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| looking for a good swimbait to spend my money on. what is the best rubber swimbait out there for general use? quality, price, customer service, strikes, etc. Not looking for tubes. |
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Location: Appleton,WI | Sorry had to add mine but its kinda bia'sed cause its all i throw for rubber...and the last two weeks has been good for me with them in the weeds. |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | I like Shack Attack alot for alot of reasons and have alot of his baits. But I've also become a fan of Guide Dog Tackle. Good baits, good heavy clear coat like a Pro Dawg, great colors and I like the head profile. And they'll take a beating really well. And I just like the hooks he uses on his clear coat baits. Add to the quality of his baits his customer service and I'm a fan.
BTW, do have a few RubberHairys and SuperD's. Both also great baits all the way. |
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Location: Burlington, WI | I know this was talking about soft plastic swimbaits, but the a Mr. Incredible (now known as the Shadillac) is a hard bodied swimbait and is real nice bait. |
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| Another vote for Rubberhairy Tackle. Quality baits that catch fish. The action is killer. |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | superd . i like the way they fish. i like there walleye patterns. |
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| Was the Shadillac made under a different name? Mr. Incredible? |
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Location: Freedom, WI | Added my HardHead in the mix as it fits the category but is not all rubber. |
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Location: Oconto Falls, WI | HARDHEAD! Haven’t thrown a bulldawg since Roger came out with these. Durability is great being a part hard/part soft bait with a replaceable tail. Also because of the hard head portion the hooking percentage on this bait compared to other all rubber baits is far superior. If a fish eats it you will more than likely catch it. I couldn’t say that about the all rubber stuff.
The bait’s versatility is great as the tail is a screw on. Not only can you replace it when it is chewed up, but running the tail up or tail changes the action. Great rocking action with a slower drop with it up, and a straight swim and faster drop with tail down. Add some lead to the weight inserts in the bait and the bait can be fished anywhere.
Roger’s customer service is top notch! I haven’t been treated better by anyone else!
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| SuperDs all the way. By far the best quality for the best price. Had problems with other swimbaits in the past falling a part adn the lead coming out the head and really love the coil harness James has in his SuperDs. |
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| PRO DAWGS AND CURLY SUES!
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| suzi suker for pikes in netherlands |
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| HARDHEAD ABSOLUTELY! Ciscokid descibed it perfectly. Very versitle, work it like a traditional dawg or get a great swing and "hang" with a little more aggresive retrieve.
One of the best built baits on the market and top notch customer service by ROGER WATERS.
The Hardhead is responsible for the biggest fish in my boat the past 3 seasons up to 49.5" and a giant over 50" last season lost because of operater error (all Wisconsin fish).
Check them out at www.h2otackle.com you won't be disappointed. |
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| +1 SuperDs!!!! |
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Location: musky waters , WI | vote for Hardhead. Bought a couple a few days ago fished one for about half hour and got a fish on it. Awsome bait |
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| Big vote for James at TI. Never have I seen a muskie lure company give so much to kids and Veterans charities. Hats off to James and his giving as well as the quality of his products, customer service and prices. Keep it up James.
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Location: Land of the Musky | Even though they are disposable I have had luck with the Storm swimbaits in the past.
PS-Thanks Terry! Means a lot to me. |
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| I like a lot of baits listed in this category, but when I think swimbait I think of the paddletail type or the s-shaped swimbaits and I never go long without throwing a huddleston swimbait. You can slow roll it or burn it and the action is always vertical and tight, unless you give it a rip during the retrieve and it turns on its side quickly before righting itself, which is an added bonus. I get tons of follows and lots of figure eight fish on it. I like some of the similar type swimbaits, but they are missing the foam in the head that keeps it running vertical in the water and when you give it slack it falls in a 45 degree angle rather than going head down. Great lure. For the s-type swimbait, the swimmin cisco is an awesome lure too. |
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Location: Oregon, WI | Added "Rubber Dubber", didn't see that there was already "Rubber Duber". MY BAD |
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| Shack Attack is the only choice, high quality and made in America!
once you use Shack Attack, there's no going back  |
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Location: Waconia, MN | I love my Super D's! |
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Location: Downers Grove, IL | I'm becoming a big fan of the super d's. Very durable baits that have put a ton of fish in the boat for me. |
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| Just got my SuperD order form Tackle Industries and can not be happier with them. Figured for less money I might get less but looks like in this case I got my money's worth plus a little more! Great colors too. Pictures on the website do not do these lures justice. Got a free lure too with my order. |
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| THE KICKEN MINNOW NEEDS TO BE ON THE LIST. BEST $7.00 LURE YOU CAN BUY |
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| There are a lot of great baits in this list, but I'd have to go with the one that has been good to me the most recently. The Twisted Tullibee from RubberHairy Tackle put a 48" in my net and a friend fishing in Canada just missed a 40 lb class fish on one that rolled on him at the boat. Easy bait to glide over the tops of weeds as it's a bit lighter than most and has an extended glide.
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Location: Land of the Musky | Kyle made me hold one of those Twisted Tullibee at the 09 MN Musky Expo and I must say they were very nice baits! Loved the colors they had for the lures too. Very nicely done. |
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| I would say to try the PK Extreme Action Swimbait. They have ridges along the body to give off extra vibration, a split tail, glow powder in the plastic and they come in 6" sizes. They work well for tiger muskies. |
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Location: Michigan | I think each bait has its time and place, but if I had to pick one it would be a SuperD. Great hopping action, great durability with the rubber and the internal harness, great price, and great customer service. A lot of great baits on the list but my vote goes to the SuperD. |
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| Boatside bruiser - 6/20/2010 1:49 PM
THE KICKEN MINNOW NEEDS TO BE ON THE LIST. BEST $7.00 LURE YOU CAN BUY
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Location: Denmark | Super D's, BullDawgs, Sue's,,,, they all catch awful lotta fish!
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Location: Land of the Musky | Just curious, what is a "Mr. Incredible"? Anyone have a picture?
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| Love the SuperDs this year! Just got back from Canada and got over 20 musky and pike boated on one SuperD (Regular #4 Gold Walleye) and its still good to fish. Got to say these are some of the most durable swimbaits I have ever fished. Can't wait for your tubes to come out Tackle Industries! What sizes will you have in the Tubes and when?
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Location: Land of the Musky | John,
My 14" Tubby Tubes will be ready to go in 6 weeks. 21 tasty colors to start with and if they go well I will take it up to 42 colors. In 2011 I will have a 10" model (Tubby Jr) as well. Cool thing about them is they have an adjustable weight harness in them. They have two weight areas and both are shaped like an iron cross. You can clip off weight to make them more shallow and glide more balanced or nose or tail down. They also have a nose treble hook. Not so far up that it will tag on your leader but up far enough to get those nose strikes hooked up. The twin reaper tails also screw on and off so you can mix and match tail colors OR you can just remove the tails and the trailer hook and have a shorter tube. All tempered stainless steel rings on these too so you will not have to change out hooks and rings. Last tid bit about these is that 100% of the profits from the 14" and 10" will all be donated to USA Veterans and Children's charities. Bass Pro has already put orders in for both sizes so if you are close to a store you will see them soon. I am sure a lot of other retailers will pick them up.
Thanks
James
PS-Time to let a few pictures out. Here are my color prototypes and a picture of the harness out of a Tubby Tube next to a see through Tubby Tube.
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Location: beloit | those are some good looking tubes!! I might haqve to get some. |
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| SWEET looking tubes and nice modifications to the current designs out there. Can not wait to get a pile of those. When will they be out?
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Location: Hudson, WI | Nice looking tubes! I will definitely try those out |
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Location: Oregon | I find it odd how so many lures fall into the category of "swimbaits". Consider the difference between a bulldawg and a hard swimbait like a BBZ.........they are nothing alike and yet both called swimbaits. It's weird.
Here is one I have been building on a limited basis.
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Location: VA | September 2010 for the tubes, per the web site. I'll definitely try a color or 3 Love the rigging!
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| james good job |
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| James,
If you make your tubes as good as you make your SuperDs and price them as well as you have all of your other tackle these will be a huge hit. Keep up the good work! I only live in Des Moines so I will have to try and make it down to your place once you have them ready and pick up some tackle. email sent for you introducing myself. I will need one of those new telescopic rods too. What a concept you have, quality, low prices and customer service!!! Many in the tackle world do a great job but I think a few others in the tackle industry need to watch and learn Keep it up and you will keep getting my musky money!!!
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Location: Land of the Musky | Thanks guys! Tubes should be ready to ship in late September I hope. Had an issue with packaging materials and a mold but that is fixed now. Also had an issue with the cable breaking with only 100lbs on it. Now its tested to 200lbs+ in weight and it does not break. For that harness, you can also use a drill to take pilot holes out of the lead to shed weight off of it. Tried that over the weekend and it was real easy to fine tune the center of gravity and also get the lure to act as you want it to. Have another idea for an actual weight system for a harness but the tooling is complicated but once it is made it would be real nice. Just need to figure out how to tool it and manufacture it correctly. Can't wait to see how these perform in the fall for some big musky and pike!!
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| James,
How's the schedule looking on the Tubbys? I'm a bit anxious to try one out.
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Location: Land of the Musky | Should be about 10 days. |
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| Helidawg!
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| Another vote for SuperDs. Also got a few of the new double tailed Twisted Tullibee and those are nice too.
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