2011 SwimBait Challenge

Captain Ahab · Post by **Captain Ahab** » 01 May 2011, 12:46

One on my hand poured 5" solid swimmer on a 1/2 oz head

and two more

On 5" Fat Head hollow body swimbait on a weedless hook

Popeye · Post by **Popeye** » 01 May 2011, 13:10

Nice looking fishes there Skipper

Post by **fender66** » 02 May 2011, 09:32

Nice fish Captn. Did you hook him, or beat him to death with it?

Captain Ahab · Post by **Captain Ahab** » 02 May 2011, 09:50

fender66 wrote:Nice fish Captn. Did you hook him, or beat him to death with it?

We landed that one with a gaff

Popeye · Post by **Popeye** » 02 May 2011, 23:15

WE? This isn't a team event, you gotta do it solo.

Post by **Jim** » 03 May 2011, 07:20

Rule Change.

No need to add your pictures to your one original thread. Just add the pictures normally at the end.

begs · Post by **begs** » 04 May 2011, 23:25

Heading out in the AM never had luck on a swim bait, but hey it going to be in the 60's going to hit a channel and see what swims through

hope it is something nice [-o<

FishinsMyLife · Post by **FishinsMyLife** » 09 May 2011, 11:10

#2: 5/8/11

Striper on the 4" Tru Tungsten. I caught another one on it, but I couldn;t bring myself to take a picture of such a small striper

Post by **fender66** » 09 May 2011, 11:20

Striper on the 4" Tru Tungsten.

Those baits get horrible reviews, but I like them.

FishinsMyLife · Post by **FishinsMyLife** » 09 May 2011, 13:36

fender66 wrote:Those baits get horrible reviews, but I like them.

Their quality control doesn't seem to be the best. The first one I had was great and would swim perfectly from a burn to as slow as you could crank it. This one literally didn't swim at all out the package, but I pulled all the pins and cut and widened all the cavities where the loop things fit in so it would be able to swing wider. I also had to mess around with hook combinations to find some that worked, but now it's fixed to where it'll catch some fish.

Post by **fender66** » 09 May 2011, 14:28

FishinsMyLife wrote:
fender66 wrote:Those baits get horrible reviews, but I like them.
Their quality control doesn't seem to be the best. The first one I had was great and would swim perfectly from a burn to as slow as you could crank it. This one literally didn't swim at all out the package, but I pulled all the pins and cut and widened all the cavities where the loop things fit in so it would be able to swing wider. I also had to mess around with hook combinations to find some that worked, but now it's fixed to where it'll catch some fish.

I too had one that wouldn't swim. I bought it from Tackle Warehouse. Called them about it, and they sent me a new one and never asked for the bad one back. Now I have parts.

Quackrstackr · Post by **Quackrstackr** » 16 May 2011, 16:22

Dang it!

I caught several on a swimbait this weekend and forgot all about this contest. I even caught a crappie on it on Saturday.

begs · Post by **begs** » 05 Jun 2011, 00:29

heading out in the am going to give the swimbaits another shot, my fingers will be crossed

FishinsMyLife · Post by **FishinsMyLife** » 13 Jun 2011, 10:43

Come on, fellas, toss those swimbaits

#3

#4

Post by **Jim** » 13 Jun 2011, 10:47

Yes I agree...Toss those swimbaits!

Nice job FML!

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