Swimbaitstud

Hey all! I’m new here. Not sure why I haven’t joined here before as I’ve known about the site for many years. I think I recognize a few names already. I have my own swimbait group on Facebook and I’m a regular on swimbait underground. Been bass fishing for 27 years, tourney fishing and swimbait fishing for 23 years. I’m up in Maine where we are hoping to reach a whopping 10 degrees today 🤣 I was strictly a swimbait guy for the past 10 years or so, but been getting back into conventional tackle the last couple years. Always been a jig guy at heart so it’s been nice to get back into that. But also loved the frog and deep cranking bite last season. And I’m a tackle junkie so you’ll see me on the classifieds buying all your hand-me-downs lol. If anyone ever has swimbait questions, I have an answer 😬

As someone who has fished a jig for 25 years, I have finally decided to break down and buy nice gear. For the past two seasons I’ve been using a Dobyns 745HP and it’s been amazing. I’ve always loved a jig and done well with one, but I’ve really realized the right rod is a night and day difference. Now, I’ve just ordered a Dobyns Xtasy 755 and cannot wait to try it. I’m told it’s about as good of a jig rod as you can get. Definitely get a nice rod! Otherwise, I just joined a new club and just want to hold my own and maybe win a few tourneys. A new LM pb would be nice but I can’t complain as I broke my smallie pb two years ago. I would also like to become proficient with some new techniques - Carolina rig, deep cranking, frogging, MAYBE some stupid finessy stuff 🤮