RyanPerrey

You da' man Butch!!! I want to follow suite... Also, I need some DEPS!! Pawn shop, here I come.

I'm sure quite a few of you have yours in by now. Any of your southern gentlemen sticking em on this guy??? Man, I'm itching for some windy spring days...

Has anyone picked up the M1 Medium Heavy?? I was looking at it for swimmers(obviously), bama rigs and when I'm in tourneys some of these new huge deep diver cranks that are 3+ oz lol.

Great review!! I love me some Hardgill action!! It has some big drawl for how small (comparatively) of a swimbait it is!

Thank you for all the positive feedback everyone!

What split ring and hooks would you guys recommend who've caught on it already? Do the hook hangers rotate??

Fish with confidence!

Great review! All of you guys have me pumped to fish this thing when I move to the midwest this spring!

Sorry for all the typos. To correct myself, an eye did not fall out. That's just what I imagined as it slammed the dock.

A bunch of people have been asking me about the Hiroshima Customs 8.5'' Glide Bait so I'll do my best attempt at a review: Mine is in slow sink. As I eagerly opened the packaging it came w/ 2 Owner Hyper wire split rings (80# if I were to guess) and 2 Owner ST-36 hooks. I believe 2/0. I was very impressed with how it looked immediately. If you slowly turn the body from top to bottom, you'll see it reflects a very natural light in a silver to light purple hue. I scaled it with my digital scale and it read 4 oz. I've put that scale again certified weights a local club uses and it typically ready 1-2 oz light so I would say it's a hair over 5oz. So the first thing I look for in a new swimbait is action, quality and what we all want... DRAWL! Action: The action is really unique. On a slow steady retrieve it does a nice S-action. It has a subtle difference I have not seen in others but they all swim slightly different. It typically swims side to side in a 1-2' wide path depending on a few variables. I put a 80# split ring on the nose and found it gave it a little more action. This lure really comes to life the more you play with it. It's action is very much dictated by how you retrieve it. My favorite thing about this guy is fishing docks. you can double pop it inside a dock, double pop it right back out (similar to a spook) between pilings along the entire dock. Quality: This is a very durable swimbait. My first trip was during a cold front where the high's went from 75-80 for a month into low 50's w/ 14 mph sustained winds and 20+ mph gusts. It was tuff fishing from my little 11' fiberglass boat. I made an ambitious cast to parallel a dock as a big gust of wind caught it and sure thing... it SMASHES!!!! against the dock. I was positive it was cracked, broke in half, an eye fell out as I discovered the dock had a metal trim right where it landed. Some minimal paint chipped but it was so miniscule to some other swimbaits I've owned. I once had a certain swimbait (which will remain un-named) do something similar and break in 2 on a easier cast. I think I have about 15-20 hours of fishing this lure under my belt and I've beat the crap out of it. I included some pictures so you can see it's current condition. I'm impressed w/ how many dock's and tree's I've run it into on porpoise or not lol. Drawl: My first day fishing it I had a dozen fish in the 3-5 lb range follow but they were not committing. I honestly think that was due to the cold front. I got out for a few hours the next trip after the cold front passed on a high pressure, windless day and didn't even see a fish. Also most likely weather related. My 3rd trip was bitter sweet! I had hurt my back at work a month prior so I ripped a big cast past a dock's end to parallel it and a brush pile adjacent that had nice deep water access. What I didn't know was I was also casting over a huge laydown. After casting I got on my knees to stretch and I am not paying attention at all as my buddy and I are laughing about a bad joke. I stood up as the swimbait is 10' from my boat. I had what I think were two 7lbers and a 9lber racing almost vertically off that tree towards my lure. The big one committed at the boat. A few pop's and a figure 8 and she eventually spooked. My next trip I only fished for 2-3 hours and I got the cast to catch footage up on here. Dumped one that would have pushed 7lbs and landed a 6.1. My last trip before my favorite lakes closed for the winter.... ugh!!! Long story short. The lakes look turned over. I cast to parallel the deep end of a good dock and from the shallowest part of the dock, an easy 10lber missiles after it, circles it. Gave it a pop and she bit it super hard but didn't open her mouth very far. No hook up. As the wind blows me on top of the fish she was still committed but eventually looked at me for a second or 2 before slowly swimming off. I think it's an amazing lure, I have a world of confidence in it! For the price, it may be your best bet on the market IMO for a Giant. If you are interested in one, all you have to do is msg Brock on facebook. Look up Hiroshima Customs and go from there. Enjoy!

Excellent work!!!!! I watched it all in one setting... now I'm moving to cali j/k;) I am all pumped now though.

Oh ok: I live in Seattle but I fish all over the damn place. MSG me if you come up and ill put you on fish. My reel grip fell off lol!

That was far from my first. I had just been on an awful long streak of dumping biggins so it felt good to get one in the boat before they get a lot harder to catch as it gets cold. I appreciate the positive feedback:)

Awesome job man!

I totally agree with the above! B-man has been super helpful to me and his swimbaits are excellent!!!

Thanks guys!

Hey guys, I did not get a lot of great footage this year but I thought I would share what I was able to put together. Holla!

Awesome catch!! Atx in the house;) That's my old stomping ground. I've been dying to go back to some of my old holes w/ big baits. Keep it up!

Stellar video good sir! Very well done!

Awesome job! Gotta love the PB'S!

Super entertaining!

Just some swimbait action. No monsters but I was happy after dumping a few nice fish (for Seattle standards lol) in the last 2 months.