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Old 04-14-07, 07:37 AM   #1
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Boy have they gotten popular after last weeks show can some one help me I want to buy some storms but not sure how to rig them or fish they. Are they weighted? Do you count them down and slow role eraticly? Drop shot? can anyone help me I think they will be a great bait .
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Old 04-14-07, 08:40 AM   #2
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They are already rigged.. just tie one on and chunk it. Bounce it off the bottom, jerk it in, crank it in whatever you want to do.
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Old 04-14-07, 10:42 AM   #3
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The Storms are already weighted.

Here's what I use for the different sizes of swim baits that Storm offers. Spinning setups with 8 to 12 lb. line make it easy to launch the 3" paddle tail and curly tail swimbaits that Storm offers. Those also work really well when you use a bobber during times that the fish are less active. But you're probably talking about the bigger swimbaits that storm offers, like 5" and up, right? A 6 1/2 or 7 foot medium/rod rigged with 12 lb. line for a deeper presentation and 15 lb. for a shallower presentation.

You can fish these things any way you want though. Most of the time a slow and steady retrieve works well with the Storms. Work a few twitches of the rod tip in there or work the rod like you would with a fluke, lots of short twitches and pauses. Stop and go is pretty effective too. When you're using the bigger line sometimes it's better to count the bait down since they seem to want to stay higher in the water column than the smaller, more streamlined 3" version.
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Old 04-14-07, 10:57 AM   #4
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Last year I got some swim baits from this place. http://www.huddlestondeluxe.com/homepage.html

They were really heavy and I needed to get a new rod to fish with them. I never caught anything with them but I didn't use them very much either. Every time I tried to use them, my father-in-law couldn't stop laughing at me becasue they were so huge.

The Huddlebug's that are on that site, the pre-rigged ones, did really well for me.

If I had my own boat I'd have fished the swim baits more. But when you are getting laughed at for two hours and haven't got a bite yet, I was ready to go back to a plastic worm.
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Old 04-15-07, 08:52 AM   #5
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Actualy I curently have 3 " but am going to see what they do before expanding to larger.
I can see them replaceing a crankbait in alot of conditions
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The Larger swimbaits usually are fished for bigger bass, such as 10+ lbs.. the 3" are perfectly fine for 2-4 pounders, thats what you usually get on them.
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Old 04-16-07, 10:08 AM   #7
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Last year I got some swim baits from this place. http://www.huddlestondeluxe.com/homepage.html

They were really heavy and I needed to get a new rod to fish with them. I never caught anything with them but I didn't use them very much either. Every time I tried to use them, my father-in-law couldn't stop laughing at me becasue they were so huge.

The Huddlebug's that are on that site, the pre-rigged ones, did really well for me.

If I had my own boat I'd have fished the swim baits more. But when you are getting laughed at for two hours and haven't got a bite yet, I was ready to go back to a plastic worm.

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You should keep throwing that Hudd. When you do eventually get bit on it( I assure you it will happen if you keep at it), you will be the one who is laughung.
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Old 04-16-07, 02:45 PM   #8
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The Larger swimbaits usually are fished for bigger bass, such as 10+ lbs.. the 3" are perfectly fine for 2-4 pounders, thats what you usually get on them.
I have some of the 2&3 inch swimbaits and agree with Tex - I've had some good luck in the 2-3 pound range and they are fun to fish. lots of different ways to present them.
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Old 04-16-07, 04:29 PM   #9
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Last year I got some swim baits from this place. http://www.huddlestondeluxe.com/homepage.html

They were really heavy and I needed to get a new rod to fish with them. I never caught anything with them but I didn't use them very much either. Every time I tried to use them, my father-in-law couldn't stop laughing at me becasue they were so huge.

The Huddlebug's that are on that site, the pre-rigged ones, did really well for me.

If I had my own boat I'd have fished the swim baits more. But when you are getting laughed at for two hours and haven't got a bite yet, I was ready to go back to a plastic worm.
And let them laugh. Because when you do get bit on it, that one fish will beat the Chit out everyone else's 5!!!! Trust me I thought the same thing, then I fished with Bill Siemantel in California and hooked a 16lber, I was a believer from then on!!! Big key to the Hud is how fast you work it. Recommended to be used with a 6:3:1 reel, count 1:1000 up to 3:1000 that should one full turn of the reel and keep that pace up. You just want to reel it fast enough so you feel that tail going wup, wup, wup back and forth and no faster!! Every once in a while during the cast about 2 or 3 time, rip the rod as hard as you can either left or right or up, this will cause the bait to do a directional change then kill it for the count of 3, that can trigger any fish that might be following the bait!!!
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also if you think a fish is following it, speed it up for about the last 15 feet and anything chasing it will probably bite.
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also if you think a fish is following it, speed it up for about the last 15 feet and anything chasing it will probably bite.

Most of the time just speeding it up won't trigger a strike, they are following it waiting for it to do something different not just swim away they have not committed to the bait yet. By doing a directional change, the bass thinks it surprise has been given away and then they will eat it before it get away.

Now if you do get a follow on a swimbait, don't cast right back where that fish came from.....she's no longer there, you have repositioned her, so you need to resposition your cast to adjust for it!!!
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