SPEEDBEAD.

Good deal. Just checking.

I'm in Southcentral PA

So, what did you learn? Nice fish.

Heard a lot about PWC. Seems like a cool place over there. Saw where someone said fishing has been slow there this year. It's been off in my area of PA this year as well. Had a great spring but it got REALLY tough after May. Hoping it picks back up. Keep posting reports. I like to see what's happening in other parts of the state.

Bud, you can tell me there are piles of gold on your Navionics chip and I won't go searching for them. Dwight could tell me there are purple 15lb smallmouth on the moon and I'd be trying to book a flight. When it comes to smallmouth around here, if you want to BE the man you gotta BEAT the man. Wooooooooo!

Since now I'm 100% sure you're calling him out.... Step 1 : Look at Dwight's smallie PB compared to yours (hell, look at his top 50 smallies compared to yours) Step 2 : There is no step 2 when you lose at step 1

Toothpicks on some, modified hitch hiker on some others. Both seem to work fine.

Which swimbaits?

Because the way I typically fish a rat, that particular brand doesn't fit my style. Throw in the fact that they are made by Rago and well, yeah....

I prefer a wood rat over resin. I also prefer anything over a Rago rat. Just my .02

Here's what worked for me.... I asked if she wanted to go for a ride on my Harley then I licked my eyebrows. Next month is 10 years with the Mrs. #win

I've seen it and he's not kidding. LOL

Don't forget, 10 feet tall and bulletproof as well.

LOL, I'm not sure I'm following you and it may just be the antagonist in me, but are you calling out Dwight Hottle?

I know one thing. I'd still show up on my day that I booked. A conversation would take place on that day. How that conversation ended would be entirely related to whether or not the guide took me fishing as agreed and PAID for.

Exactly.

Slow sink. It's the most versatile of the rates offered.

When you say "semi clear grass lake," I envision throwing a waking bait along weed edges and over submerged beds. Obviously, if it's a mat you're not going to fish a treble hook bait over it but if there is water over the weeds, you can bet a wake bait will call them up. There are some BIG fish caught on Guntersville and other TN river lakes in the spring over emerging weeds using swimbaits. Brandon P (not even gonna try to spell his last name LOL) is pretty good with the swimbait stick. Watch what he does eventually. Hope you do well in your tourney.

Be patient and follow some of the swimbait message boards, especially on Facebook. Soon is the best guess for hardgills.

Look up "Mcsnooklovin" on Youtube. David is his name, Florida angler, catches a TON of multi-species fish on MANY different kinds of swimbaits. Good dude that I consider a friend.

Please re-read what has been written in the thread. Big bad swimbait crowd? You're a funny dude. I am glad that you finally decided to have a picture under your screen name. Good job.

We had an entire pallet of .22 at our store last week for a new ad that started on Tuesday. By Saturday, even with a one brick limit, the store was sold out. I wouldn't go blaming too many stores for this. As much as I like Mom & Pop stores, they are also able to set their prices to the market. The bricks I was selling last week: Remington Thunderbolt, 500 rds, $22.90 Remington Golden Bullet 36gr HP, 525 rds, $24.99 Federal Match 325 rds $19.99 For some reason, the CCI standards were priced at $4.99 for a 50 box. I just take the orders from above. LOL

Raul, if there's no food for thought then why participate in the thread? Ever think it may 'click' with someone else?

Think about the water clarity comment in relation to the topic. How do you think fish are finding that worm or jig? Water displacement and vibration, since the visibility factor is eliminated? To me, that would lend itself to the bigger bait being better in that situation due to a bigger presence in the water. If you fish a swimbait in the same location as that worm or jig, you don't feel that the fish will seize the opportunity for a larger meal with the same amount of expended energy? Just food for thought....

Are you fishing from a boat or the bank?