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Tacklekraft repaint on 6” UFO SS

I got out to a local puddle finally after almost two months of not dipping a line. Last night I put a rat on and got two fish in about an hour, dinks but something. For the walk back I decided to try the Kurato one piece crawler. After a handful of casts and the short walk back to the car I had four strikes but failed to hook up. I went back tonight the bite was slowe but got this little guy. It just feels good to get the line wet again.

Got these super shallow/shallow BGC’s back from TK recently.

Mass is 6.13 on a beastcoast Miyagi Nh is 8.6 on a hudd

This little dude: Despite its size, this bait has landed me the three biggest bass of my life. It only looks shiny new because this is a replacement for the chewed one that got lost to the lake. My second choice would be a crankdown.

A rare pair of Slow Sink and Floater 3:16 Lure Company Freestyle Trout 6” in Ice color

I fish this river every year for striper, these are landlocked fish in Tennessee. I've seen fish +50lb in this river, a lot of people use live bait to fish for them but it's way more fun to target them with the swimbaits.

Been hitting a lot of 4-6# fish on wakes for about the last month. Cape Cod Mass area. Top 3 lures: 316 Wake JR in perch or bluegill Shellcracker G2 bluegill 9” White Slammer single joint

All the detective stuff is great but now that this clown has been exposed, justice needs to be served. I’ve been checking this thread daily hoping that some justice will be handed down to this individual. He is bold and has no shame. He continues to advertise his fake rod and reel ads now on different forums, potentially ripping off a whole new group of people.

8-5 (CT) Jig

Mass is a 6-12 on a horny toad. My swimbait biggest in mass is a 6-9 on a bugle lips. I have some catching up to do haha

Well looks like I am the next victim of Edwin Chase Bethea and Taylor Mckenzie Smith. Bought on the Megabass FB group. MB Black jack rod. Anyone live close to this Place In SC? Anyone wanna meet up and take a trip down to SC for a meet up? Do we know what companies these individuals work for I would love to explain to each company about the the employees they are employing. Also wondering if we can take and add out and post the photos in the local newspaper? Any info is appreciated I have read thru the messages and logged the phone numbers.

This su drt tk and deps bulldoze. I love crankdown and both of these get me bit the most.

Some new stuff. A couple bgc's painted by TK and G2's from yunique

7 lbs 9oz toxic wake and crank

7 lbs 8 oz Spro Rat 50 / New Hampshire

Mail call with the new Deps 175, and bottom custom painted via Garrets Custom! Hard to see but the silver scale and purple hue are killer on the 3:16 and Gancraft!

Went bank beating after a thunder storm last night and left with my new pb on the physco gill. She weighed 10.2 and was 26 inches long.

Found some nice ones today once they stopped hitting one id retie on something else good day overall forsure!!!

A modest 6-4 on a PB rat

Yes

Heck yea-nice fish! I would of lost a flip flop and busted my A** on that bank your fishing...looks a little muddy Way to go!

Great job

Big ones, nice

Zorba ?

All great fish

I guess overall success rate I feel like the joint style of the og whipper and Wade has a better knocking sound for night fishing I agree that the whippersnapper 2.0 cranks down fast just don’t want a bait being benched when I’m grabbing the Wade Hogg more often yeah I shouldn’t be complaining that theyre biting Hogg more lol

I usually use 400lb decoy solid rings and a split ring on the nose of the bait. Any snap, swivel or split ring that I use are spro, though there are other high quality brands available.

6” Citizen

That shouldn’t affect the swim. I have a couple that look the same.

Some woodrows..

Swimbait Review: Illude/Lunker Fighter Diesel Lizard and Diesel XL The Diesel Lizard from Lunker Fighters is a one piece billed wake and crank. The bait features a small lean bill, nice paint schemes, and a replaceable soft plastic tail. The Diesel comes in at 5" of body, 10 in full length, and 2 oz of resin. It's big brother, the Diesel XL is constructed as a 2 pc Lizard, and is a noticeably larger profile. The Diesel XL comes in at 6" of body 11.5 in full length, and 3.5 oz of resin. At a moderate/slow retrieve, The smaller Diesel Lizard swims in a waking fashion, with a wide back and forth head hunt. The bait seems to pivot on an imaginary axis right in the middle of the bait, with the rear section and tail swaying back and forth in opposition to the head. A slight amount of body roll is also present. The bill creates a subtle surface wake as it moves back and forth, staying up on the surface at these slower speeds. Increasing speed to moderate allows the bait to crank down a foot or 2, with similar but slightly wider hunting action. The bait maintains its controlled back and forth motion, again with the tail swaying along behind. Increasing the speed beyond moderate causes the bait to loose its consistent action, and cranks more like a hunting-style crankbait, kicking out randomly along its retrieve path. Walking the Diesel is quite easy, but it does not accept the traditional rod tip snaps as other similar baits might. Instead, easier rod tip pulls are what you are looking for, which will allow the bait to turn back and forth 180 degrees. Using a rod with a slower and more moderate tip also helps guide the bait along. Think about gentle, slow, and short impacts, as opposed to sudden hits. You can however add some gusto to your pulls, and the bait acts more like a surface popper, with the bill throwing water, and the bait will randomly dart out to one side or the other. Using forceful twitches will cause the bait to jump out of the water, so again think about pulls rather than twitches. It's bigger brother, the Diesel XL, follows the pattern of being a bait that excels in slow easy retrieve styles. The straight wake is achieved with a moderate/slow straight retrieve, producing a more fluid swimming style. As opposed to a hard bobbing head, the head and bill stays closer to center, and produces it swim with more of a roll than a back and forth. The swim is almost snake-like, with the soft plastic tail swimming behind the rear section. Slow and easy is the key, as I did not have success with faster retrieves or crankdown. Following suite, rod pulls allows the XL to walk in place, turning back and forth in 180 degree sashays. A surface commotion and slight splash is present, with the bait staying very horizontal on the surface. The illude tails in general have lots of action, and their floating ability tends to keep the baits level and upright along the retrieve. Adding speed is difficult, but as you gain a feel for the rod pulls, it can certainly be achieved. I threw the Diesel on a custom 7 ft 9 Heavy Levaithan and Curado 300E, and it's bigger XL brother on a standard Leviathan Heavy paired with a Tranx 400. Both setups were spooled up with 20 lb Copoly, although a mono would be just fine. I would hesitate to use braid, as the no-stretch may overwork the bait. I hope you have a wonderful Sunday, and have had a great summer thus far. Get out there and stick a few fish for me! See ya next Sunday.

May not be the most glamorous, but S-Waver 168 absolutely destroys.

The battle trout is a giant bait. Definitely too heavy for most guys. But it has a place in my opinion. And yeah it looks like a Nates Bait because Nate designed it with Mike Gilbert, together. The 9.25” Nates line through is my go to soft trout bait. But I also like to fish it in the top 5 feet of the water column and that’s not what most people do. Last year I caught 7 over 10 pounds on the Nates 9.25”.

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