balls and if everything went well, usually a bite is guaranteed. Sometimes when the fish went spooky, I cast a suspend one next to the balls ( like really close to it though, but outside of the ball ) Do some fast twitch action followed by dead suspending action, they will hit it like crazy too. I think the key is to maintain the depth and combines fast twitch with dead-stop motion to allow for reaction bites. A flashy jerk would really help too, since when the reaction happens so fast, they hunt for the flash... But what do I know, Tuna is a complete different specie to bass, i.e. a faster and more active hunter than bass... but hope that my little experience could give u some idea or inspiration on tackling the situation and getting some success! I guess finding a way to catch those fish you found is part of the fun part of the game! good luck on that, and hope to see you posting some good pictures sometime later! Not to promote any particular bait, but this video has a pretty good demonstration of the kind of presentation I am trying to describe. check it out if you are free.

Do you know what size those baitfish the bass are chasing after? I think choosing a lure that would cover 0-4 feet and matches that particular forage they are after is a good idea if you see them boiling! These days, I have been having a lot of luck catching those bass that boils around the surface in the open or right above some weed-bed with a 3 inch small minnow soft bait. However, the bass I am catching is nothing close to the size you described....LOL I am guessing it works since it matches the size of those particular forage in my local lake. Hope this will help! Good luck on catching those big mama! By the way, the lake fork magic shad is a really great bait! One of my favorite it is! Can't go wrong with them most of the time!

For top water and shallow crank (1-3 feet ) --> Mono For Deep cranking ( or actually for any crank that cranks more than 3 feet) --> Fluorocarbon But in general, I think you can't go wrong with braid in either application.

I love both Abu garcia and daiwa! Love the fact that some of their parts are actually inter-changeable too! Anyway, I think the BPS PQ is hard to beat at the price u can find one.

Thanks John!! Can't wait to meet you all!! Please keep me posted!! Henry

Sounds like a lot of fun!! Can I join? Pleasssseeee? But same as Deep, I am a non-boater too... but I can chip in for gas for sure!! Henry

PM sent~ Hope to meet you soon!