The 7″ Bubble Gum Bone Fire

Triple Trout Bundle

$79.95

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$79.95

  • Rigged with Owner ST-36 Stinger Treble Hooks and Owner Hyper Wire Split Rings
  • Includes Spare Package of 2 Tails

I really appreciate Scott Whitmer.   I appreciate all the guys I work with, but Scott has really come thru for me as far as being a business partner.  Our relationship is simple and effective.  I caught two nice Triple Trout fish this week, one was a bass and one was a brown trout.    I am finding Scott’s baits to be excellent tools, the world over.  7″ Triple Trouts, as far as size, is a great compromise of size, swim, and buoyancy for a lot of tournament and trophy hunting.  It’s the ‘one size fits all’ for me, one that I tend to always have tied on, when I’m not on a trout fed big fish hunt (10″ Triple Trout in that case), especially when it comes to mixing tournament and swimbaits.  This is a good size bait for somewhere like Beaver Lake, where 15 pounds is a good sack, meaning, there are 3 pounders in there, and for sure 3s eat the 7″ Triple Trout up.    But will catch 2 pounders and might get you a 4 or 5 pounder on a lake like Beaver.

Bigbaits are like ‘trick plays’ in football sometimes.  At the right moment in time, under the right scenario, you can do something out of left field….for example, throwing a rat bait, around wood, or rocks, or shadelines on a crystal clear reservoir is a trick most anglers East of Arizona,  probably weren’t super aware of, and was something Southern Trout Eaters shed some light on.   That is a trick play, situational awareness (as Bill Siemental would say, which is a term I agree with him) come into play here, and of course, the depth and breadth of the anglers experience and ability to dig into a bag of tricks to pull something out.  Think of the offensive/defensive/special teams coordinators in the SEC creating trick plays each week, and the access to information and video to study the other teams, and how trick plays can burn you and how they can be just the right touch at the right moment.   Most times, it’s about the fundamentals (blocking and tackling), but at times, it can be about taking risk and making precision attacks at perfect moments in time to change the game.

The Bubble Gum Bone Fire Triple Trout is wild and loud.  It’s a trick bait, and trick baits make for great trick plays, but shoot, I’ve shown you my bubble gum bass Triple Trout is a fundamental color I’m using, so don’t think bubble gum is just trick plays, it’s a staple go-to color too.  This color could be a staple for someone who hunts spotted bass, smallmouth, or largemouth.  Scott knows I like bubble gum and bone colors with my ‘non-trout’ tournament approaches, so he just made up these baits, and sent me some to test and fish and provide as part of our SSB Customs offerings.

Pink on top, bone on bottom, flames on the side.

 

 

 

 

 

Fishing for trophy brown trout on the White River in Cotter, Arkansas, is making me a better swimbait fisherman. There are new challenges of current, water fluctuation, baits, rigging, and access. This fish went 29.5 Inches and ate a 3 Dot Olive 10″ Triple Trout at the base of a shoal.

 

I haul a lot of water, with swimbaits, hunting trophy brown trout….but it’s all about learning. I’m still rigging my modified jon boat into a better river boat. I’m still learning the river, how to control the boat, and what angles the fish seem to prefer. The bait selection is easy: Huddleston and Triple Trout for the most part. Duh.

 

Above the Narrows, White River, Arkansas

 

The quiver of boats you need in the Ozarks. I love my Ranger Boat, but goddam I’m tired of burning fuel. Drift boats are awesome, and Honda 4 Strokes, are incredibly efficient.

 

River fishing, current, and the orientation of the fish makes casting angles and how you line and position yourself up so much different than I’d do in lakes, but it’s still very similar.

 

It’s safe to say Simms Fishing Products rock, and fit perfectly into the ‘cross over’ conversation. Love their products, their company and style.

 

Not lots of room to work with up on the deck, but shoot, room enough. Love how jon boats fish, and just love getting on the river and having access. Forgot to put the spare trailer tire in the truck, I don’t usually bring spare tires in the boat!

 

Fishing with 2 Fly Fisherman this day, out of a drift boat, you have to understand how different they fish. You have 3 people in a small boat. You have shuttles to run so you have a truck at the end of your drift, and maybe a trailer too. You need someone to row, and 2 guys to fish and you rotate. I can cast 4 X further than these guys, so I am rarely at a disadvantage, even from the back of the boat.

 

You don’t grip a brown trout by the jaw. Their mouth and teeth could probably eat a tin can. Trout fisherman are super careful about fish care and handling fish. These big White River brown trout are healthy and hearty, and this one was released unharmed.

 

The Trophy Brown Trout in the White River are eating the stocked rainbow trout. The browns are wild fish, and savvy fly fishermen are using streamers to get big browns. For a guy like me, swimbaits and bigbaits are a no brainer.

 

BigBaits, Simms Fishing Products, Drift Boats and a slowed down pace of fishing. This isn’t tournament fishing. This is trophy hunting, and brown trout are an excellent cross over opportunity. The White River in Arkansas is accessible to most of the MidWest and South very easily.

The SSB Herring

The blueback herring is not a blue bait fish. It’s way more dark green into black on top, purple/blue pin stripes and hue on the shoulders, leading into a silver body and white underside.    I don’t care if this thing isn’t the absolute perfect blue back herring we’ll ultimately end on, this is going to be a solid ‘all around’ color for most guys who want a good swimbait, in a good color, that applies in lots of places.  You don’t need herring in your lake or river to get excited about a green back and purple blue pin striped Triple Trout!  This color reminds me of the Xmas Purple Weenie color from Robo Worm.  Green plus purple or blue (think watermelon candy or green pumpkin blue in Zoom world)  in soft plastics has proven itself time and time again for me.  I think this is just a beautiful color that Scott has made available to us, and I know it’s gonna kill the herring eaters, but I also think the Ozark fish, and fish anywhere will eat this color.  Notice how well this bait changes color and hues from various angles and perspectives.  I like a bait that does that, especially in clear water:

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The 7″ SSB Herring Triple Trout Bundle

  • Rigged with Owner ST-36 Stinger Treble Hooks and Hyper Wire Split Rings
  • Includes a pack of 2 spare tails

$79.95

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The SSB Herring Photo Gallery:

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10/25/2012  15:50 PM CST

The southernswimbait.com 10″ 3 Dot Olive Triple Trout Bundles are in stock and available

Featuring:

  • Owner ST-36 Hooks and Hyper Wire Split Rings
  • Spare Set of Tails

$89.95

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southernswimbait.com customs presents:

The 6″ Bubble Gum Bass Triple Trout Bundle

 

Featuring:

  • Owner ST-56 3X Strong Treble Hooks (#2 upfront, #4 in the rear)
  • Owner Hyper Wire Split Rings (#4s)
  • Spare Set of Tails

$74.95

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There is a quantum difference between all 4 of the Triple Trouts.  I’m referring to the 6-7-8 and 10 inch Triple Trout, Standard Sink rate.  They are all four very different baits.  They all 4 have different swims, different attributes, buoyancy, etc. They don’t all 4 do the same thing, is the key thing to recognize.   Always assume I’m talking about standard generally available sink rates, unless I specifically note a special heavy weighted (H) or floating (F) style of Triple Trout.  The standard sink 3 piece baits is what I’m talking about here.  Yes, it’s something I plan on dedicating a video and footage to the whole big story, but let me try and bring you up to speed and interject you in the middle.

The 6″ Triple Trout is significantly smaller than the 7″ Triple Trout (significant being the ‘key’ word, enough to matter, enough difference in volume and mass to make a difference to the fish. It’s not just an inch shorter, its much slimmer, much less footprint moving thru the water, etc).  So, there are times, places, conditions, species and flow where it makes sense to fish significantly smaller (or BIGGER).  Just know this.  The 8″&7″ Triple Trouts are close in size.  The 7&8 are closer in size and their is a far less dramatic difference betweem them, vs. the difference between the 6″ & 7″ versions.   What does that mean?  If you cannot get bit or touched or any love on the 7″, you probably aren’t gonna do any good on the 8″ either (there isn’t significant difference in size).  However, the 6″ might be the trick you need to downsize because the fish are on smaller bait or simply not being triggered by the bigger offering, or perhaps in the case of smallmouth or spotted bass, downsizing your swimbait and bigbait approach just makes good business sense.

Comparing the various 6-7-8 (and 10–not pictured here, actually it’s the 8-7-6 as per the above photo) inch Triple Trouts requires more than a paragraph or two. It requires real fishing, video, and explanations. Stay tuned.

So, stay tuned, more to come on 6″ vs. 7 “,  7″ vs. 8″, and 8″ vs. 10″ Triple Trouts.   So here is the 6″ Triple Trout in our Bubble Gum Bass color.  You might call this bait smallmouth or spotted bass candy.    You will like fishing our Bubble Gum Bass color.  Clear, dirty, off color, it’s a good call.  It only makes sense for us, (and because some of you asked for) to provide a 6” version of our Bubble Gum Bass Bundles.

ST-56

I’m into hook balancing, another topic  I’ll be speaking more in depth on, but let me just tell you, I believe the Owner ST-56 Treble Hook has a special play here.  I like the Owner Needle Point hooks, better, than the ST-41 cutting edge hooks, for a bait like the Triple Trout, where you want fish to get ‘stuck’ who come up and kiss it.  The cutting points aren’t super sticky.  They are great for load up on my bait (ie, 3:16 Sunfish) on braided line in grass, but I like needle point hooks for open water, and for smallmouth and spotted bass for the ‘sticky’ factor.  You get a lot of short bites, slashes, kisses, and close enounters at the boat you need to be wise about that.   I would normally recommend the ST-36 Owner Stinger Trebles, however, in the sizes I rig my 6″ Triple Trouts with (#4s or #2s at MOST) I know from experience, that with my 8 foot rods, heavy line (braid or copolymer P-Line) I can bend out small #4, #2 and #1 Owner ST-36.  Anything 1/0 or greater, go ST-36.  Anything below 1/0, I go ST-56 because I get the needle point, sticky sharp and 3X strong hook, so it’s perfect.  I use the ST-66 for the Huddlestons.  Why, that is the 4X stronger, and I use size 2 and size 4s and they need to be super small (to hide in the Huddie) and super strong (because 8-12 pounders happen, and teens too) on the Hudd.   So, there you have it…see the progression in ascending hook strength/gauge?  ST-36 Regular Wire great in all sizes with conventional bass gear.  But once I get into 8 foot rods, big round reels, or Curado 300s, and heavy line ST-36s will bend out on the smaller sizes under the right conditions. Not always, but it’s a lighter wire, super sticky, hook, and on swimbaits, I tend to only use greater than or equal to 1/0 ST-36s….ST-56 3X Needlepoint are for small triple trout, the 22nd Century Bluegill, and other small hardbaits.  The ST-66 4X Super Strong + Needlepoint for Huddie, but too heavy gauge for 6″ Triple Trout.  I only use the ST-66 for Huddies (well, not entirely true, but as a rule of thumb).  That is why I recommend the ST-56

When it comes to size #2 and #4 trebles, with needlepoint hooks, which I like on a Triple Trout, the ST-56 is a good compromise.

 

The 6″ Bubble Gum Bass Triple Trout Bundle Photo Gallery:

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