those Shimmer Swimmer hooks are cool, I'm gonna get me some of dat
They are quite cool!
One thing... there are the standard Shimmer Swimmers and then there are the HD versions. I have used both and I like the standard version better. They're easier to rig, using the screw lock setup. The HD version requires you to punch a hole in the bottom of the swimbait head, so the eye of the hook can then protrude from the nose of the bait. That setup works, but the screw lock is definitely much easier and doesn't tear up the nose of the bait as badly.
can I argue with you curt??? I just want to say....people think like people bass don't think like people bass think like bass..your bait looks good to me and most people bassfisherman. but to a bass it looks like a easy meal .not a meal that it never seen..just a easy meal..bass are opportunist they will hit or eat anything that comes into the strike zone for that moment.....the saying from the pros use to be throw them something there never seen because there use to the regular baits we throw and wont hit them...well if that was the case they would never eat bluegill because they see them all the time? right ...as fisherman we all know that bluegill is the number one meal ticket on a basses mind for a meal...and all manufactures want there baits to look like what they see in there neighborhood...so I'm thinking your bait looks more like a school of minnows so you see to a bass its minnows...lets eat......just my thought......
heres something ..and I'm not trying to bunch holes in anything ..but a few yrs back I was bass fishing my lake and took the same bass on the same bait 3 different times within a 2 wk span.......the bass had a cut lip and a broken jaw from someone else hooking it...and I took that same bass within 100ft of the first time I hooked it....we as people think we think like fish ..we will buy a better looking bait that really isn't needed but we are programed to do so...and our manufactures know this...to compare baits megabass to strike king..one at the top and one at the bottom on looks but the guy on the bottom out sells the top guy because of pricing 10 to 1 ..I would bet...I use both baits and have a lot of both..just thinking its the sales pitch..going back to the never seen bait? I will read you article tonight....