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Re: I don't throw big swim baits , should I be ?
[Re: Captain Break-Off]
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12/12/23 12:55 PM
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wsimpson
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They’ll break your heart. Also, may not be easy on the checkbook…
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Re: I don't throw big swim baits , should I be ?
[Re: Captain Break-Off]
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12/12/23 05:19 PM
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Big Swimbait
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I alternate each trip. I will swimbait all day on one trip and then go to the extreme and BFS the next trip. I catch more than enough BFS fish to tide me over for those long swimbait days.
Less gritchin', more fishin'
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Re: I don't throw big swim baits , should I be ?
[Re: Captain Break-Off]
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12/12/23 05:35 PM
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tmd11111
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I bought a GLoomis Conquest 905 and an Antares DC MD along with a few hundred dollars worth of swimbaits a few months ago. Haven’t tossed one yet.
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Re: I don't throw big swim baits , should I be ?
[Re: Captain Break-Off]
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12/12/23 05:41 PM
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TXanalogkd
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I use mono; fresh and salt. Yes, throw that swim bait. A friend of mine introduced me to using a swim bait. and always have one on the ready.
A few months ago, I caught my PB flounder a weightless swim bait.
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Re: I don't throw big swim baits , should I be ?
[Re: tmd11111]
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12/12/23 10:29 PM
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Ken A.
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I bought a GLoomis Conquest 905 and an Antares DC MD along with a few hundred dollars worth of swimbaits a few months ago. Haven’t tossed one yet. Yes but you Need more baits!
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Re: I don't throw big swim baits , should I be ?
[Re: Captain Break-Off]
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12/12/23 11:16 PM
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nfhbass
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I like a curado 300e if you can find one, with 30ibs CXX.
I’ve seen 50 and 65 braid break throwing swimbaits,unless you step up to 80, like the guys throwing the 12-20oz Muskie baits.
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Re: I don't throw big swim baits , should I be ?
[Re: Ken A.]
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12/12/23 11:35 PM
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tmd11111
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I bought a GLoomis Conquest 905 and an Antares DC MD along with a few hundred dollars worth of swimbaits a few months ago. Haven’t tossed one yet. Yes but you Need more baits! Next time you come down I’ll borrow yours
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Re: I don't throw big swim baits , should I be ?
[Re: Captain Break-Off]
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12/13/23 12:19 AM
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otay michael
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Remember this nice gentleman letting me backseat at Falcon. He was throwing a 4" fluke, reported no fish for three days. I thought to myself, THIS IS TEXAS, WHY THROW A 4" FLUKE? To each there own. Within 5 minutes of our day, starting on the dam, I'd landed one lunker and then lost my $50, 7" wooden lure (now $200, as discontinued) to a monster. It ate it on it's second attempt to destroy it on he surface. It made a run down into the trees 10' below and tied me up- bummer.
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Re: I don't throw big swim baits , should I be ?
[Re: Captain Break-Off]
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12/13/23 12:48 AM
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nfhbass
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The lunker punker! I think they make a plastic version these days
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Re: I don't throw big swim baits , should I be ?
[Re: nfhbass]
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12/13/23 12:50 AM
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otay michael
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The lunker punker! I think they make a plastic version these days They did, don't know if still
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Re: I don't throw big swim baits , should I be ?
[Re: Captain Break-Off]
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12/13/23 12:58 AM
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nfhbass
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Re: I don't throw big swim baits , should I be ?
[Re: Captain Break-Off]
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12/13/23 01:49 AM
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nfhbass
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Nice! It seemed like as the wood ones were being phased out people were saying the wood ones were much better than the plastic ones, does anyone know about that?
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Re: I don't throw big swim baits , should I be ?
[Re: Captain Break-Off]
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12/13/23 02:44 AM
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CCTX
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mapquest
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Yes, the wood ones were finely custom tuned….the much cheaper mass produced ABS ones might find that magic one out of every ten that come off the assembly line….but will work just fine.
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Re: I don't throw big swim baits , should I be ?
[Re: CCTX]
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12/13/23 07:54 PM
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otay michael
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Yes, the wood ones were finely custom tuned….the much cheaper mass produced ABS ones might find that magic one out of every ten that come off the assembly line….but will work just fine. The wood ones move a ton of water, fish feel it. If I didn't have a wood one, I might throw the plastic, although I'm pretty sure it'd catch less fish. But I'd also probably just throw a Super Spook, my go to top 50% of the time anyways.
Last edited by otay michael; 12/13/23 07:57 PM.
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