Bigbait custom and Barramundi

Barramundi is a lot larger than black bass, but many Thai people use little bitty 2-inch lures to catch barra. Well, I think it depends on the fisheries where you fish. If the average size of barra is small, I’d definitely choose small baits. But the average is 5kg to 10kg, I’d select bigaits. The hard body swimbaits, that’s what I meant, such as Slide Swimmer 250, Spro BBZ-1 Swimbait 8”, Jerry Rago’s Walking Rat etc. I don’t mind the bait has a lip or lipless, glide style or cranking type, jointed or one big chunky jerkbait. I like it big because size matters.

Here is one question, the bigbaits produce more catches or what. I’d have to say, no, it doesn’t. Catching barra or bass on big ol’ baits is just fun. And likewise, I believe big fish bite on bigbaits. That’s why I cast the baits with some hope.

I still don’t know why, but I have tried many different bigbaits, but No.1 must be Slide Swimmer 175 (Deps). This is a killer lure.

I have tried many glide baits, but this one somehow works better than others in many cases. I especially like its silicon skin (soft shell plastic on the outside its body). Compared to Jointed Claw (Gan Craft), Slide Swimmer doesn’t go slide and turn around wider; this is much tighter. And it sinks a little faster than Jointed Claw.
This should be mentioned. Slide Swimmer 175 produces more bites in the steady retrieve. I may jerk a little bit when not producing bites. But I would retrieve it without any action when barramundi’s in the mood of feeling. When it’s not in the mood, I would change it to Jointed Claw which I can reel it slower, and it sinks slower.

It is a must item to go fishing for me, but this one heavy duty lure makes me tired casting and reeling if I do it all day.