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PSA for Dep 250 Slide Swimmer


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Not only did I lost one of my eyes, today while fighting a 5-6 pound bowfin, this (see pic) happened to my hook and splitring. I guess I am lucky that this was not a big bass and only a mudfish. I switched out the hooks from my 8†FS trout and it really didn’t affect the action, I actually caught two fish after the change out.

 

I am little disappointed that a bait of this price is so easily damage. But on the flip side, I am catching the crap out of fish on it, unfortunately, they have all been small.

 

Any advice to get the big followers to bite?

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Ive been thinking about posting this. I also bent a hook out and lost something I never saw. The split ring appeared fine in my case. I think I replaced with st 36's which seemed a touch heavier than stock so it made the bait sink a tad quicker. The motion appears the same to me. It is quite disappointing for the price these baits are going for.

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Those stupid fish are hard on ish thats for sure. I have had them bend out big muskie hooks on baits before. Good to know though. Mine is just burning a hole in my pocket right now cuz I can fish it. Just had 8"s of snow fall back home and a projected 16-18" where I am at work... midwest is looking bleak right now for any sign of spring... lokkin more like decmber than April. ... :x

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I believe the stock hook is a Owner st 41 (2x hook) 1/0 and Owner Hyperwires size 6. Deps seems to use Owner hardwear on their swimbaits.

 

Had a catfish torque my hook hanger/ring and pop off at the boat, they done it to all my swimbaits.

 

Haven't had any issues with largemouth using the stock rings and light wire round bend gammies or owner st 36.

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Seen that before. I can't explain the split ring I've seen aztrouteaters bait like this but I usually change out the hooks for the stx58. Nufo has also told me he's seen this. I'm not sure the split rings on the bait are owners are not?.?.

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Did you guys see that post on the other site where "Not Allowed" showed a technique on how to get followers to commit on the deps 250? It mostly applies to those in a boat. He basically just picked the bait up out of the water as the fish and bait approached the boat, then dropped it around 5-10 in the direction the retrieve was headed, sort of like a fleeing baitfish. It make not be something we could use from the bank, but it's with trying at some point.

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Did you guys see that post on the other site where "Not Allowed" showed a technique on how to get followers to commit on the deps 250? It mostly applies to those in a boat. He basically just picked the bait up out of the water as the fish and bait approached the boat, then dropped it around 5-10 in the direction the retrieve was headed, sort of like a fleeing baitfish. It make not be something we could use from the bank, but it's with trying at some point.

 

I think there is something to this. I was walking a seawall yesterday and spotted too bass hunting/looking for something as if they lost sight of it. When I dropped my bait next to them they both attacked it immediately, I almost got two on one bait.

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for me, regardless of price or who makes the bait - the first rule out of the box is to change out the rings and hooks.

 

i assume this is not the case for everyone?

 

I didnt with the Slides and a bunch of other baits for fear of changing the intended action. If they look like decent hardware or I have paid a good bit for the bait, I usually let it alone assuming that they used quality material.

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I didnt with the Slides and a bunch of other baits for fear of changing the intended action. If they look like decent hardware or I have paid a good bit for the bait, I usually let it alone assuming that they used quality material.

 

i guess what you can do then, is test with oem parts. learn the bait (hopefully without losing fish), and then upgrade the parts to 'proper' standards.

 

that is what i have done with many baits of mine.

 

* note: i have lost many fish due to 'human error'. that error being the lack of upgraded hooks or rings, or the lack of retying. now that i have removed those possible points of failure, it has drastically increased my ratio to landed fish.

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