Getting ready for cold water cranking.

47 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Getting ready for cold water cranking.

Sweet.  Those look like a Bubba's slim shad.  I think this design was originally a 'carolina crank' or something like that.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/184836984173

1 minute ago, KP Duty said:

Sweet.  Those look like a Bubba's slim shad.  I think this design was originally a 'carolina crank' or something like that.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/184836984173

They kind of seem like a Spro Little Jon and a H2O Flat Sided Squarebill had a baby. They do look a lot like that bait in the link though. Hopefully be giving them a test run Saturday. 

6 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Getting ready for cold water cranking.

Very nice was thinking about the preorder from TW on them. I won’t need them for winter because I’ll have ice. 
 

The OG Slim has worked on river Smallies all season. Fish it no different than a DT really. 
 

There are two patterns of the Chick I should do well with. 
 

Good luck. 

12 hours ago, Team9nine said:

Z-man care package incoming...this should last me a little while 

 

By my calculations, that’s about 4 decades worth of tackle 

11 hours ago, HaydenS said:

Z-man send you this after you took the record?

 

Yeah - super cool folks over there.

 

51 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

By my calculations, that’s about 4 decades worth of tackle 

 

Even if I only get a measly 100 bass per individual bait, I think your math is just about right on. I’ll probably have to list who gets the unused bags in my will upon my demise - lol 

53 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

 

Yeah - super cool folks over there.

 

 

Even if I only get a measly 100 bass per individual bait, I think your math is just about right on. I’ll probably have to list who gets the unused bags in my will upon my demise - lol 

Thats awesome!

55 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

 

Yeah - super cool folks over there.

 

 

Even if I only get a measly 100 bass per individual bait, I think your math is just about right on. I’ll probably have to list who gets the unused bags in my will upon my demise - lol 

What record did you take?

10 minutes ago, Derek1 said:

What record did you take?

 

Most fish caught on a single Z-man bait (255):

 

 

13 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Getting ready for cold water cranking.

Excited to hear a report on these. Been on my radar for a while.

5 hours ago, Team9nine said:

 

Most fish caught on a single Z-man bait (255):

 

 

Wow that’s awesome, and great write up. Glad they took some notice and gave you two lifetimes worth of baits. 

On 10/5/2021 at 9:18 PM, Bluebasser86 said:

Getting ready for cold water cranking.

You might be a trend setter. Mine arrived today.

rigged up a few Slim SwimZ on 1/15 oz Texas-eye jigheads for some tide pass finesse coming up in a few weeks. 

And yes, they went into an all-Ela-ZTech box. 

I was pushed.  It's not my fault.... at least that's what I keep telling myself. 

 

 

A new Met is coming tomorrow .

1 minute ago, FishTank said:

I was pushed.  It's not my fault.... at least that's what I keep telling myself. 

 

 

A new Met is coming tomorrow .

Nice what are your plans for it. 

3 minutes ago, Derek1 said:

Nice what are your plans for it. 

 

A little bit of everything.   Jigs, soft plastic and maybe topwater.  

1 minute ago, FishTank said:

 

A little bit of everything.   Jigs, soft plastic and maybe topwater.  

Cool, no doubt you’ll enjoy it. 

Picked up a very gently used Conquest 842S off another forum and bought my first Shimano reel to go on it a Vanford 3000

14 minutes ago, Wprich said:

Picked up a very gently used Conquest 842S off another forum and bought my first Shimano reel to go on it a Vanford 3000

You won't be disapointed

Just now, HaydenS said:

You won't be disapointed

It does feel great very light and I love the way the drag sounds.  Every other reel I have is Pflueger so this reel might be my entry point to another brand.

I’ve put together a few combos this year, the latest being a Dobyn’s Fury FR 705CB MH/mod-fast paired with a Curado 151DC for crankbaits and lipless cranks. (I’ve been throwing jerkbaits on spinning gear but might give ‘em a try on this setup too).  I spooled up with some Suffix Advance 10# that seems to work well.  I only got out with this one day, but hoping for more before our Canadian water gets hard on top.

Noticed an ebay coupon for 10% off wood bait country products.  I had been wanting to order some of Tim Earick's buck creek crankbaits, so I indulged.  Just couldn't  weed any out of my cart.  These are an even mix of dinky donkets, money maker 1's and 2's.

 

Tim claims to test every bait, and he signs them.

 

3 hours ago, KP Duty said:

Noticed an ebay coupon for 10% off wood bait country products.  I had been wanting to order some of Tim Earick's buck creek crankbaits, so I indulged.  Just couldn't  weed any out of my cart.  These are an even mix of dinky donkets, money maker 1's and 2's.

 

Tim claims to test every bait, and he signs them.

 

Those are pretty right there!  Bet that wasn't a cheap purchase! 

On 10/14/2021 at 7:54 PM, FishTank said:

I was pushed.  It's not my fault.... at least that's what I keep telling myself. 

 

 

A new Met is coming tomorrow .

 

So far it feels great but setting it up to cast well has been frustrating. 

 

 

9 minutes ago, FishTank said:

 

So far it feels great but setting it up to cast well has been frustrating. 

 

 

I find they cast best without too strong of a cast. They cast most consistently with moderate power, and a smooth even motion.