I just purchased a bag of these in Junebug, and man are they HUGE.  The fish lately have wanted something moving pretty fast, and so I wanted to try and swim these to see how they do.  Has anybody else tried to swim them, and if so did you use a keel weighted hook, slip sinker, or were you able to go weightless?  If you used a weight, what size weight did you use and how did it affect the drop rate and stability of the lure?  Thanks for any and all information.

Gamakatsu 5/0 EWG Keel Weighted:

http://www.***.com/Gamakatsu_Weighted_Monster_EWG_Hook/descpage-GWMH.html

Other options:

http://www.ragetail.com/SmokinRooster.html

8-)

Heavier wire hooks help stabilize baits like the Rooster and the Eeliminator, one of the things Big O said when I inquired about the eeliminator was that he used super line hooks when rigging the eeliminator I didn 't use a super line hook when I tested mine, I used what I had at hand, regular wire 4/0 EWG hook and the bait kept spinning, after changing the hook for a super line hook ( heavy wire ) the problem of spinning disappeared when rigging the bait weightless.

all of the above.

Ive read the info from the Rage site previously, and it was helpful, but I was really hoping to get actual experiance from various anglers to see what worked best for them.  Thank you all for the great information.  I use Owner and Gamakatsu hooks almost exclusively for frogs, swimbaits, and creatures.

Ive read the info from the Rage site previously, and it was helpful, but I was really hoping to get actual experiance from various anglers to see what worked best for them. Thank you all for the great information. I use Owner and Gamakatsu hooks almost exclusively for frogs, swimbaits, and creatures.

I have some experience with them  and here's a couple of links that have a variety of discussion where use and technique was covered....

http://www.ragetail.com/ragetalk/index.php?action=search2

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?action=search2

Hope this helps

Big O

www.ragetail.com

Thanks, I appreciate it.

I have some experience with them

Liar

I love me some Smoking Roosters!

Big-O where did you come up with these names ?? ;D

I like to rig mine t-rigged, weightless or swim it. I love these things! I just need to get some more colors of them.