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fixed, must not have liked the direct link to another bass forum, LOL Sorry about leaving you out Paul! A 14 out of TN is freaking cool!

Well, WRB emailed me this picture of his 18.8. What an impressive fish!

Yeah I thought I saw in the picture that the oliver twist stuff was only a 3/4oz tin for $6.55. A geular can is 1.2 ounces.

13lbs1oz

Yep, except I think it might be spelled Lucille?

Thats it Matt. I agree with all of your points. If you guys throw these big baits on the right gear, and have a lure retriever, you lose very few baits. Even in 50feet of water with a rocky bottom, you can usually get a bait out. Hell, I still have the very first swimbait I ever bought, a 7" Osprey. It felt GIGANTIC at the time, feels norma, or even small now! I had a day last year where I couldn't keep the 4lbers off of a big 7" bait. I think I caught 15 between 3.5 and 4.5 pounds that day. If you guys are gonna do it, sack up and do it the right way! You'll thank us later!

I help you out Largemouth: Fish Chris 18.4lbs Supermat 17.2lbs Randall 15lbs12ozs Senko77 14lbs8(?)ozs The rest of us. Smallmouth Fish Chris 8.something

BF Goodrich All-Terrains. I just took a set off of my truck. I got 60K out of them and they were a 35" tire on a full size truck. That was pretty impressive, IMO.

Mattlures Bluegill 3:16 Wake Jr. 3:16 Missionfish Huddleston

Easy. I put other people for whom I think are the best. I said that Dime was my favorite, not the most skilled. I would rather hear that man play guitar than any other. How does your extensive background as a blues drummer qualify you to critique metal guitarists? Darrell Abbott had a sound that was one hundred percent his own, is emulated still, and said more with his guitar than most singers say in an entire song. NUMBER 8 His brother, Vinnie Paul is also regarded as one of the best metal drummers ever.

How about the Salad Jig? Maybe the Salad Shooter, but definitely not the salad tosser. Jungle Jaw Jacker Canopy Craw SCUD Jig Serpent Jig Slinky Jig Delta Craw or just the " Super Wicked Awesome No Get Stucky Miracle Jig"

10.99 for a pack of 5. They are not extremely durable. I really only use them as a panic/sight/speical occasion bait. They have saved the skunk numerous times for me. But on those wide open days, I would recomend something a little tougher/cheaper

What about those of us who are already generally intolerable? ;D If it requires another entry to be in the smallmouth competetion, then I am in as well. At this point I have already won that one, unless SteveP can find a monster smallie in the Stick Marsh, LOL!

My buddy tried to do something like that, but your approach is much simpler and I am sure, much more effective! I like it!

Stevie Ray Vaughn and Clapton are awesome. "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott is my favorite

No, no, it IS commiefornia. Everything is more expensive, but then again wages are alot higher. I mean my old construction job was paying $28 /hr. Where else in the country can you find wages like that for a blue collar job? This place blows.

The slider is a great bait, and a cheap one too. Megabiat stpped making them a couple years ago, but they just came out with the " Bass Grande" which is the same as a slider, minus the removable jig head. The slider is best used in deep water, slow rolling on the bottom, I would recomend the 6" size. Whatever color you tyhink will work best, I think color is not that big of deal.

LOL! Aint that the truth! CXX is good stuff.

5 beers later. I'm at about 110/90. All is well. If I am only going up against part of avid, I like my chances ;D ;D SteveP and GW have been disqualified on the grounds of......something

$6.49 Ridiculous

Under 1 oz, really is an incredible limitation you are putting on yourself. But with those restrictions, these are the baits I would throw. 5" 3:16 Missionfish 1.1ounces. I have had 2lbers choke the 7" all day long. Huddleston Shad. Tiny bait, will not improve your chances at a big fish IMO but will get you lots of action. 6" Big Hammer/Fish Trap with a 1/2OZ head. Thats it. Now let me give the schpeal. It doesn't matter if you live in the north! Granted a 12" bait might not be the best choice, but a 6 or 7 inch bait will get eaten by 2.5lb fish ALL THE TIME! If you have a flipping stick I really do encourage you to try some of the 2oz baits. When you jump up into that class, your options and chances at a big fish really go up! I mean that smallmouth I just put up in the outings section was caught on a bulky six inch bait and she had the whole thing in her mouth, just the nose poking out, and her mouth was the size of a beer can! I will never say that these little baits won't catch fish, but I think it is pretty much a common conception that swimbaiting gets big fish, and that is why most people are interested in it. It is not because of the little paddtetail or whatever that they get big fish, it is because they are big baits! So if you are looking to just have fun with a different bait, then any of those will do. But if you are trying out swimbaits to get some bigger fish, I really do recomend that you throw some bigger baits. I honestly think that a jig n pig will get you bigger fish on average than the baits that you listed, for a much lower cost! IF you decide to move your weight limit up, there are a ton of great baits out there across the price scale that I could point you to.

Cope Whiskey Blend, or Long Cut Skoal Straight Can+ a day for the last 7 years. Lame.

I know. I have ordered stuff from them at 8 or 9 in the morning and had it on my doorstep the next morning.

Your too slow old timer! My link is better anyway. MWWUUUUAAA HA HA HA! ;D

http://huddlestonstore.com/