[What are the best soft plastic swim baits around?]

Real prey, hudd, burrito, JSJ, 3:16, nates, baitsmith...list goes on.  

[How soon do you think line degrades fishing heavy baits?]

Some guys respool every trip.  That was Don Moorman's thing with pf original if I remember correctly.  Those posts were a long time ago it feels like.  Fluorocarbon every month or so.  KVD line conditioner helps keep it fresh.

[Contacts in Japan]

Lived on Okinawa for 3 years. Many trips to Tokyo and lots of great tackle shopping all through the mainland and on Okinawa too. Can’t wait to go back. Mostly for the food though. 

[Removing line]

When I fished more mono I’d respool every trip. But running straight fluoro it’s  around once a month. If braid to leader just tie a new leader ever trip. 

[Speckled Trout on Pogey glide]

That’s awesome. I’ve gotten red fish on some soft swimbaits but haven’t gotten a trout to eat one yet. May have to try these 

[Citizen Substitute]

Smash tech convict produced a lot for me. 

[Boat title help]

I went through something along the same lines with a trailer. Except that had to go through the dmv in NC which took forever. Buying that piece of junk and the boat it hauled was a mistake I’ll never make again. Long gone now!

[Real prey sink rates]

Did you message Joe’s personal Facebook? He’s always been a quick response. 

[The Next Hype Bait(s)]

A lot of good stuff in this topic. I will say I’m looking forward to the new 316 soft baits. Has been teased for a long time now

[RP New Weedless]

Been fishing Joe’s baits for almost 10 years. Excited to see these. 

[Swimbaits & Kayaks!]

I roll in an oldtown PDL 120. Fishing machine. 

[How far do you travel to fish?]

Freshwater? 45 minutes to an hour. Inshore? 5 minutes. 

[Okuma SBX]

I had the XH. I love it, it’s a great rod. It’s been talked about in the member reviews section in the past.  It’s fast and is a great soft bait rod. It has a nice custom rod look and feel to it. 
 

Buy on Amazon. 
 

My kids broke it on a ceiling fan...

I might get another but I have some others in mind to try. Since moving I’ve spent most of my little fishing time inshore. 

[Realprey redfish]

12 minutes ago, MaseMan44 said:

Great fish! Have you tried catching reds on a glidebait yet?

No I haven’t. I don’t fish glides baits or other hard baits very often. I could see it working though. 

[Realprey redfish]

24” redfish on the perch. Painted in a pinfish pattern. Slow retrieve jogging it a few times gently here and there. This fish smoked it. Bigger one of the day came on a z man bait so it doesn’t make the forum. 

[Real prey help]

I would also add that adding stingers or BB rigging baits can throw off the balance of the bait and make it not swim correctly.  This is especially true with flat sided baits like his G2 pond shiner.  If its off it can tip the bait to one side or another and make it swim crooked.  

I've had issues with a couple baits in the past and Joe replaced them without issue.  And because of him and the effectiveness of his baits I own a lot.  More than any other soft bait in my collection by far.  

 

[Real prey help]

Boiling won’t do anything. Is it off at all retrieve speeds?

[Real prey help]

RJOE on here but he’s rarely on. Just email or call him. Or message on Facebook. He’s the best as far as customer service goes. Awesome guy. 

[Do big baits catch more big fish?]

I think bigger baits peak the curiosity of big fish more than smaller stuff. But fishing is an experiment and lures and retrieves are what you use to conduct it. 

[White a good soft swimbait color?]

I’ve done well on white in all water conditions. Takes on the tint of the water. 

[Grab and Go, Small Box Baits]

Realprey perch for me. 

[Cold-weather gloves]

I have the cabelas half finger/mitten guidewear gloves. Worth it. 

[Your Top 3 Favorite Lure Makers]

Realprey

burrito baits

JSJ

[Weird Swimming Action]

Sometimes a butch brown rig can throw off the balance of a bait. I’ve done it with many real prey baits which have a relatively thin body. So when you do that the weight on top can cause the bait to lean. 
 

try boiling it, nail weights can help but that will tune the bait to a specific retrieve speed and it may or may not sit on the bottom upright. 
 

And not every bait will swim perfectly at every speed. Some are just better slow or fast. Even two of the exact same baits will have some subtle manufacturing difference that makes one do things one way and the other do it differently. 
 

finding a soft wedge tail bait that does everything properly at every speed is why I have so many of the damn things. I have a few, but not many and I’ve tried just about all of them. 

[Moving to Jacksonville, NC *Need Help]

And greenfield lake in Wilmington. It’s closer to downtown.