Has anyone used either the finesse game changer or standard game changer buzzbaits?  They look interesting and a lot of Jacob's stuff has worked well for me.

Yep ? it was designed around a custom buzzbait several of us tweaked and threw locally. I even had input on the design  My favorite "stock" buzzer these days.

 

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I see the two crimps in the rivet, and I think I see a bait holder on the hook shank.  Is there anything else that sets this apart?  Or is it just sort like a Cavitron - rip it out of the package, tie it on, throw it, and get bit?

2 hours ago, Team9nine said:

Yep ? it was designed around a custom buzzbait several of us tweaked and threw locally. I even had input on the design  My favorite "stock" buzzer these days.

 

-T9

I figured you had at least some input on the design.  Do you throw the finesse model or the standard model more often?

2 hours ago, J Francho said:

I see the two crimps in the rivet, and I think I see a bait holder on the hook shank.  Is there anything else that sets this apart?  Or is it just sort like a Cavitron - rip it out of the package, tie it on, throw it, and get bit?

 

Built to fish right out of the pkg. crimped large rivet, plastic bait holder on shank for frogs, toads, etc. but comes with skirt included if you want to go  that route. Blade is anodized, and comes in two models (large or small blade). Wheeler prefers the larger blade while I like the small blade. Large blade fishes slower and has more bulk, but small blade casts better/further for covering water. Only thing we didn't add from the custom is an old school O'Shaunesy type hook - believe they went needlepoint round bend with larger gap.

Wow, sounds like well thought out bait!  Thanks for the details.

Havent used anything other than Calvetrons, but i will check them out.

My concern is a review on TW dated 5-6-2015? I know its one review, but what would have caused it?

13 minutes ago, KDW96 said:

My concern is a review on TW dated 5-6-2015? I know its one review, but what would have caused it?

 

Would depend on how the wire arm is attached to the hook eye which all occurs inside the lead head. I personally haven't seen one built from scratch, so can't say for sure. Lead is a soft material, so with enough pressure on both the wire and the hook at the same time, you can eventually wear a hole in the nose where the wire enters. Usually takes dozens and dozens of bass, if not hundreds for this to happen in most cases. Have had it happen to several brands I've used in the past after enough fish. Guessing if you throw on straight braid that might also speed up the wearing process, along with how careful (or careless) you are with your baits and things like snags, unhooking fish, etc.

 

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I bought one to try out based of JW helping design it. It's a quality buzzbait. However, the one I have doesn't come in straight no matter how I try to tune it to run straight. I know this doesn't affect how the fish bite it, but I like to be able to have a straight running buzzbait for navigating it around structure on the waters surface. 

 

I'm sure if I bought a couple more, I would get a few that run straight. However, I'm a Cavitron guy and I've already got dozens of them, so I see no reason to switch. 

12 minutes ago, fishballer06 said:

I bought one to try out based of JW helping design it. It's a quality buzzbait. However, the one I have doesn't come in straight no matter how I try to tune it to run straight. I know this doesn't affect how the fish bite it, but I like to be able to have a straight running buzzbait for navigating it around structure on the waters surface. 

 

I'm sure if I bought a couple more, I would get a few that run straight. However, I'm a Cavitron guy and I've already got dozens of them, so I see no reason to switch. 

 

Very few single arm buzzbaits run straight due to the torque/rotation of the blade - a physics issue. They either torque left or right depending upon blade spin direction - perfectly normal and can't usually tune it out. You typically have to go to counter-rotating blades or twin arms to offset this...and yes, Cavitrons are nice buzzers.

 

-T9

On ‎12‎/‎29‎/‎2016 at 11:55 AM, Team9nine said:

Yep ? it was designed around a custom buzzbait several of us tweaked and threw locally. I even had input on the design  My favorite "stock" buzzer these days.

 

-T9

Thanks for all of the replys.  Which color do you use most?

1 hour ago, IndianaFinesse said:

Thanks for all of the replys.  Which color do you use most?

 

Some years white, some years black (with minor variations of secondary color). They do occasionally show a preference some years, it seems.

 

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