bigbaittoon

6" will walk over itself more than the 9" and its kind of annoying. If you controll the walks more, more fluid walks not a lot of quick twitches rips aggressive moves it doesnt walk on itself. Maintaining the slack will help it out a lot. If its still not working try putting a small about of super glue down the first 6-8"s of line

Hudds and punkers are a must! Along with a slammer and slow sink bbz you will have all your bases covered

I keep a snorkel in a bag on my boat after that fateful cast with a 10" freestyle. I dont plan on using it unless I know the exact spot my bait is or the water is over 70 degrees. Your breath doesnt last long in 50 degree water

Never be satisfied with whats happening, I set my goals high and fully expect to reach them by the end of this year. Pushing yourself to fish sun up to sun down is going to pay off

Cant justify driving 15+ hours in a day for sushi Ill try for the fun fish

That was a great interview!

This^^^. I also like the gammy round bends, very sticky

If I had to limit myself to any 316 swimbait it would be a wake jr no question about it. I bought mine back in 2008 and it has been used and abused. First day with it I caught a 7 from a lake I dont normally do well at. During the retrieve it has a 'sweet spot" with the clacking and movement that produces the majority of my bites. It can also be fished under like a crank bait, although this has only produced fish under 5lbs for me. it can be slapped around as well, I cant say Ive ever caught a fish doing this though. When I see a fish under it Ill kill it and give it little twitches, nothing aggressive. The best days for the jr IMO is when there are little to no waves but a steady breeze to break up the water. It tends to get over powered and loses effectivenss with larger waves. Sometimes it is tough to cast and likes to death roll, resulting in a far from lenghty cast. I like to release the bait (overhand casts) a little higher than normal baits, which tends to lessen the death roll. It is a very durable bait, Ive hit rocks, docks, bouys, and overhead trees that usually result in a broken bait, the worst thing that happened to my jr is the tail chipped at the top.Fortunately sent it in and Mickey fixed it right up. Hookups are a definite negative at least for me soemtimes. I miss/lose a ton of fish on this bait for whatever reason. Multiple fish that get to the boat are hanging on by a little hook point, its not often they get full face hooks for me. This doesnt worry me as much and I chalk it up to "its gonna happen" and keep chucking. Although the hookup ratio is never perfect, this bait is one of my serious confidence baits. Ive had multiple 20lb bags on it, as well as 20lbs for two fish including my first DD. Mine has serious road marks worn into it from all the fish. I feel this bait gets better the more it is fished, as the joints will get looser giving the "it" factor -Chris

I would stay away from going down some of the sloughs in general. The mouth of the sloughs and further out might be more productive. I used to pontoon there all the time, and while it was productive in spring/summer winter was never "prime time" on those spots. Your in a kayak, and in general I would not be to worried about where you venture, Ive gone from Soda Bay to Henderson with no issues on a calm day, so if the weather is nice I say go out and explore.

Boats yay or nay?

I'll write an honest opinion. Chris, norcal usually get out on weekends

I'm down depending on the day, if I can get outta school. Norcal, so I'll see what I can do

Don't forget to write the code. Boated a 7 and no card? Lol

I havnt thrown a swimbait from the 'toon in almost 3 years

Lotta slipknot, avenged sevenfold, 5FDP, Dethklok, Killswitch engage, korn, as I lay dying

Ill be fishing a hudd, rising son, rago soft tool and the born again this week

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Skip the baby wake, your looking for quality not quantity

Crucial H is the perfect rod for that bait! I throw 90% of my baits overheand, and get much more distance, especially with the Jr., my style as opposed to side arm or a lob.

I wouldnt be too sad, itll still catch fish. Just go out there and fish it with confidence