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briguy388 · Post by **briguy388** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:25 am

I kept missing fish on this bait and I just seen this last night. http://fishskinforum.forumotion.com/bas ... ts-t32.htm I think this would get the swipeing fish more easy, its not weedless, but I'm fishing rock banks for spots mostly and big ones I've seen have grabbed where this hook is . what do you guys think ?

Hipster · Post by **Hipster** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:48 am

I like it

mac (Doyle McEwen) · Post by **mac (Doyle McEwen)** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:51 am

Interesting and appears easy to do..

mac

The Lone Angler · Post by **The Lone Angler** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:54 am

Man, that looks killer. Seems very similar to the osprey. I wondered as well about slashers that would not get stuck by a single hook. My guess is that it will put more fish in the boat.

Phil

gt5bass · Post by **gt5bass** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:57 am

Well, there goes another little "secret" out of the bag

G

Chaozu · Post by **Chaozu** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:15 am

You can do the same thing with bullet weights.

briguy388 · Post by **briguy388** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:37 am

I emailed the dude from the forum and he said there is another couple different rigs he is going to show in the next week and some custom soft swimbaits, he's going to sell there. They are new and I like to get as much info as I can fish-skin.com I guess they just opened up. They areow, but I guess they have some good guys helping them out check, them out .

Long Nguyen · Post by **Long Nguyen** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:07 am

Bladerunner Tackle (Rick Tietz) will have a new hooking system released for the hollow body swimbaits very soon...the pro staffers have prototypes from the sport shows.

I've seen them and one word describes them...AWESOME.

briguy388 · Post by **briguy388** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:31 am

I'd like to check them out

MIKE TREMONT · Post by **MIKE TREMONT** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:57 pm

Just like the Ospreys and Water Strikers DD. That will work well in open water for sure, but won't help much in the thick stuff.

g-man · Post by **g-man** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:00 pm

MIKE TREMONT wrote:Just like the Ospreys and Water Strikers DD. That will work well in open water for sure, but won't help much in the thick stuff.

agreed, but in open water you hook up ratio will get better!

MIKE TREMONT · Post by **MIKE TREMONT** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:06 pm

Like out at Folsom?

Not to much thick stuff to worry about there, just those darn boulders they can't seem to mark!

ugly stick · Post by **ugly stick** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:25 pm

Thats the way i rig paddletails my hookup ratio is way better than the single hook.

Josh St.John · Post by **Josh St.John** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:54 pm

Here's 10 more ways to rig a Basstrix http://wiredangler.typepad.com/wiredang ... o-rig.html

supermat · Post by **supermat** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:20 am

I saw that new rig that Rick Tietz is going to put out over the weekend at the Fred Hall Show. I haven't had the pleasure to fish one but that's just details, its one of those things where you just look at it and laugh because you know its going to slay them! When Rick finally drops his harness on the market the way these baits are being rigged is going to CHANGE and everyone's hook up ratios are going to go through the roof!

mac (Doyle McEwen) · Post by **mac (Doyle McEwen)** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:20 am

I don't know if a different rig will help my catching ability or not, so far I have yet to get a single strike, let alone a fish, on the bastrix or similar baits..Everyone makes it sound as though all you need to do is get them in the water and they will catch fish..That has not been the case for me, at least not so far..

mac

Quantum_Kid · Post by **Quantum_Kid** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:10 pm

Here is another way to rig it. I used a Money Minnow, but you could do it with any paddletail. <img src="/shared/photos/photoother/resized/563_resized.jpg">
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One hook point comes out the top, and the other two come out the sides.

It swims well, only rolling at high speeds, but I can just add more weight to solve that.

Scott