LC Real California and Mattlures Baby Bass test... Amazing!

[LCpointerKILLA]

Went out on the golf course today, to try out these two new lures. I was not expecting too much, because this is the most pressured pond that I have ever fished. Lately it has been terrible. Apparently, up sizing, but not too much, really helped. These two lures are great.

The LC Real California was great. This was the second time I used it, but the first time was for less than an hour. Patience is the key because all of my strikes came off of using it as a wake-bait at the slowest retrieve possible. They were all alright size. I'm guessing the smallest was 3.5 pounds, and the largest, 5. The 5 pounder is the one laying next to my rod. She had a lot of length. All the fish were either foul hooked outside the mouth, or hooked in the corner of the mouth.

The Mattlures Baby bass actually drew the most strikes (somewhere around 8), but I only landed one of them. The one I landed was strangely hooked on the bottom lip. I was setting the hook way too fast in the beginning. The one I landed, I waited a couple seconds, setting the hook as if I was fishing a 10 inch worm.

I like both of these lures a lot. They proved to me that the golf course pond is  still a good habitat. Unfortunately, no 6+ pounders.

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

Way to go! and nice fish man. Been thinking along the same lines for some of the small lakes and ponds that I have beat down really bad.

[bj64m]

Nice catch man! Where can pick those lures up at and they are called mattlures?

[LCpointerKILLA]

Nice catch man! Where can pick those lures up at and they are called mattlures?

The clear/silver jointed hardbait is a Luckycraft Real California. You should be able to find these at Bass Pro Shops or a tackle store that carries Luckycraft.

The Baby Bass pattern soft swimbait is a Mattlures Baby Bass. You can buy these online. I bought mine from Tackle Warehouse, but if you google search it you should find a lot of sites that sell his stuff. Matt  posts on this site pretty often. He is a true California hawg hunter

[Jake.]

Great Fish!  

I have been thinking about picking up one of those Real Californias.   :-/

[.dsaavedra.]

great job man. those are some awesome fish. last one looks large.

how much are those real california's?

[LCpointerKILLA]

great job man. those are some awesome fish. last one looks large.

how much are those real california's?

30 bills

[Tin]

Awsome, cant wait to break in my Mattlures, only 3 more months  :

[Jimzee]

I hear ya on the fish catching.  Good job!  Lots of people like myself like seeing those pictures to keep our sanity during winter.  How do you like that Advantage Supertuned?  

[LCpointerKILLA]

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I hear ya on the fish catching.  Good job!  Lots of people like myself like seeing those pictures to keep our sanity during winter.  How do you like that Advantage Supertuned?  

Its great for the price. Still second to my revo stx.

 

**Fishing Tip**

Get you some oil based fish attractant and keep that Mattlures greased down good.  It will help your hookups.

[Mattlures]

Ok first picture this. Your holding the baby bass tightly and I set the hook upwards and hard. What will happen? Not much, your arm will jerk a little but the hook wont stick and then you open your hand and the bait flys out. Now Imagine the bait has vasaline smeared over it and you holding it. Instead of my seting upwards I have the rod pointed towards you and I start reeling fast and swing hard to the side. Now what do think would happen. You would be in the emergency room with a swimbait hook burried into your hand.  All "rubber" swimbaits should be lubed. Bass have strong jaws and little teath that can give them a realy good grip on a big hunk of rubber. The lube will make the bait slip and the hook will stick. Also because the bait is slipping its not tearing so they last longer. The hook set I described is better named a reel set because as soon as you feel the bite you need to start reeling fast and swing hard to the side and continue reeling. Actualy you never stop reeling. Any big bait, is prone to be thrown when the fish jumps. The bigger baits just give the fish too much leverage so when you feel the fish rising, reel even harder and swing the rod sideways again just before the fish breaks the surface. if you can do this, it will open the fishes mouth like a parachute as long as you keep presure the fish cant gain control.

Thats why we use heavy line and heavy gear so we can control the fish.

That Luck craft bait you have is a decent bait. I have one and I have played with it some and it looks good. I will stear you away from the LC premium though. I was at a big show throwing baits in the seminar tank and the LC rep gave me a premium to try. I realy tried to make the bait look good but it hade terible action.The sad thing was the rep was happy and he thought the bait looked great but the audience was full of big named trophy hunters and they all had the same opinion as I

did.

BTW I am glad you like the bait and thanks for posting!!

[BiggerWorm]

Thanks for sharing your results in using the swim baits.  Many, like myself, have probably bought some and are chewing at the bit to get out and try them. 

[LCpointerKILLA]

Ok first picture this. Your holding the baby bass tightly and I set the hook upwards and hard. What will happen? Not much, your arm will jerk a little but the hook wont stick and then you open your hand and the bait flys out. Now Imagine the bait has vasaline smeared over it and you holding it. Instead of my seting upwards I have the rod pointed towards you and I start reeling fast and swing hard to the side. Now what do think would happen. You would be in the emergency room with a swimbait hook burried into your hand.  All "rubber" swimbaits should be lubed. Bass have strong jaws and little teath that can give them a realy good grip on a big hunk of rubber. The lube will make the bait slip and the hook will stick. Also because the bait is slipping its not tearing so they last longer. The hook set I described is better named a reel set because as soon as you feel the bite you need to start reeling fast and swing hard to the side and continue reeling. Actualy you never stop reeling. Any big bait, is prone to be thrown when the fish jumps. The bigger baits just give the fish too much leverage so when you feel the fish rising, reel even harder and swing the rod sideways again just before the fish breaks the surface. if you can do this, it will open the fishes mouth like a parachute as long as you keep presure the fish cant gain control.

Thats why we use heavy line and heavy gear so we can control the fish.

That Luck craft bait you have is a decent bait. I have one and I have played with it some and it looks good. I will stear you away from the LC premium though. I was at a big show throwing baits in the seminar tank and the LC rep gave me a premium to try. I realy tried to make the bait look good but it hade terible action.The sad thing was the rep was happy and he thought the bait looked great but the audience was full of big named trophy hunters and they all had the same opinion as I

did.

BTW I am glad you like the bait and thanks for posting!!

Thanks, putting oil based fish attractant to make it really lubed is a great idea, I would not have ever thought of that. Like I said, You're baby bass got more hits, but now I know how to prepare the bait to set the hook properly.