Shortly after iCast 2010 in Las Vegas, pro staffers Ryo Shinotsuka from Japan and James Smiley from Southern CA tested the new Swamp Mover Worm (wacky rig worm), Fat Rockvibe Shad (swimbait), and Bubbling Shaker worm on southern California's high pressured clear water lakes.
Starting the morning at Lake Piru, Ryo and James set out with the Reins Tackle camera crew in James' Ranger z520 featuring a Mercury Pro XS engine. As the camera rolled, the duo boated various fish in the morning on the new Fat Rockvibe Shad swimbait slow rolling it over grass flats including one fish just over 5 1/2 lbs. James hooked that big fish while using a 7' Heavy Rod, 17lb Fluorocarbon, a 5/0 weighted hook with a 1/4oz weight, and rigged the bait texas style.
By mid-morning James was fishing the Bubbling Shaker on a drop shot rig (rigged with a 2/0 Rebarb hook, 6lb XPS Fluorocarbon, on a 703sf Dobyns spinning rod) while Ryo was on the fish big time with the new Swamp Mover Worm fished on a #1 wacky rig hook, 1/16oz Reins Tackle TG Nail Sinker (tungsten), 5lb Sunline, and a Smith spinning rod.
The team pulled the boat out for lunch and then moved over to the famed Castaic Lagoon for some afternoon fishing. The California summertime weather was steaming hot by now (97-99 degrees) but the fishing was just as hot. Ryo boated various large bass including two over 5lbs, one of which was over 6lbs. All the bass from Castaic came on the Swamp Mover Worm on the wacky rig setup.
The team boated over 22lbs of bass for their biggest five fish that day. A great day of summertime bass fishing and proof that bass in the USA love Rein Tackle products just as much as the Japanese bass do! The video of their trip is forthcoming so stay tuned...
