Bassfever Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 will the lure hold after it takes a couple beating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northeast_trev Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 Just ordered two. They look pretty nice from that swim vid. I picked up the 6" line thru version in both gill colors. Also unsure if you'll be able to run a top treble/bb them. Also 4oz seems like a decent weight for a soft bluegill bait, so hopefully it can take a bit of a beating timcauliffe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeAinNH Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 Yeah I picked up a 5" and a 6", from what I've seen they look nice for the short money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callejer91342 Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 The 6 has a line through for both top and bottom rigging the 5 I believe is fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISO_the1 Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Just picked up a 5" and 6" in dark gill. I'm going to throw them tonight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfla Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 I found the hooks on the small one rip out pretty easy after one short outing. Going to try mend it to see if I can get the interior to hold together more. Both swim well for their price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyforfish21 Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 I found the hooks on the small one rip out pretty easy after one short outing. Going to try mend it to see if I can get the interior to hold together more. Both swim well for their price. Although I don't have mine yet (tomorrow), if you are burying the barbed hook point into the bait, chop it off, and bend the point straight down to tuck into the bait. Worked very well in the past for soft baits for me. Just a thought sfla 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitmonkey Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 I have the 5" the top hook looks weak. I may cut it off and go with a Frog hook. It looks like anything over 4-5 pounds should bend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBaitStripers Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 You can top or bottom rig the 6 inch and it has the same mesh going through the baits just like the trout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedonnguyen Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 just got some for my birthday and noticed a few things: on one of the baits, the line thru was filled with the plastic that makes up the body, so i had to sit there for about an hour trying to get it out the distance between line thru and the hook slot isn't far enough to allow your knot to sit naturally, so the knot sits kind of funky as far as the swim goes, it's like the 8" trout line thru where you can't really slow roll the bait...you gotta get it going decently to swim, but it does swim well ISO_the1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northeast_trev Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Just what Don said. Not much action on a slow retrieve. Both of mine seem to work better on a burn or twitch retrieve. Run it top hook and it'll sit nicely on the bottom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thastickybandit Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 just got some for my birthday and noticed a few things: on one of the baits, the line thru was filled with the plastic that makes up the body, so i had to sit there for about an hour trying to get it out the distance between line thru and the hook slot isn't far enough to allow your knot to sit naturally, so the knot sits kind of funky as far as the swim goes, it's like the 8" trout line thru where you can't really slow roll the bait...you gotta get it going decently to swim, but it does swim well Damn I order 2 and was hoping this wouldn't be the case. I guess I'm going to have to find a way to make a bill for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Ramen Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Use just a little bit of a jerky motion on a slow retrieve and it will dart around. I do a tiny pause every half turn or 3/4 turn. If you don't, it wants to settle into a retrieve with no swimming motion at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northeast Bassin Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Use just a little bit of a jerky motion on a slow retrieve and it will dart around. I do a tiny pause every half turn or 3/4 turn. If you don't, it wants to settle into a retrieve with no swimming motion at all. I was testing it in my backyard fish pond and I also found that during the retrieve, you stop reeling, let it sink a bit and pop it, it'll turn 180 pretty easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northeast Bassin Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 The other thing that I found(I'm using the 5") is that you always gotta let it sink a bit so that it orientates itself properly before reeling. I tried reeling as soon as it hit the water and it was laying on its side for about a foot to two feet of the retrieve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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