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Here's a list of some off the top of my head -Swimbait Chronicles -Urban Swimbaiting -How to Swimbait -Swimbaits for noobs -Swimbait Specific (the title of this thread lol) -Dedicated Fishing -Swimbaits Only -Sky Line Swimbaiting Let me know what ya think.. i like the first two

giant!

diawa is good and has a strong back bone. very versatile. only con is that the cork isn't amazing but it's fine.

savage gear 3D shine glide is a good confidence builder, but I've actually caught most of my swimbait fish on a deps 250.

update: went diving today for almost 3 hours with no results. Neither of the fish were on the bed either.

hey guys just saw this whole thread. For all you guys saying that grades aren't important... they are part of what shows someone to be responsible. You don't have to be mentally gifted to get good grades in school, you just have to try. He was asking me to see if I would appreciate the awesome thing he and a few others may do for me. and by the way guys- thank you for anyone with advice or efforts to help me get another one, it means a lot. Don asking me about my grades was in no way wrong, he was making sure I'm a responsible young guy and I would do the same if I had the ability to help out others. Thanks so much guys and let me know how I can work it out..

yeah... I'm never trying that again. All that was going through my head at the time was "land this fish". I'm very upset that I didn't tell myself to go and lip it. The outcome would have been 2x better. 1x for the bait and 1x for the fish. lol.

diawa dx^^

I am, and I also don't think it broke at the knot..

So.. I got my Deps 250 in carp last Tuesday. Ive been fishing everyday since then, and caught at least one deps fish on every outing, including two 5 pounders. Yesterday, I went fishing straight from school. I drove up to the creek and noticed the water is very clear. I fished for 30 mins with only a few followers. Then, I walked around a tree and made a longgggg rolling cast, almost across the whole creek. I looked down and the deps was at my feet, with two huge bass under it. I cast back out, and catch one around 4 pounds. I keep walking and notice a bed with a huge log in the middle of it. I cast and to my surprise, the log (an 8 pounder) rushes my bait and nails it. It ended up missing the hooks but at the same cast as I'm coming over the bed, the male smacked it. I was raising it out of the water, and it was around 5 pounds, when he shook off. For some reason, I have the mentality of grinding and bouncing every fish I catch. So I was mad, but not devastated, a 5 pounder isn't unnormal for me so I didn't let it get to me too much. I stay at the same bed, and about 30 casts later, the big one followed it back to he bed. I give it two hard glides and she nailed it. I set the hook perfectly and grind her in to the shore. I was on a steep bank about 4 feet up from the water. I tried dragging it up to me instead of going and lipping her, don't ask me why. Right when she's all the way out of the water, I get a really good look at her. She was easily 8 pounds, and I got super excited. I finally reached my goal of an 8. So I try to drag her up even more, and right when I give her one big pull, POP. My line broke. 25 lb P-line. The fish falls back in the water and I fall to the ground. it's gone. I jump to my feet to grab my deps, but then I see it on the outside of the fishes mouth. she swims down and then swims back up and jumps out of the water to try to shake the deps. It stays in her mouth. I follow her around for a while and she jumped again about 30 mins later, right before dark. It stays in her mouth. So I pretty much had the worst day of my life. But I can't decide which is worse, losing the fish or losing the deps. I don't have the money to get another one, so I guess I need to start saving. What do y'all think I should do? swim with goggles? cast net the fish? anything helps, thanks. here's some pics of fish I stuck in the 6 days I had it.

Nice one man!!!