1 hour ago, Mike L said:

5/0 Owner keel weight w/ cps

 

6/0 Gambler Duz It with gold willow leaf.

I’ll move it up or down depending on how I want it to fall. 
 

 

 

 

Mike

 

 

 

@Mike L  I don't have any weighted non-beast hooks right now, but I would think that the 5/0 keel would snake through the thickest salad, almost worm like.  Sound about right?

 

 

On 2/15/2022 at 10:44 PM, txchaser said:

Anyone put any real time in with the Z-man diezel swimmer? I've been dragging around a couple of packs waiting for a hot bite on keitechs or jackalls (my two go-tos) and haven't seen the right time to try it out. 

 

 

 

Post front, post spawn last year I spent a couple days dragging/worming/slow rolling the 7" diezel on a 3/4oz hog farmer standup swimbait head in 15-20' w/ decent success.  I think if I had more time to fish that bite, it would have been even more effective.  Trying to come up with ways to maximize the buoyancy to look like a bottom feeder.  

 

 

scott

42 minutes ago, softwateronly said:

 

 

@Mike L  I don't have any weighted non-beast hooks right now, but I would think that the 5/0 keel would snake through the thickest salad, almost worm like.  Sound about right?

 

 

scott

Scott

Yep, exactly right. 
That’s why I use it and the centering pin keeps it secured as its retrieved through even the nastiest stuff down here. 
I’ll change to a lighter one if I only want it to cut across submerged matted stuff. 
 

Also, the thing about the Duz It hook is not only the flash the blade gives it, but by moving it up and down the shaft, I can change how it falls when I kill it. 

 

That hook has gotten me more bigger sized bass from early spring to late fall than any other thing I throw. 
Either with the Big EZ (I don’t use the smaller size) or the Skinny Dipper. 
 

 

 

Mike