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Fished yesterday with my close friend @Jim137a, and together we crossed paths with a jersey giant. She was right where she was supposed to be, all the years, countless hours, and learning these waters paying off in a single cast. She went 7lbs 1oz x 22.25”

Cheap hack: you can also use bright fingernail polish.

Another incredible trip with @NJSwimbatslinger and Nameless Custom Rods found a few willing to eat big baits along with my young friend’s PB - a NJ giant at 7.1 and 22.25”

Hell of a fish, you and Jim have really been putting the hurt on those NJ bass recently!

Watching the @NJSwimbatslinger lay a perfect long shot to the tip of a brush pile - priceless. Nameless Custom Rods - incredibly accurate and loads up just right. GH010859.mov

I had a goal a few years back of getting three seven pounders in a season. Finally made it happen. All fish caught on a 10” glide. 7# 13oz 3/19/24 7#’s 15oz 3/20/24 7# 4oz 4/2/24

I fish hard but to be completely honest I did not think I would catch another genuine New York 7 pounder for a long time. 7 pounds is the trophy mark for NY I would say, since they are so uncommon for largemouth, 7.12 on my scale!

Here in South Korea and in Japan they are called 'sight marker' stickers.

Congrats! 7 lber is a whole new level of bass on the East Coast.

Been killing it lately with these....would like to get a few more. Thanks!

They’re called tracers. Hit up @rossco7777, he makes them

I believe they’re called tracers. You can google it and find a bunch of sellers.

Pig congrats

A 7lber........that is freaking awesome!!!! Congrats on the fish.

Absolute giant!!

so sick. not only did you beat my PB by a few ounces, you were using a true big bait. thats the best part! congrats mate

Good things come to good people………. So proud to share that moment with you.

Congratulations Vance, all the hard work, hours spent on the water has finally paid off tremendously. That is a NJ Giant and a phenomenal PB. ***NJ is really showing its bass fishing potential this season: @captainhookset with a solid PB, now this giant PB. Incredible time to be fishing NJ.

Its been brutal. Late nights after work, 15 or so skunks in a row and snapping off some nice baits......first world problems. I got my first soft plastic fish and it was a pretty decent one.

The season has been a blast so far. The Goonie fish were back to back which was awesome, waking it super SLOWWW. I have broken my Maine Largemouth PB 3 times this season. Starting with a 4.63 on the TK, then a 4.81 and 4.98 on the Goonie Gill. The MDC eat was insane, I had like 3 feet of line out and the fish nosed up on it and just barely sipped the back hook. I didn't realize the fish even bit it until it started thrashing and hooked itself lol. Anyways, I hope everyone is doing well and is having a good season. Thanks for reading!

Awesome fish, congrats. Also excellent advice, that exact bait setup (ghost ayu with quads) happened to catch me my two biggest fish of the last couple years (and in Northern CO). I second the wind thoughts, glidebaits in general are such a confidence bait for me during those high sun, windy days.

It's probably the best overall glide. Also heavily underrated by most northern anglers for some reason. On my main lake it gets bit more consistently than pretty much any other bait during trout season. My only complaint with the bait is fish tend to throw it easily.

Been a dry spell for big fish this spring with missed opportunities and heart breaks but finally connected and successfully landed a good one! So stoked for this one!

I went out this past Saturday and had a killer day on the drt klash9. I even broke my pb with a 6.2lb New Jersey bass. I started early morning as always and ran all my spots and had a big one every spot. I’ll remember that day for the rest of my life. Klash 9 by far my favorite bait to throw. All my c2c are being posted on my IG.

Cool bait Dave! There’s lots of things that will eat that!!

Net save

Awesome work

Welcome to the forum. Truth be told, members like Brian ( @bassbass ) and others were influential to me to be active, comment and celebrate a members catch. Doesn’t matter if it’s a PB, a quality bass, or even a “dink” caught on a new technique, if a member is posting about it, they are proud of it. Why not celebrate the moment with them. But thats enough about me, the moment is about that 6.31lb bass you caught. It’s good to hear you’re putting time in with soft baits and finding success. I’m sure a catch like that was a confidence booster. Look forward to the next one.

Thank you for kicking us off this morning brother Jared! The 3:16 Lure Company Baby Wake Traveling Bait Share Program for 2024 is officially underway! Shipping to California first thing Monday morning! HASTA LA VISTA BABY !!!!

Hell yeah dude! That’s awesome!

Strong work

Hi All just thought I’d share my latest project of restoring an old first version 2x4 top water. The bait is 10” in length and 5.6 ounces. After stripping the epoxy and sanding the bait I removed the 3 eye screws. Since I primarily target large striper I opted to install rotating spro swivels (250 lb rating). To do this I used a 1/4” fortsner bit to drill into the belly to take the swivel and another hole intersecting the belly to install the brass pin to hold the swivel in place. I also coated the holes with super glue a few times to water proof them. To cap the intersecting holes I used 1/4” dowel super glued in and then sanded smooth. I also plugged the hole for the tail eye screw as it was off kilter and drilled a new, centered pilot hole. Next order of business will be adding a one knock into this bait which I will share the process with you all if anyone is wondering how to do that. That’s it for now. More photos to come !!

best fish yet on my bait, been testing it the past few weeks here in san diego and it produces!

Shell cracker g2 is a killer pond bait

I've always used Dev-Con 2 Ton 30 minute epoxy, haven't had many issues with eyescrews , had a few lips come out tho. Fixed that by drilling a couple small holes in the lip where it rides in the slot so the epoxy goes thru the lip. The 5 min Devcon isn't waterproof.