Super Confidence In A Bait Youve Never Thrown

[airborne_angler]

I purchased a couple of Bomber Square A's at BPS a few years ago. They are both Chartreuse with black backs,but there are 2 sizes. I have the smaller of the 2 sizes tied on currently. I havent been on the water yet this year,and I havent ever thrown this bait,but I just feel it in my bones its gonna produce,even if they are dinks,I just feel im gonna get bit.

Anyone have a similar feeling about a bait theyve never even thrown?

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

The Fat Ika bought 2 packs havent used them yet but sure they will work.

[WookieeJedi]

You never can tell, a few years ago I bought a BPS deep-diving crankbait, and caught 2 3lb fish on the first cast. I never caught 2 fish simultaneously on a crankbait before or since. Those crankbaits have continued to produce, and they are some of my favorite deep-divers.

[NCbassmaster4Life]

When I usually fish a bait i've never thrown I go with my gut feeling.

[Crestliner2008]

The Fat Ika bought 2 packs havent used them yet but sure they will work.

Get 'em wet pronto! They work great. Heavy enough to give you feeling of a jig, yet light enough to work through the nastiest of laydowns. And when the bass takes it (notice I didn't say "if" a bass takes it!), it will not let go.

[roadwarrior]

Get 'em wet pronto! They work great. Heavy enough to give you feeling of a jig, yet light enough to work through the nastiest of laydowns. And when the bass takes it (notice I didn't say "if" a bass takes it!), it will not let go.

X2

Responding to the OP, the Keitech Swing Impact Fat.

[flippin and pitchin]

Yo-Zuri Drum. Looked at it and just knew it was going to catch smallies. Yep, it did.

[grimlin]

Quite confidence in the rage tail grub I haven't use just yet. Got another month to go yet for bass season to open up.

[North Ga Hillbilly]

I was stoked about the 8" hudd, even tho I was about 15 hours into a dry spell that was making it hard to hold on to hope, then in hour 16 I got that thump and got my PB. I think proven baits can give you that glimmer of hope that keep you fishing, and influince those 10 hour days on the water.

NGaHB

[Mattlures]

Way to stick with it North Ga Hillbilly

I like the big Rage worm. I think its the Anaconda. I knew if I threw it at night it would get bit and It did and I was not suprissed.

[cajun_flipper]

I bought one of Mattlures bluegills a few years back. It was my first quality swimbait. I took it to Belton Lake and bounced it around on the bottom. I felt a strike and hung into something that was big enough to swing an 18ft boat around then break HEAVY line. Probably a huge flat head catfish if I had to guess. I knew I was going to get bit...didn't know it would get murdered like that.

If I start fishing big fish waters again, I WILL buy more of those bluegills.

[Crestliner2008]

I was stoked about the 8" hudd, even tho I was about 15 hours into a dry spell that was making it hard to hold on to hope, then in hour 16 I got that thump and got my PB. I think proven baits can give you that glimmer of hope that keep you fishing, and influince those 10 hour days on the water.

NGaHB

Great lure, no doubt, but I just can't get psyched up about casting anything, all that time. without some action! I have several Hudds and occasionally toss them, but I'd never be able to do it for that long a time. Congratulations on your PB! I'd say you earned it!

[BASSclary]

Anything Okeechobee Craw, Blue Craw, Baby Bass, or some type of realistic shad variation.

[clayton86]

I get that feelin everytime I buy a new ragetail bait.

[Catt]

When I received my first pack of Rage Tail prototypes from Steve my first thought was death in a bag.

[Crestliner2008]

Just to let you know how much confidence I really do have in the Fat Ika, here's the results of an hour and a half of fishing from shore this morning:

Got so excited, I locked my keys in the trunk when trying to retrieve the camera! LOL! Here's a shot before I released her back. She bolted strong. She really wasn't out of the water all that long, as the car is 25' from where I was fishing.

Nothing else to say.

[North Ga Hillbilly]

Great lure, no doubt, but I just can't get psyched up about casting anything, all that time. without some action! I have several Hudds and occasionally toss them, but I'd never be able to do it for that long a time. Congratulations on your PB! I'd say you earned it!

It takes a real diffrent mindset, thats for sure. Took me a long time to get into it. Payed off again this weekend tho, at times it is worth the wait. But I have to admit, I regularly go to my closest pond and use the ultralite to relieve some stress and actually remember what a fish looks like!

NGaHB

[Clash City Rocker]

I've got a couple I've never thrown because I don't have confidence in them

[esoxangler]

Just picked up my first jerkbait - 78SP in Ghost Minnow. Never have thrown a jerkbait for bass in my life. Call me crazy, but I have a lot of confidence in this bait, simply from all the positive posts about them on this forum.