I was just watching a rerun of the Bassmaster Amistad Tournament from this year. Iaconelli was fishing a talapia swim bait that was rigged up by running his line through the nose of the bait, then tying on a treble hook and burying it in the belly of the bait.  Anyone know what kind it was?

hmmm i dont know. i do know that matt lures makes tilapia swimbaits, and they are the only ones ive seen, so maybe he modified one of matts? :-/

California Swimbaits

http://www.***.com/catpage-SWIMSB.html

well hey check that out! those do have that little thing where you slide your line thru. they sure dont look like tilapia though... :-?

California Swimbaits

http://www.***.com/catpage-SWIMSB.html

Thanks, that's it.  

Anyone here use these? What size treble do you use? Weighted or unweighted?

Its a California Swimbabes (formerly Eagle) Baby E.

There are easily 5 different swimbaits that are rigged like this.