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Re: Big swimbaits in texas water [Re: Kent Meadows aka Team Hooligan] #14258923 01/22/22 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Kent Meadows aka Team Hooligan
My suggestion is this: Buy a 9� MS Slammer around $50 at tackle wharehouse.


I would like to know where to get an MS for $50. TW does not carry them. The best deal I can find on one is used and just under $100. Its a smaller one.

Please shoot me some links to the $50 ones.

Thanks

Moritz Chevrolet - 9101 Camp Bowie W Blvd, Fort Worth, TX - Monte Coon (817) 696-2003
Re: Big swimbaits in texas water [Re: Dan90210 ☮] #14258982 01/22/22 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan90210 ☮


I would like to know where to get an MS for $50. TW does not carry them. The best deal I can find on one is used and just under $100. Its a smaller one.

Please shoot me some links to the $50 ones.

Thanks


You're not likely to find a 9" slammer for that cheap, but you can find 7 and 9's for $75-100.

https://swimbaitunderground.com/forums/index.php?/forum/3-black-market/

http://swimbaitcity.com/html/store.htm#ms


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Re: Big swimbaits in texas water [Re: bassdoode] #14258996 01/22/22 08:39 PM
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Any of you all fish the Working Class Zero Citizens or Battle Shads? I cant talk myself into trying them for the price! wondering if anyone can do that for me! LOL

Pulling the Trigger on this guys stuff once he gets my color poured. Not the same, but the tail action was good on this one and a bit more fairly priced

https://www.instagram.com/chr.swimbaits/

Re: Big swimbaits in texas water [Re: JPeel] #14259184 01/23/22 12:17 AM
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Hey, James, good to see you on here again. You got me into big swim baits and even though I don't throw them as much as I should,,,,I do still throw them but mostly in the spring. I love it when they smack that thing and then the battle is on. I have had gulls diving down on my Lunker Punkers as I was working them....LOL, funny thing to watch as they get so close to it before they realize that it is not real.


EJ - that was a helluva fun day on Monti once we got dialed into the baby bass pattern! I can still see that big-headed old girl blasting that wake jr shocked



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Re: Big swimbaits in texas water [Re: bassdoode] #14259258 01/23/22 12:52 AM
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Re: Big swimbaits in texas water [Re: BriannShell] #14259266 01/23/22 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Evan O'Brien
Texas bass only eat tx rigs and c-rigs... Move along... Nothing to see here!


TOTAL BS


Sarcasm!!!



LOL , TOTAL BS....BS= BIG SWIMBAIT

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Re: Big swimbaits in texas water [Re: Chet] #14259621 01/23/22 12:27 PM
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Hogfather on a wind blown clay point = Toad!


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Re: Big swimbaits in texas water [Re: Chet] #14259714 01/23/22 01:55 PM
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Chet, you’re not following the rules of blacking out your fishing spot! Remember you posting this picture a long while back. Didn’t notice the surroundings until now. I recognize that PK cove. Prolly lots of others do too! Nice bloody tailed swimbait fish!

Re: Big swimbaits in texas water [Re: 361V] #14260455 01/23/22 10:55 PM
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Chet, you’re not following the rules of blacking out your fishing spot! Remember you posting this picture a long while back. Didn’t notice the surroundings until now. I recognize that PK cove. Prolly lots of others do too! Nice bloody tailed swimbait fish!


Lake Austin circa '13'. We were catching 8-9s on 5" swimbaits before the carp then it became a mud pit for SB fishing.

Re: Big swimbaits in texas water [Re: bockscar] #14263108 01/25/22 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by bockscar
Any of you all fish the Working Class Zero Citizens or Battle Shads? I cant talk myself into trying them for the price! wondering if anyone can do that for me! LOL

Pulling the Trigger on this guys stuff once he gets my color poured. Not the same, but the tail action was good on this one and a bit more fairly priced

https://www.instagram.com/chr.swimbaits/


Aaah. Good ole Working Class Zero (baits available). Complete joke. Would try one if they existed.

Re: Big swimbaits in texas water [Re: mossyback75] #14263462 01/26/22 05:09 AM
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Originally Posted by mossyback75
Swimbaits in Texas are like swimbaits anywhere there are Florida strain bass. They will get eaten if presented properly. "Big" swimbaits is a relative term. I have to laugh at some of the baits I see thrown on IG or YT. The stupid things are as big as the average size bass caught in any lake. I guess people believe the bigger the bait the bigger the fish it will catch which may be true in some regards but in my opinion up to a limit. Check out a video if you can find it called "southern trout eaters". Can't remember the dude who made it but its a good watch.

BTW anyone interested in hand poured swimbaits give me a shout. Here is some recent work

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Re: Big swimbaits in texas water [Re: bassdoode] #14263463 01/26/22 05:11 AM
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Oliver Nguy from Big Bass Dreams. Has some massive catches in Texas on big baits. They aren't stupid if they work.


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Re: Big swimbaits in texas water [Re: bockscar] #14263465 01/26/22 05:20 AM
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Have fished the Battle Shad 9.0 and the 7.6. Both bit a lot, no hook ups. Same thing I hate about the Hudd. Had two Citizens that fell apart while rigging them. Going to give them another try. Wouldn't buy another Battle Shad though. Okay,, maye the 7.5. It got bit a looooooot.


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Re: Big swimbaits in texas water [Re: mossyback75] #14263472 01/26/22 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by bockscar
Any of you all fish the Working Class Zero Citizens or Battle Shads? I cant talk myself into trying them for the price! wondering if anyone can do that for me! LOL

Pulling the Trigger on this guys stuff once he gets my color poured. Not the same, but the tail action was good on this one and a bit more fairly priced

https://www.instagram.com/chr.swimbaits/


Aaah. Good ole Working Class Zero (baits available). Complete joke. Would try one if they existed.

Save yourself the money..

Re: Big swimbaits in texas water [Re: bassdoode] #14263651 01/26/22 02:26 PM
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"Big" is a subjective word. My personal favorite "big swimbait" is the 6" weedless Boom Boom by Optimum. When I bought them I thought there was no way anything less than 8 pounds would eat it but boy was I wrong. To me the bait looks gigantic but to the Bass it must look like a Little Debbie because it gets bit way more than I would have ever dreamed, and by Bass of all sizes. Its pretty much the only "big swimbait" I throw now. Im not joking when I say I have hundreds of them now. I even had to sell some of them last year just so I could consolidate them all in to 2 storage containers........then I found about 20 more packs of them in another storage tub.

My best advice is to pick one or two baits you really like and then get to know those baits. I got to the point I didnt like any of the hooks on the market for the Boom Boom so I started making my own weighted hooks based on the Owner Beast hook. That allowed me to weight the hook in the exact spot I wanted to get the best action out of the bait. The more you throw your bait the more you learn about them.

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