earthworm77 Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 After gawking at Matt's swimbaits for months, I bought 4 today. I just love the detail and the testimonials speak for themselves. Moving to Florida in a month, hope the bass have a liking for them. Hey Matt, how about a golden shiner for me??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattlures Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 thanks Craig, I recommend getting some pros soft bait glue to make repair es as needed. It will extend the life of all soft swimbaits dramatically. As far as a golden shiner goes, that's on my list but there are about 5 other baits ahead of it. I have no idea when I will get to them because sometimes thing work out great and it only takes a couple months to perfect a bait and other times it can take me a year. When i finally do get around to making one I will send you a prototype to test. I know these are way expensive(about twice as much as mine) but Huddleston makes a great swimbait and he has a golden shiner color. They are 8in. I dint know how big the shiners grow down there but I have caught many a 3lb bass on 8in swimbaits. Fortunately most are bigger than 3lbs though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotton Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 The Ayu color looks kind of close to a golden shiner, (castaic also makes one, but I don't like their golden shiner color). Those baits don't mimic a shiner as well as I would like; I am going to make my own and concentrate strictly on golden shiner swimbaits. 'Course I aint gonna sell them (assuming they'd be worth selling; Matt if I made baits as good as yours look I don't think I could part with them! Along those lines, I am surprised that the shiner is down on your 'to do' list; what five species (that you haven't already put in production) could be better than a shiner (if this is confidential info, I understand) just curious... Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthworm77 Posted August 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Just wanted to stop in and let everyone know, I got the swimbaits super fast and they look even better in person than in the photos I've seen. Thanks again Matt. I will no doubt be ordering more of these!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
