Why do you keep doing this to me?

Man, wouldn't I love to.  But those craws look like they would be great for smallies, probably in the smaller sizes.

I'm seeing some trouble on the horizon........Have you seen the savage gear herring swim bait? Or the savage gear 3D crab which won soft bait of the year? Or how about the savage gear shrimp?

Of course I will need to get a small dedicated tackle box to house these baits. The Herring and the craw would likely be killer in canoe country.

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They claim the lure has a slight rocking action which is not unusual for a swim bait. In the salt water I would be using a loop knot and 30/40 fluorocarbon but in fresh water I would advise a large fas snap clip. The lure is 6" and therefore the hook is likely to be of fairly thick wire (even being premium black nickel) and consequently would not tie to light line well. Heavier line tied directly to the lure will impede the side to side or rocking motion which is what makes swim baits work so well. This is definitely a big fish lure and if I were fishing mono I would go with minimum 10lb test tied to a large fas snap using a gryp knot tied with a tie fast tool. If I were using wire I would go KF's method with the Knot to Kinky 25 lb titanium wire and a small snap. Can't wait to give these a go..........Now I just have to wait for the next credit card billing cycle 

Wading through the savage gear stuff and am happy with some stuff and not so happy with other choices......I like bigger lures and I could of done without a few packs of 2" crabs although it will be interesting to see what eats them. I would of also preferred the biggest shrimp size as the 4" model seems a bit lighter than I envisioned.......clear water finesse lure up close in the mangroves but I bet smallies would absolutely tear this lure up (check out the shrimp vids on Utube > TPE savage gear shrimp > definitely has that kicking "I'm alive/eat me" action)

So back to get the right size shrimp and I stumbled across the line through trout savage gear makes. I am so out of the loop anymore........I don't get "In fishermen" or "Florida Sportsman" and I watch very few Fishing shows. I was never much impressed with segmented body baits especially the plastic ones but these have reached a level which is impressive indeed.

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Click on the vid presentation or check out the numerous Utube vids get an idea of what all the fuss is about.

It will be interesting to see how this bait stands up to pike. I fished the 8" Eel in WCP and it was awesome.......for about 3 instant fish and then the tail got bit off. So it lasted about 10 minutes and cost me $12.

This bait might be totally different with the lure sliding away from the hook and having an internal mesh skeleton of sorts. Supposedly they tested it out at 20lbs of pressure before failure.

Anyways, the dang thing looks impressive. I guess I will be slowly forced into picking up a few of those as well. Its starting to get ugly. Rumor has it I might get to test drive this stuff in December, wish me luck.

Wally13 wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2014 at 5:12pm:


Cool looking stuff right?......... Don't forget you can make all your Savage Gear purchases through a link at MT Enterprises and you can feel good doing it because all profits go into research on how these lures perform.