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Using the river2sea swaver 168 lite trout on a pond recently stocked with 10 inch rainbows and browns for some largemouth. Saw a flash while bringing it in a caught a 14 inch rainbow. Clearly a holdover fish. Funny thing was the people fishing for trout couldn’t catch a thing. Don’t think I’ll ever have this happen again

I am currently at a Gloomis 8 foot XH swimbait rod (8' XH 965C SWBR) with a shimano cardiff 300a and 20 lb cxx. Would this setup be suitable for glidebaits ranging from the megabass i-slide 135/s waver 168 to 4 ounce topwaters? Lost a five yesterday when using a 3 ounce glidebait on a 7''6 mh jig rod because I didn't have enough power to control the fish as it neared my kayak. Also what conventional techniques would a rod like this work for?

I recently had an hour to go fishing today after I finished my online school work. I decided to head to the pond where I caught my PB bass last year (public 50 acre pond). Water temp. was around 45-44 air temp was 29 and it was snowing with a 25 mile per hour wind. Decided to start out with a big 7 inch triple jointed swimbait in rainbow trout color and had no luck so I proceeded to switch to a home painted Imakatsu Gillroid Jr. (first time out with the bait, had an insane action to it). With no luck on that bait either I decided to take out a 6.5 inch black rat wake bait to see what the action was like (also just custom painted it) on the fist cast into the headwind from the bank I reeled the bait slow back towards the bank, and about ten feet away from me a monster smallmouth around 5 pounds came up and smashed the bait, sadly I set the hook instantly on the fish and did't get a connection. As a beginner swimbaiter I honestly don't know how to fish a rat and what gear to use, I was fishing it on straight 30 pound braid with a fast action MH 7 foot rod. Any advice how to increase hook-up ratio with rat type baits?

Wow Man, Giant Bass For NH. I remember I caught a bass on a soft swimbait it had a 18 inch girth and was 23 inches long sadly I forgot a scale who knows how big it was,

I am new to swim bait fishing and the cost of baits really makes it a hard technique to get involved in. I have experience airbrushing lures, applying epoxy, coats etc, so I figured that I should buy several lure blanks of swim baits and paint them up (a much cheaper alternative to buying baits)I recently found a reliable website that sells many different swim bait blanks. Currently I do not know what swim baits I should buy. Here are the options of blanks they offer: Imakatsu gillroid jr Megabass I-slide 4.5 Float (triple joint) Megabass I-slide 4.5 Slow Sink (triple joint) Megabass I-slide 7 Slow Sink (triple joint) Megabass I-slide 7 Float (triple joint) Megabass I-slide 5.5 Float (double joint) Evergreen Sea Drive 5.5 Slow Sink Imakatsu Nonkee 7 Slow Float BBZ 180 Float Fish Arrow Huddle Jack 4.5 Slow Sink I was wondering which of these baits would work best for New England Bass in the 4-8 pound range. I am looking in buying around a total of five blanks and would really appreciate some help choosing. Tight Lines!