My Newest Toys from Optimum Baits – Part 1 | Rich Lindgren's Bass Fishing & Bassin' Blog

I snapped a few pics of my latest shipment of baits from Optimum.

This is the 7″ Optimum Original Series Swimbait in the package – Silver Shad.

Also here is the 7″ Optimum Original in a Shad Color. The Original Optimum is considered a middle of the road workhorse. This bait was built from the shorelines of Lake Casitas and Lake Castaic in Southern California. It didn’t take long for the rest of the world to realize its potency!

These swimbaits have the ability to cover a relatively wide spectrum of the water column, especially with a little practice and familiarizing yourself with how these baits fall. The Original Optimum swimbaits stand out as the best swimbait because they produce rapid, drastic changes in direction, and quick flaring when pulled off structure or cover.

Perfect for slow rolling off the bottom. We designed this bait with an option in the belly to attach stinger hooks. When fishing open water, adding an additional belly hook can increase your strike to hook up ratio.

6″ Optimum Titan Series Swimbait in the Silver Shad. When the swimbaits moved out towards the south, such as Texas, Florida, and Alabama, fisherman quickly realized their ability to catch fish. It didn’t take long for Professional fisherman to call up Optimum Baits Co and ask for a bait that they could throw into Weeds. The 5 & 6 Inch Titan was the creation of their requests. The same wide body profile and kicking power equipped with an Eagle claw brushguard so the bait can be thrown into cover for those hiding lunkers.

Deps Buzzjet is Blue Gill color in its package

Another shot of the Buzzjet out its package. Deps Buzzjet At 4 inches long and at a weight of 1oz the plug’s voluminous round profile appeals as an easy meal to lurking predators. The Buzzjet, designed to be fished as a wake bait, has many unique features that sets it apart from the rest. The shape of the lip is constructed so the tip portion faces straight down, thus pushing greater amounts of water outwards around the bait creating a more distinct surface wake. The weight transfer system features 4 stainless balls that are strategically placed in a chamber rolling both front to back and left to right. This provides for great casting ability, unique sounds, and also an irregular side to side action on the retrieve. To create even more water splash and raucous on the water there is an added prop that rotates in an offset noisy manner. The Buzzjet‘s ability to catch fish was soon realized by the Japanese anglers and in 2004 was voted as Japan’s number 1 hard plug by Japan’s Lure Magazine. I think this will be a killer bait in the spring, especially when the bluegills are spawning and bass are hanging around the bluegill beds.

All in all these will all be fun in a couple weeks when I get down there for the Amistad tourney. I just ordered my Mexican Fishing license online from Falcon Lake Tackle. Check back tomorrow for Part 2 and the rest of the goodies