JFara Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 Question for you S/U. I'm looking to add to my bait collection. I currently have.. Mattlures Hard Gills MS Slammer Spro Rat 50 BullGill & BullShad HUD 68 Weedless I've been looking at Mattlures Mini Meathead, 3:16 Baby wake, What should I be looking for to add that wont make me go broke? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 Fish and learn the baits you have. You have surface, subsurface, and bottom baits so you have it covered. Once you start seeing what your fish like and what style you like to fish then you should add those types of baits. You should do this for a year or two so you can see the different seasons/weather/water temps/moon and use all that information and adjust accordingly for the best chances at bigger fish and becoming very consistent with catxhing everytime you get on the water. Or just be like 90% of swimbaiters and follow others and hype. Best of luck, Brian azsouth, buzzed bait, jmpatacsil and 6 others 7 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
168 Rookie Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 ^^^I second everything above, couldn't say it any better: you have every bait you need already in your box. They're all proven baits; fish them til you've got confidence in all of them, you don't need to spend another dollar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjs90 Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 You can get Deps 250's for like $60 from Japan right now Fishguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangermike Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 No clue what kind of water your fishing makes it hard to say. Water clarity? Forage? Primary cover? What type of lake how deep is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFara Posted August 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 Illinois Ponds, maybe a foot visibility. Bluegills is main diet, some shad. Depth is 15ft max. Cover is weeds, reeds, cat tails etc.. some rock. jp_midwest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASS_SWINGER Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 3:16 soft plastics and wouldn’t hurt to have a mag gill and a g2 shell cracker or two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangermike Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) The 3:16 baby wake is nice but I don’t feel the need to pay that much for a wake. I like the hoog wake and rago top trout. You can get a top trout off Swimbait city fairly cheap. In dingy water I’ve had better luck with a wake with one joint that has a loud knock. Ive done well in similar ponds with a 6in punker. Weedless soft baits sound like a player I don’t feel like I need to overpay on soft baits I’ve had a ton of success on magdrafts, boom boom baits and Osprey. Crankdowns are good in stained water as well and around grass I mostly use toxic baits and the whippersnapper looks like the bait in that size range your after. Edited August 9, 2022 by Rangermike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jscarbr Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 You need a 86 Doomrider in Gill painted by UFO, a Toxic Baits Bugle Lips and a Toxic baits Whippersnapper in gill pattern. Just your luck! I have all 3 for sale right now! David Wo, basskickinrednick and Phil A. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
professorbass Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 Baitsanity gill glide I think it’s like $60 and very effective. Phil A. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil A. Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 47 minutes ago, professorbass said: Baitsanity gill glide I think it’s like $60 and very effective. I have to agree, I have 5 in different colors. I have 3 slow sink and 2 floaters but I'd choose the slow sink if I could only afford one. They have a great swimming action on a steady retrieve, but you can give it twitches. Really easy to use $63. The only thing I'll have to admit is they come with 32g adhesive weight strips that I've never tried fooling with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awol125z Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 Weedless softbait, glide and maybe a crankdown and a crawler. Sounds like you have enough wakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan B Posted August 10, 2022 Report Share Posted August 10, 2022 Toxic Whippersnapper and Wade hoggs. Dreamsmasher or hudd gills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fried Lemons Posted August 10, 2022 Report Share Posted August 10, 2022 3:16 Rising Son 6.75" reasonably priced zero hype lots of big fish look it up on this forum for inspiration BASS_SWINGER 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHeINFamoUS Posted August 10, 2022 Report Share Posted August 10, 2022 You’d do well to just fish the slammer and the hardgill, especially if you’re trying to not go broke. If I had to add anything you your current lineup….a crankdown like the toxic wakencrank or su rago D3 would be it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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