SPEEDBEAD.

If going with Mike, instead of your infundibulum generator might I recommend an Automated External Defibrillator. You know how those old folks are.....

I've been known to throw a PB Rat or three. LOL

'Tis my buzzbait dream to have a 1/2oz Cavitron. LOL

Don't give Bobby any reasons to put the goop on his palms. LMAO

Yeah, but it is a big contributor to chapped thumbs.

I did, the one in my avatar.

If you fish big soft plastic swimbaits (or soft plastic conventional stuff) and don't use Megastrike they you are doing yourself a disservice and likely costing yourself money. Helps keep bass teeth from biting right into the plastic as it lubes the bait.

BassStar Dredger will fish as deep as you want it to.

Smallmouth are especially hard to guess from a pic typically. Nice fish and a scale really doesn't add very much weight at all.

I dont want that, I want a 1/2oz cavitron. LOL

Surely you jest. The discussion of bacon involves neither horseshoes nor hand grenades. Close enough doesn't exist.

John, weak. I see no bacon.

So largemouth have an easier time eating them. LOL

LOL

Bobby, I know a while back a couple of us were bugging you for a 1/2oz Cavitron. Has that ever come to be?

Well, that was a "different" read. I agree.....You is crazy.

How big?

I've met you only once, but you bag tagged me like we have been buddies forever. LMAO Good to see you back Bobby. Still slathering swimbaits with Megastrike, always will.

I believe that people underestimate the difficulty of a 3-5lb weight jump. Think about a three pound fish. Great tournament fish and 5 of them all the time will win you money in a lot of places. Now think about a 8lb fish. For anyone not in Cali or the south, that is a fish of a lifetime. Hell, there are plenty of guys in Cali or the south that would love to claim an 8lb fish as their PB. Putting 5lbs on is no joke, nor is it an easy feat. The fact is that there is a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE difference in a 18lb fish and one weighing 5lbs more that would break the record. I'll go and agree with Kent on the Largemouth that if the state hasn't produced a 20, it is a "hit the Powerball twice" lottery shot to produce a record.

Couple things: 1. Attitude is everything. You're gonna need some confidence to throw swimbaits and KNOW they will get bit. 2. Why target fish 2-4lbs? You are fishing for ONE FISH and I'd be willing to bet that fish is bigger than 4lbs. 3. You're gonna get skunked, get used to it. #3 is probably the hardest thing to push through. It's really, really easy to see someone catching fish on a shakeyhead and think to yourself, "Man, I gotta switch it up." I can tell you with 100% certainty, you WILL NOT catch swimbait fish if you are fishing anything but swimbaits. 6" swimbaits are a snack to a 4lb fish.

That's the thing, right there. Texas' record is 18 and change. Yeah, big fish but NOWHERE near the record. Those fish are topped out around there and I dont know that "fairly often" accurately describes how often 17-18lb fish are caught in that state or anywhere for that matter. A review of the Share-a-lunker program would tell you "not very often at all." Choke Canyon, Fork and Falcon all have CRAZY numbers of DD's in them, but they are lacking the upper echelon genetics to produce a true giant fish. I also kinda disagree with RW in where a smallmouth record could come from. I think Berryessa in CA has the forage base and genetics to kick out a record.

Swimbaits and jigs are all you really NEED all year long.

Well, that's where I was going with my suggestion. LOL If he is near enough to pick the rod up, you can get one of the production rods for 200. The Production H will throw the baits you like perfectly and I have fished a big football jig and a mission fish with it. Ben is a great guy to deal with, very friendly. Shoot me a PM and I'll give you his number. Very good swimbaiter and makes swimbait rods ONLY. I've got three of them and couldnt be happier.

How much are you looking to spend on the rod?

And boy, does it work. I fish from a stationary boat and prefer spinning gear. 7'M LTB Tube rod w/ a Revo Premier spinning reel.