World's Most Expensive Glide Bait

[Glenn]

Yours for the low low price of $1147.99  Just 4 monthly payments!

 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/descpage-MDGBS.html?from=BASRES

[Michigander]

I'm so glad I am in no way tempted to buy that.

[GrumpyOlPhartte]

Hmmm.  No customer reviews yet.  Why could that be?

[Bluegillslayer]

Sorry, I don't fish for whales

[MN Fisher]

What would you use to launch that sucker - JATO?

[GreenPig]

NOPE! 

[Bluebasser86]

16 minutes ago, Bluegillslayer said:

Sorry, I don't fish for whales

A bass will hit that, no doubt. It's only a few inches longer than a Mother Chaser. The weight and casting it would be the biggest issue. A Chaser is 1.5lbs, that Manifold is 3.5. That's  getting into just being a trolling bait territory, although they make rods that could toss it, it's a matter of how long could a guy's shoulder and wrist stand up to fishing it. 

[Darth-Baiter]

I’d take red nail polish and paint Gill-lines on that sucker!  

[jbsoonerfan]

6 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

A bass will hit that, no doubt. It's only a few inches longer than a Mother Chaser. The weight and casting it would be the biggest issue. A Chaser is 1.5lbs, that Manifold is 3.5. That's  getting into just being a trolling bait territory, although they make rods that could toss it, it's a matter of how long could a guy's shoulder and wrist stand up to fishing it. 

That Manifold is 2lb 11oz by my math, but I'm not a math teacher. LOL

[Bluebasser86]

6 minutes ago, jbsoonerfan said:

That Manifold is 2lb 11oz by my math, but I'm not a math teacher. LOL

Good call, I'm not either and this working 10pm-10am stuff makes math hard. 

[BrianMDTX]

Too big for the Bait Monkey. That’s Bait Gorilla territory!

[CountryboyinDC]

7 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

That's  getting into just being a trolling bait territory, although they make rods that could toss it,

Just out of curiosity, I was looking for a rod for this just under 3 lb bait.  The heaviest swimbait rod I could find was the Roman Made Mother Chaser rod, which I think is rated for 1.5 lbs.  Surprisingly, even surf rods are not rated for anything close.  Those things are big and heavy, of course you're not doing a lot of retrieving, you just cast it out and leave it in the rod holder.  I want to see how they build rods for baits this big, and how they imagine people to actually fish them for any length of time.  I was imagining a contraption rigged up to an anchor mate or something, but this is piquing my curosity.

[Bubba 460]

NO WAY! You'll be hiring a diver to go get that  when you lose it.

 

Hey, you want to catch a really big bass for just $19.99? ~ buy yourself a  "Flippity Fish". Yes, I'm talking the flopping cat, fish toy you see advertised on TV. This thing would be a killer on big bass. All you got to do is rig a couple of hooks through it, ad a bladder so it floats then cast it out there and let it flop around ~ "WHAM"

 

 

 

[galyonj]

7 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

What would you use to launch that sucker - JATO?

 

You could maybe do it with a mortar tube and a sabot.

[Dens228]

What pound flouro would you use on that?

[Jaderose]

We've all drooled over a piece of gear that a buddy owns or we've seen on posts like the "Show Off Your Gear" thread or seen a piece of expensive equipment that we covet.  I, myself, would love to have a Diawa Morethan BC just because I want one.  Not because I need one.  But this?  This is absurd.  I'm not one to tell another person what to do with his money but I guarantee that if a buddy showed me this after buying it and told me the price, the first thing I would ask is "Are you an idiot?"  I cannot begin to understand what the justification for buying this would be.  At least lures like the Roman Made's look good.  This looks like something I would spend waaay too much time on during a weekend and then throw in the trash when I actually stepped back and looked at it.

[E-rude dude]

I’ve seen guys fishing homemade boats smaller than that?

[galyonj]

56 minutes ago, Dens228 said:

What pound flouro would you use on that?

 

All of the pounds.

[Choporoz]

22 minutes ago, Jaderose said:

 This looks like something I would spend waaay too much time on during a weekend and then throw in the trash when I actually stepped back and looked at it.

Exactly.   I've seen better stitching on coin purses at a cub scout meeting.

[Dens228]

20 minutes ago, galyonj said:

 

All of the pounds.

Haha, braid them all together to make an UltraSuperBraid!

 

[Tennessee Boy]

You would also need to buy the Plano Lure Safe and install it own your boat.  You don't want to store something that expensive in a regular tackle box.

[Michigander]

28 minutes ago, Dens228 said:

Haha, braid them all together to make an UltraSuperBraid!

 

Ultra Mega Braid? No... Is legend.

[HaydenS]

It looks like it has an ice skate "blade" on the front of it.  Is that the ultra reinforced line tie?

Also, how big are the hooks on this thing?

[Jaderose]

2 hours ago, HaydenS said:

It looks like it has an ice skate "blade" on the front of it.  Is that the ultra reinforced line tie?

Also, how big are the hooks on this thing?

I bet it doesn't come with hooks.  I could be wrong but I'm not kidding.

 

Ok...I actually looked it up and I AM wrong...."Packaged with four premium Japanese Ryugi treble hooks that provide lightning fast hook sets and the power needed to land trophy-caliber bass".

Of course TW does offer the opportunity to "Upgrade your hooks"  lol

[soflabasser]

People will most likely buy it just to say they own it.