No I don’t believe they are, I’ve had a pro angler 14 and I think the seat on those are much wider and taller than the Hobie outback vantage seat.

I’m no salt water angler expert, but the lots of the locals tell me you can’t go wrong using shrimp on a bottom rig works well for just about anything out there! I hope you and your son have a great fishing weekend!

Thanks bud!!!

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Thanks brother! I'm definitely enjoying fishing this one, what's your favorite from his lineup?

Dude that's awesome and thanks for checking out the video. I've been so busy I've just been compiling footage from trips and haven't had the time to put them all together. Glad you got a good one on the bull Shad and hopefully I'll run into you again one of these days!

thanks! Always surprises myself too. I've got a yak and just haven't had the quality fishing time to go latey. It's 5 mins away fromy house so I just go there now to take the fishing itch off when I can't go out for too long or setup gear before a trip.

@fishingwithmg Yeah, I feel ya. The last time I was able to take my boat out was in July. Unfortunately, I have to renew it now. It may be even longer since my titles are mailed from Columbia.

That was definitely you bro lol

Thanks man, it hurt lol. I went back there everyday and to this day I still look around for it just in case it’s rusted the hardware and it floated back up to shore. sometimes it just happens and luckily a few months later I managed to get on another drop this time a chad low float and managed to also get a legend too.

All you have to do is reverse and flip the spring that's screwed down and it will keep the kick stand out. Nothing major but hope that helps.

Wow that's crazy!!! And actually that has happened to me where bass would completely get the bait down its mouth and only the line scrapes those sharp sand paper like teeth during the fight and could have caused a kink or fraying on the line. I've broken off bass that way a few times on smaller line with conventional baits. Hard to say really now, but I'm definitely been more vigilant each time I hook up on a bass I check my line and knots, and retie when in doubt.

I got mine years ago from Dicks Sporting goods but maybe you can find it on Amazon or Ebay.

Thanks 🙏 one of my fav catches. I started throwing swimbaits a few years ago and was wondering if these big jerkbait would work just as well and damn this big rapala lure has been getting on em! Tight lines!

Hey man, I still do actually and have caught a few more on it since this video. During the warmer season it does tend to want tend to go down a bit more when you crank it down and work it faster, and a bit more on the opposite side when fished during the colder seasons. But with that said I did change up the hardware from stock splits and hooks to compensate for the water temp changes and how to make it go deeper or fishing it in shallower water. The best way I’ve been able to hook up was fishing it slightly faster rips and jerks then stopping it for a few seconds and then followed by slow and short stops. And repeat. They seem to always nail it on the tail end of the pause and when your just about ready to begin the action again. I hope that helps!

It's all good man, it happens! Was fortunate enough to get on the latest drop of the low float Smooth Chad and then a week later the bone Legend! Definitely more careful with these but still doing full sends on them these past few weeks! Glad the video of the action got you pulling the trigger on these bad boys!

You will not regret it!!! Great bait and more importantly Pat the bait maker is a straight shooter and will do his absolute best making these hand crafted swimbaits!

Honestly, with my experience it almost does a tunnel effect in that oxbow lake. Certain times though it will suppress and shield you from the wind depending on direction, but for the most part its more a wind tunnel effect especially around the bottlenecks.

For a pretty inexpensive bait, just pull the trigger and buy :) It's worth it, I've caught plenty with the 105F and 85 size over the past few years.

Thanks Gary!!! Much appreciated and man I'd take a lunch break like that every day if I could LOL! That is definitely one of the best looking baits I've owned and damn it looks good. The looks matches the action and it gets bit!

Oh man I’ve learned that lesson to always retie after a few good casts and when your spidy senses says retie don’t get lazy lol. What I learned from this is just let it go and move on, it happens, focus on the next and always learn from mistakes. I got fortunate enough to get another Smooth Chad on a KGB drop and this time it’s a floater! I’m sorry about your loss about the TK, that’s def a bummer!

It’s all good, just part of the swimbait game lol 😂 Got lucky enough to get another one but a floater a month later from another KGB drop!

Thanks! I believe this is one of his OG gill design from back when he first dropped them and it has the brush tail too. I bought it like new from someone that had it as a backup since he has several of them, bought this earlier this year possibly right before spring.