Rigging Powerbait Gilly

[RealtreeByGod]

How do you get these things to run well? I got a pack of 90s and a pack of 110s yesterday, I fished with the 90 weightless side-rigged with a 3/0 Twistlok and it wanted to fall on it's side half of the time and not swim the other half. Added a 1/16oz bullet weight and the tail seemed like it kicked better but it still had the problem of falling over. I have a bunch of assorted EWGs from 1 - 4/0 and none of them seem like they fit well. I played around in the pool with a 90 nose-hooked on I think a 1/0 Octopus hook and it seemed somewhat better but still kinda wanted to tilt. I tried the 110 with a 3/0 Twistlok and 1/16oz weight which seem much better than the 90s but still not completely reliable. I'm really torn on weighing them too, weightless they're hard to keep down and almost sink TOO slow but falling over and fluttering down the way they do seems really deadly in the right spots. With the bullet weight, they go down nose-first but tail looks like it kicks really well at least. The 110's action overall seems better but it might be too big for pressured pond bass in the summer.

[Big Swimbait]

You may have already tried this, but there are 2 sets of lines on the side of the bait. If I don't follow the angles perfectly with the hook, it will not swim correctly. I also added half of a 1/16 oz nail weight straight up the belly. That seemed to help it keel better.

[BayouSlide]

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