Primus Posted February 22, 2014 Posted February 22, 2014 The River to Sea Live Eye Bottom Walker is often overlooked but is an excellent bait for slow rolling in deep water, I like the 150 size which run about 7$ for a 2 pack. The 3:16 lure company 6.5" Rising Son is another proven fish catcher. 1 Quote
Comfortably Numb Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 I am new to larger hard swims. I have a Triple trout 5" Stubby being custom painted, Black Dog G2 Shellcrack, two BD regular Shellcrackers, and three Bull Shads. All are top notch quality baits. I was using a River2Sea V joint minnow 110 deep diver today and caught a couple bass on it. Not really considered a large swimbait but it looks bigger than it is with a rather fat belly. Swimming action is great and it suspends at about 8'. I swam it real slow in the 42* water with plenty of pauses. Seem like a pretty well made bait too. Another guy fishing today caught a 5-6 on a rattle trap that had a 10" bass in its mouth. They are just starting to feed in Virginia with a couple warm days we had. Wonder how that Mattlures Bass would do? Quote
ClackerBuzz Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 what's the deal with Mattlures? virtually every Hard gill is out on their site, along with many others. restructuring? lawsuit? extended fishing vacation Quote
Super User J Francho Posted February 23, 2014 Super User Posted February 23, 2014 You'll probably have to get one on the used market. They turn up once in a while. Good luck! Quote
basshole8190 Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 what's the deal with Mattlures? virtually every Hard gill is out on their site, along with many others. restructuring? lawsuit? extended fishing vacation matt build up stock in between releases so he's probably making more as we speak. shoot him an email on his site. he's a really nice guy. should give you an answer pretty quickly. Quote
gripnrip Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 what's the deal with Mattlures? virtually every Hard gill is out on their site, along with many others. restructuring? lawsuit? extended fishing vacation It is the time of the year people get there fix on buying baits! Guys in the North are staring at the ice. They are doing their fishing by buying! If I was a betting man he's running low due to purchases lately. I was browsing his site earlier in the week and he had just about everything in stock. Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted February 23, 2014 Super User Posted February 23, 2014 Matt is such a nice guy when I ordered my first hard gill from him he included a soft gill no charge. Win win for me. Quote
bassbro420 Posted September 25, 2015 Posted September 25, 2015 Depends on what you think a big swimbait is? 8" to 12" swimbaits weighing 2 to 5 oz would fall into the big bait category. Very few quality hard swimmers are on the market under $50. You also need a rod/reel combo to cast the big swimmers. What type of tackle do you plan on using? Tom 2-5 oz are on the smaller side. big baits are anywhere from say 6-10+ oz Quote
Super User WRB Posted September 25, 2015 Super User Posted September 25, 2015 2-5 oz are on the smaller side. big baits are anywhere from say 6-10+ oz[/quot see post #7, the OP never followed up and the thread is now over 18 months old.Tom Quote
Mattlures Posted September 27, 2015 Posted September 27, 2015 what's the deal with Mattlures? virtually every Hard gill is out on their site, along with many others. restructuring? lawsuit? extended fishing vacation I know this thread is old but I just saw this. The reason most of my hard baits always seem to be sold out is this. It takes me a long time to make hard baits. I do them in batches of about 50-300. Usually when I finish a batch they sell out in a day or two with the exception of a few less desireable colors or sink rates. So If you miss a release then it seems like they are always out of stock. Quote
68camaro Posted September 27, 2015 Posted September 27, 2015 I know this thread is old but I just saw this. The reason most of my hard baits always seem to be sold out is this. It takes me a long time to make hard baits. I do them in batches of about 50-300. Usually when I finish a batch they sell out in a day or two with the exception of a few less desireable colors or sink rates. So If you miss a release then it seems like they are always out of stock. Matt,I do notice your Bluegill hardballs are out of stock, when will you be making new batch? 1 Quote
Super User Big Bait Fishing Posted September 27, 2015 Super User Posted September 27, 2015 Savage Gear Line Thru and 3D Real Trouts look quality. I've not fished them yet but I've got several now waiting. It's too cold out! they work ! practice on different retrieves and find some that work on your waters and they will get bit !!! Savage Gear offers some of the best baits for the money , throw in some Hudds to your swimbait box along with a couple of Savage Gear glide swimmers and your sure to catch some good quality fish !!! Quote
Primus Posted September 29, 2015 Posted September 29, 2015 Matt,I do notice your Bluegill hardballs are out of stock, when will you be making new batch? x2 , the world needs more Hardgills Quote
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