Big M area, November 18 and 19

[Quillback]

1 hour ago, Ham said:

Also look at the Berkley Half Heads

I have to remember to check them out, keep forgetting about them.

[Champ188]

War Eagle Grubber heads are super swimbait heads also. Wire weedguard and a great keeper that will hold the bait firmly in place fish after fish. 

[Seth Clarkson]

Ended up fighting the rain and wind yesterday fishing from the ramp at hwy 39 down to Big M. Only boated 3, all spots, and possibly missed 2. Caught a small spot on a point with a small swimbait, another one on a tube in a cut in on a main lake bluff (got it on the fall and took off with it to the surface before I even realized I had it) and a tiny one under a dock near Big M. I did have one for sure miss pulling a tube down a bluff near Big M and it took off with it, but bent the hook out and came off. I was using braid and had pulled the hook off of a few trees prior so it was weak and had been bent back into place. 

Water temps were between 51 and 53, 53 being farther away from Beaver. We suck at finding fish and understanding electronics, but didn't seem to come across any schools to confidently drop spoons too. Couldn't even find bait for the most part, definitely not a large concentration.The main thing we saw on the graph were a lot of leaves and trees. We did get to see a group of 7 deer (does and fawns) bedded down on the bank under some trees trying to avoid the rain. That was probably the highlight of the day for me. 

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Thought i would bring this thread back up if anyone is still interested. I ordered a whole bunch of these heads and they are perfect for 3.3 and 3.8 size swimbaits, and they are priced decent. Thy are very sharp

 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/searchresults.html#search=products&searchtext=boxer&opt_page=1&opt_sort=alphaAtoZ&opt_perpage=20

[Royal Blue]

9 hours ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

Thought i would bring this thread back up if anyone is still interested. I ordered a whole bunch of these heads and they are perfect for 3.3 and 3.8 size swimbaits, and they are priced decent. Thy are very sharp

 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/searchresults.html#search=products&searchtext=boxer&opt_page=1&opt_sort=alphaAtoZ&opt_perpage=20

Do you like the keeper on them?  I usually feel like I have to use glue with that kind of keeper.  Maybe I should be using it all of the time anyway.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

I threw it for about 2 hours the other day and caught multiple fish and only had to slide the Keitech back up a couple times. Jury is still out on the keeper. I usually just glue keitchs from the start since they are so soft.  I did have a few bass just plow through the middle of my a-rig and those little sharp hooks hooked them in the belly or sides