What are your top 5 favorite big swimbaits and why?

[Big Bait Fishing]

28 minutes ago, 00 mod said:

I actually have an OG HPH. No pats though. Mine is kinda "Bass" pattern

Jeff

that bait is similar to my SBI Golden Shiner , except mine is better looking !! 

[00 mod]

35 minutes ago, Big Bait Fishing said:

that bait is similar to my SBI Golden Shiner , except mine is better looking !! 

You wish!

Jeff

[deaknh03]

1 hour ago, 00 mod said:

I actually have an OG HPH. No pats though. Mine is kinda "Bass" pattern

Jeff

How do you catch fish with tape on your hooks?

[Big Bait Fishing]

Just now, 00 mod said:

You wish!

Jeff

[deaknh03]

I heard a rumor that these work pretty good..but only in the northeast.

[Big Bait Fishing]

i'm suprised no one mentioned the Lunker Punker !!!

[00 mod]

25 minutes ago, deaknh03 said:

How do you catch fish with tape on your hooks?

Well that explains why I haven't caught anything on it.......

Jeff

[deaknh03]

6 minutes ago, 00 mod said:

Well that explains why I haven't caught anything on it.......

Jeff

Send it to me, I can fix it.

[soflabasser]

2 hours ago, 00 mod said:

I actually have an OG HPH. No pats though. Mine is kinda "Bass" pattern

Jeff

Nice looking swimbait .I might make myself one of these since it has a similar profile to some of our baitfish.

[WRB]

3 hours ago, Big Bait Fishing said:

i'm suprised no one mentioned the Lunker Punker !!!

Had the original wooden Lunker Punker listed and decided it was a surface lure and like other BD lures not currently available.

Tom

[Big Bait Fishing]

9 minutes ago, WRB said:

Had the original wooden Lunker Punker listed and decided it was a surface lure and like other BD lures not currently available.

Tom

i know a lot of people north of me use them for stripers , i'd rather use a slower wake bait . i must say that is in the top three of lures that can spool you on the cast !!

did blackdogbaits fold up shop ? 

EDIT : just looked and their website is up to date and they are still selling the wooden 8'' lunker punker http://store.blackdogbaits.com/product/8-wood-lunker-punker-custom

[Bluebasser86]

I have a Punker but have yet to catch a fish with it.

[Big Bait Fishing]

6 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I have a Punker but have yet to catch a fish with it.

in a blind bet , i would bet you'd catch a lot more fish on a Punker than a Slammer ! those Slammers have never inspired confidence in me hence why i can never see my self buying one , i do know people catch a lot of fish on them .

sometimes you just got to throw that bait a lot , i dug that SwimBaitsInc. Golden Shiner up and now that i look at it , i might just have to put some 1/0 ST41's on it and fish it in the next couple weeks !! Lake Wholford has a good golden shiner population .

[00 mod]

I am like Blue, never caught a fish on my punker. 

Jeff

[Big Bait Fishing]

1 minute ago, 00 mod said:

I am like Blue, never caught a fish on my punker. 

Jeff

must be a west coast bait !!  

don't know if you guys fish stripers , but most guys that do , that's a go to bait ..

[00 mod]

No stripers for me, but I want to!

Jeff

[WRB]

Black Dog was doing very good until deciding to go off shore and the quality didn't meet thier standards. Tackle Ware had back orders for over a year and finally gave up. The wooden Plunkers have a very different action than the molded plastic Punkers. The Wooden trout 8" Punker was a hot item 6 years ago when we had planted trout!

SDI 8" trout Pupfish was the hot surface lure for stripers.

I see the link has anyone tried to order anything?

Tom

[Master Bait'r]

Deps Silent Killer 145 and Bettencourt jointed rat for topwater

 

Gan Craft S song and Deps Slide Swimmer for mid column

 

Megabass Limberlamber extra fast sink for the deepness.  

 

Hudd guys will be outside my house with pitchforks and torches within the hour I'm sure, but never got into them as much as I like the concept of top hooks.  More of a finesse guy then a big bait guy though for sure.  

[gulfcaptain]

2 minutes ago, Master Bait'r said:

Deps Silent Killer 145 and Bettencourt jointed rat for topwater

 

Gan Craft S song and Deps Slide Swimmer for mid column

 

Megabass Limberlamber extra fast sink for the deepness.  

 

Hudd guys will be outside my house with pitchforks and torches within the hour I'm sure, but never got into them as much as I like the concept of top hooks.  More of a finesse guy then a big bait guy though for sure.  

No pitchforks and torches needed.....lol  But you have to admit, it's really hard to crawl a bottom treble hooked hard bait across the bottom of a lake at slow speeds which is what Hudds are ideal for where hard baits aren't the best choice.  But might follow you with a snorkel to retrieve all those hard baits when they get snagged up trying to fish the same bottom I can fish a Hudd.

[Master Bait'r]

21 minutes ago, gulfcaptain said:

No pitchforks and torches needed.....lol  But you have to admit, it's really hard to crawl a bottom treble hooked hard bait across the bottom of a lake at slow speeds which is what Hudds are ideal for where hard baits aren't the best choice.  But might follow you with a snorkel to retrieve all those hard baits when they get snagged up trying to fish the same bottom I can fish a Hudd.

 

Oh, absolutely.  I only throw bigger baits and trebles when I know it's a pretty clean bottom.  I try to throw top hooks when it's suited- I just can't seem to not catch everything (weeds) anyways. Maybe I just stink at them, I didn't mean to say they aren't good baits though...  Just not really for me up in MA.  As I said before I've moved more to the finesse side of things.  

[Bluebasser86]

5 hours ago, Big Bait Fishing said:

in a blind bet , i would bet you'd catch a lot more fish on a Punker than a Slammer ! those Slammers have never inspired confidence in me hence why i can never see my self buying one , i do know people catch a lot of fish on them .

sometimes you just got to throw that bait a lot , i dug that SwimBaitsInc. Golden Shiner up and now that i look at it , i might just have to put some 1/0 ST41's on it and fish it in the next couple weeks !! Lake Wholford has a good golden shiner population .

I've put a lot of hours and miles on a couple different Punkers and have yet to have a boil. My Slammer on the other hand, has lots of hours and miles and lots of fish to it's credit including some pretty solid fish for this area. Most of our lakes are pretty stained, so I think the slower moving Slammer is probably easier for the fish to find. They'll eat spooks though so I know they'll eat a Punker, just have to find the right fish in the right mood. 

[WRB]

This isn't an attempt to teach skilled swimbait anglers how to fish a Punker, that is up to you to figure out. What works for me is a faster retrieve similar to a 1' jerk bait action on the surface in lieu of a 4" walk the dog spook type retrieve.

Slammers are a more lazy swimmer similar to a rat, very different from surface lures, it's a wake bait.

Hudds are lazy swimmers at all depths and that is why they are so effective.

Glides are a combination of slow lazy with quick random movements. Whatever it takes to generate strikes!

Tom

[J Francho]

I've caught a few bass on Punkers.  It's mainly a northern pike bait for me, though.  In fact, they're in one of my pike bait boxes, lol.

[hatrix]

Gan Craft S-Song

OG Deps 250

Roman Made  Negotiator

MS Slammer

Triple Trout 

[Scarborough817]

Mike Buca Bull Shad

Hudd 68 weedless

Jackall Gantrael

Megabass I-slide 185

Mattlures U2 Gill