another nice swimbait fish

[paul.]

here's little em admiring another nice fish that daddy caught on the swimbait this evening.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Nice one Paul.

Seems that the Catch 22 is holding up so far.

When does Em get her first swimbait stick?  

[roadwarrior]

I guess all the big bass aren't gone after all!

Nice fish, great pic!

[paul.]

thanks. not sure if she'd even want a swimbait stick buddy - now or ever. she's doing so well with a little rapala and a spinning rod, i'm not sure she'll EVER wanna put that down.  she caught 2 nice little bass on that before i got this fish. i had to catch this one just to stop all of her trash talk. ;D

as far as the catch 22 goes, i've been real happy with its action and production. there seems to be a few little tricks to getting the most out of it, but these are really intuitive if you just pay atttention to what the bass are trying to tell ya.

as far as the durability goes, well y'all know i'm a braid guy and braid is hard on baits - especially soft ones. i had a couple of catch 22's. one is already shot. the soft plastic started peeling away from the hard plastic core on the nose of the bait the first trip. > now, this one is starting to do the same thing. i'm sure mono or flouro would extend bait life, but i'm not sure that catching 22 fish is a realistic expectaition. i suspect they'll be re-naming this bait the "catch 10 if you're lucky" real soon. even if you were able to keep the bait together for 22 fish, it would look so ugly and beat up you'd probably wanna stop throwing it after half of that.

like i said, i've been real happy with the action and results, and the bait is very reasonably priced (for a swimbait). but don't buy this bait thinking it's gonna be indestructible. you'll find out real quick that it ain't. ;D

[Dan:]

Aren't you supposed to be able to send it back for a refund if it doesn't catch at least 22 fish?

[christopherjake]

Very nice indeed.  How heavy was she?  

[MattinOK]

Very nice indeed. How heavy was she?

She looks about 30-40lbs to me... Oh, you meant the fish...

Great fish! I may have to try out swimbaits one of these days. Bet she had a great time!  ;D

[paul.]

thanks guys.  yeah, you can send the bait back for a replacement if it stops swimming properly before it catches 22 fish - hence the clever name.

honestly, i didn't weigh the fish.  it's hot and and i wanted to get her back in the water asap and i'd rather get a pic than a weight.  sorry.  

as far as little em's weight - 56 lbs.  57 after supper. ;D

if you haven't tried the big baits yet, this might be a decent one to start off with.  after all the guarantee will minimize any monetary loss if the bait starts to fall apart on ya.  as for me, i think i'm finally gonna break down and try a hud.  but i'll be spooling on some mono first i think.  there's no guarantee with that one. ;D