I recently purchased the Ultimate Bluegill, Crappie & Sunfish I noticed there's a place to put a treble hook on the belly. Does anyone put one there?

Yes - when fishing open water bare banks.

No- when fishing grass and any type of cover.

Yes - when fishing open water bare banks.

No- when fishing grass and any type of cover.

Precisely! That's exactly how I do it as well

Hey, I had a question too and didn't want to start a new thread. I was thinking about starting to use Mattlures and other bigger swim baits. What size rod and action and size line.. I'm not going for 12 lbers, just 6-8 lbers and what not!

Hey, I had a question too and didn't want to start a new thread. I was thinking about starting to use Mattlures and other bigger swim baits. What size rod and action and size line.. I'm not going for 12 lbers, just 6-8 lbers and what not!

I caught my PB(and several others)using his Baby Bass on a 7', 6" Kistler Heavy LTA Helium caster with a Shimano 100 size reel(Antares AR), and 20 lb test Seaguar Carbon Pro fluro.  Most any 7'+ heavy rod and  a stout baitcaster will work just fine.

Dan

d**n I'm too broke to buy a new rod / reel. My rod is a 6"6 ML and I have a MH 6"6 but both don't hold lures over 1oz and the reels I have all are only up to 8 or 10lb line.

Any suggestions for good swimbaits for those setups? I really want to get into using swim baits, but just can't afford another setup.

Thanks =)

Yes - when fishing open water bare banks.

No- when fishing grass and any type of cover.

I was going in that direction but wanted opions on it in case anglers found it effected the action in a negative way. What size hooks work the best?

Thanks Guys