Swim Bait Newbie

[huntest]

After seeing the pictures Richy posted of his swim bait fish, I decided to give it a go.

I am going to be at TR for the next 10 days and plan to give all three of these a substantial dunking. The plan is to throw them on 15 mono (my go to top water setup....)

I hope there are some good results to post.

huntest

[Champ188]

I would strongly consider going up to 20-pound for those. At least 17. Not so much for strength as castability and overall handling.

[huntest]

Champ

Thanks for the heads up. I may be a little slow on the uptake, but I am darn sure coachable!

BTW, your coach has got that program headed in the right direction....could well be a heck of a game.

huntest

[5bites]

Lol every thread Champ posts in gets a remark about the hogs.

[Moswimb8slinger]

I throw those same baits on 15lbs test, Berkeley big game clear, especially in this crystal clear winter water. I don't trust Flouro because it seems to get brittle in the cold, the mono seems to hold up much better

[bluebasser86]

Yeah you'll be fine with 15lb for those smaller baits unless you're fishing around lots of timber. I mainly fish mine on 20lb but I'm fishing around a lot more cover than you are on most places on Table Rock. Plus the dang zebra mussels eat line so fast I like to have a little heavier line when I'm tossing $50+ baits around.

[dtrs5kprs]

Results?

I played with the S Wavers some last spring and liked them, but never could stick with it.

[huntest]

dtrs5kprs

I have been flyfishing with my son in law the last few days so no testing yet....

The plan is to give it a fit this week and I will post results good or not so good

[Moswimb8slinger]

Dtrs5kprs, what size S-waver did you get?

[dtrs5kprs]

Dtrs5kprs, what size S-waver did you get?

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