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FINALLY stuck 1 with size! Been tough but the grind finally produces. 8lb 15oz off my go to bait. Huddleston gets it done.

Pizz carp 6.30 SC had to wright code on my hand did the best I could

capped off an incredible weekend with my buddies up north with this 7-10 just slow waking the Pizz Swimbaits wake carp in the original carp pattern. other two big fish for the weekend went 4-1 (beast wake 3 piece,southern spawn) and 5-9 (OD Rat 1 piece, black) also lost a fish that was close to 5 and got my first swimbait smallie (about a 2.5) and a handful of other fish throughout the weekend. Don't know if i will be able to top this one but ill be out there tryin! tight lines!

I’ve been trying to put my hands on one of those rats. Here are some my recent rat additions.

I’ve been going down to my home beach 2 min from my house everyday for the last week and fishing from a softboard our past the surf on the reef. I’ll fish anywhere from 30min to 4 hours with constant bites. It’s been too fun. Even got a good sandbass mixed in. The way these fish pull is something else. I’ll have some GoPro footage up at some point as well. The best one (first pic) came from an open water bite after I saw her busting on bait fish. Glad I was straight braid because she tried her best to take me into the grass but I was able to just horse her up.

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Slowly but surely growing the collection, always room for more.

Added a couple More rats to the rat pack!

Two days ago my brother and I were finally able to fish the river again for the first time since lockdown. The bass were feeding heavily on newly hatched bluegills near weed beds, and we caught quite a few decent ones on crankbaits including the fattest bass that I've ever landed in my life. All the while as I was catching bass on the crankbait I wished I had a small bluegill imitator like a baby bullshooter or baby hardgill...something I could fish parallel to the weed edge and target the bigger fish with. Well, what's there to stop a bait maker? Just add it to the list of never-ending projects! Here's the new design I plan to make: it's going to measure a wee 5in and I expect it to weigh about 1.5oz. A multijoint swimmer and billed crankdown would be perfect to fish those weed edges. Of course I also want to make it into a glide, but I expect it to be more of a twitch bait due to ballast constraints which is fine for fishing in and around cover. I really would love to put soft fins on this baby, but I think it would take too much resin away from the body and add unnecessary weight so I'm opting for hard fins. I probably won't have it complete this season, but seeing how it's such a small bait I'm hoping to have fishable prototypes by next gill season. Nothing gets me excited like a new bait project! Now I have three baits I'm actively working on and need to finish haha. Happy building and thanks for following along! Dan

Flip em you may be able to not work another day in your life.

there so sick

I just threw up for you...

Salty bass are mean and fight soo hard they put greenies to shame

Killing me... This is so rad! I did this a few times down at the cliffs and north of swami's when it was flat (which I think is actually a preserve... Oops), but you're murdering it. This is my favorite report, good stuff dude. Hope you caught a wave on your way in.

The guide had a wooded stick with a rubber knob on the end from an old crutch it looked like. He would kind of tap on the floor of the boat making a drumming sound for about 10-15 seconds. Watching the graphs, you would see the stripers come off the bottom if they were there. Cool technique.

Some new additions to the fam today

Some others these past several months.... -Mag lipless in Jacksmelt -Mag lipless in Barred Surf Perch -2 piece crankdowns in Sardine, Dark Bunker, Light Bunker -Mag squarebill in shad Thanks for looking

2 days after the new moon went to the local lake and caught this blimp on the hinkle

Luv that power handle on the tranx, do you like it? Those things are great. 1. Cabelas used to sell small stickers for rods in the shapes of fish. SM looks nice. 2. I have become a fan of a cheap product called flexx rap. It is actually marketed for finger protection for saltwater braid users. But it has worked great wrapping a couple of uncomfy baitcasting rod handle finger stops that would would give me blisters (sorry I don't know what that little finger holder piece is called on a baitcasting rod). Comes in a variety of colors and I have used it where I normally would with Tommy tape.

Sucks.. HPH 8" glide and then a 3:16 freestyle gill, back to back.

You can get a realprey perch in a white perch pattern. My best numbers swimbait everywhere I've been. But any dark back/light belly pattern is a good imitation for a glide bait. Grew up eating a lot of white perch from the reservoirs in Northern Baltimore County, MD. Really good on crackers with some mustard.

That's gonna be a killer crank dude Gonna be 2 pc or 3 pc once u turn it into a crankdown?

Yessir, I very much appreciate everyone's confidence in my crafting abilities...hoping not to disappoint

Oh man...you live in a great spot, too. At least you're doing it now. I used to hit the beach and fish all the time from Solana down to Del Mar, but used to go out on my buddy's boat and hit up the kelp beds for some big calicos and lings.

Some nice calicos and that sand bass there. Calicos are my favorite fish to catch. Largies don't even come close to fighting as hard.

There are few things in life better than seeing a big bass blast a bait in the lily pads. Well done :)

Send Mike Bucca (Bull Shad) an email or DM on his site. He guided out that way I believe. I'm sure he will share what he knows. I have fished Hartwell many times but many years ago and we were using Blue backs deep and you have to find them on your electronics. We moved around a lot looking. We would drum them up and they would rise up some off the bottom so we could see them on the screen. Had a guide show me the technique was pretty neat to see them react like that.

We're all placing orders with Dan before he has released any hahaha We've got your pre-order list taken care of @danthefisherman

I'll be fine with either a gill or a crappie, thanks dan

Great technique!!!!!! Not only long-armed, but notice how he leans his whole body back as well.

Oh, yeah we don't have those in Alabama. New to me. I would think about any shad pattern bait with a green or black back would work to mimic their look.

basically silver/white/gold/ lots of pearls