Well since I only brought swimbaits to the party I grabbed that Deps Realiser in Perch.. First couple of casts I nail this horse of a pickerel, they would crush it using any retrieve.. This bait feels like a big crank bait on the end of your rod, what I really liked about this bait was although it was a floater the ascend was very slow. I started working it like a big jerk bait and the bass would pound it on the pause.. I would say at least 10 times I would have bass follow it to the boat, sometimes multiple fish..
I then tried the Huddleston shad, banged a LMB right off the bat and then had a pickerel bite it off.. They would just slam in and dink your line would get cut..
I tied on the mission fish 5" in black, had a few pick ups when bouncing off the bottom and as I was reeling it in to take another cast a pickerel bit it in half.. Tied on another one and bang I felt the hit and I knew it was a pickerel.. The bait came back with some massive teeth slashes.. I glued it back together and put it away.. These guys were loosing tubes left and right to the gators so I didn't want to add another mission fish to mix..
I fished the Gan Craft OSA 80 hoping to get a few smallies to come up.. (We didn't see any smallies till the last hour of fishing, when we saw a smallie busting bait..) I like the baits action, tight little wobble. The bait runs just under the surface.. I look forward to getting the OSA 115.. You can't burn this bait as it will turn on its side.
I took a few casts with the S-Song 115.. Great looking bait, however I was not impressed with the action.. It kind of flopped side to side (which is the stated action) it reminded me of a bait that is fouled.. Maybe it was just me or that I didn't give it a chance but that bait was quickly put away..
I took out the Lunker Punker Jr... Man I like this bait.. The wake it throws off and the huge glide.. I casted on the edge of some pads and as I pulled the bait off a pad it skipped and as soon as it stopped bang a fish blow up clearly behind the bait, then a few hours later I pulled the bait back out when my buddy started banging smallies on a Sammy.. I was working the bait with a few good glides and let it sit.. Bang a fish blows up and quickly pops off.. I then casted right behind my buddy as he picked up a nice smallie on the Sammy.. I got about two glides and bang fish on.. granted he was small it was an awesome blow up and fun to catch with this bait..
Although I was out fished 4 to 1 I still had a blast catching these fish on the swimbaits and had dreams last night about doing it again..
The fall bite is only a couple weeks away... And I hope to get on the water as much as possible...
here is some pics..
