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Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 1:03 am
by Fish-N-Fool
Hey just wonderin if any of you use the River 2 Sea, Bossy Mark or the S-Waver swimbaits? I picked up a couple and wanted some info on them.
The first one is the 240 mm Bossy mark in the baby bass patterm and bottom one iis a 168 mm S-Waver in Stocked trout
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:02 am
by dougw
I haven't tried them yet. I got my son one of their glide baits, and probably will go get myself the up-sized model before spring. They look very good. Prices are reasonable as well. I can't wait to try them!
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 9:21 am
by Amx
where'd ya get them?
how much $$$$
how long in American = inches.:-)
They look good.
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 10:25 am
by dougw
I can get them at Wholesale Sports here in Spokane, WA. I don't see them on their online store.
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 2:35 pm
by Mark K
Haven't tried those ones but the River 2 Sea V joints are Awesome!
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 3:59 pm
by YJ Guide Service
You can get them from Ax Taxle in Roundy's Kawasaki also.
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:30 pm
by Fish-N-Fool
Amx wrote:where'd ya get them?
how much $$$$
how long in American = inches.:-)
They look good.
Hey Amx
I got a chance to fish one of the 168 mm S wavers a little last year in the Kokanee color and I had some good hits on it, but lost it to a big fish. They have a killer Action !!!!!! It swims slowly from side to side about a whole foot.
The 240 mm = about 9 1/2" for the Bossy Mark baby bass on top. Got it off Ebay for about $25 with shipping
the 186 mm = about 6 5/8" for the S-waver trout, also off Ebay 16. 99
The S-Waver comes in 2 sizes the 168 mm (6 5/8") I have and a 120 mm (4 3/4") that should be a killer bass lure. I have heard they are bringing out more colors of the S-Waver this spring to include firetiger and perch patterns. I'm suppose to get some proto types when they come out and if I do I will post them here.
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 9:23 pm
by Amx
Thanks, I'll have to check out e-bay come spring time when I get my tax refund early March.
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:24 am
by bassmasterderek
Fish-n-fool
The bossymark is a great swimbait. I like the eight in floater the best!
Here is a bossymark with an 8.4lb largie caught this summer. I also have a picture in the river to sea website photo album!
BMD
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 11:58 am
by Fish-N-Fool
bassmasterderek wrote:Fish-n-fool
The bossymark is a great swimbait. I like the eight in floater the best!
Here is a bossymark with an 8.4lb largie caught this summer. I also have a picture in the river to sea website photo album!
BMD
Mine is the wake bait and I havent got to try it yet, Is that one you have in the pixs a trout color wake bait?
NICE LARGEY!!!!!!!!
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:03 pm
by bassmasterderek
Fish-N-Fool wrote:bassmasterderek wrote:Fish-n-fool
The bossymark is a great swimbait. I like the eight in floater the best!
Here is a bossymark with an 8.4lb largie caught this summer. I also have a picture in the river to sea website photo album!
BMD
Mine is the wake bait and I havent got to try it yet, Is that one you have in the pixs a trout color wake bait?
NICE LARGEY!!!!!!!!
YUP trout color
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:12 pm
by Amx
This is the one I got early last week with a gift card, thanks again Mike. It's a 'slow sinking'. It's my first ever swim bait. 6" long, couple oz. Can't wait until March to try it.
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:21 pm
by bassmasterderek
AMX, that looks like a BBZ and it is great trust me. I like the bbz 6 inch fast sink.
As far as the river to sea swimbaits go fish-n-fool, They are great but the fins break off easy which dont bother the bass none. The floater chambers do slowly fill with water once they are taken under. I have two in the garage that I gotta try and drill a small hole and fill in.
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:34 pm
by Amx
Yup, BBZ 1 jr. I'll have to try some of that fancy line now, florocarbon I think is the stuff that sinks. I've only used mono for the past 50 plus years, and haven't seen a reason to change. Until these swimbaits anyway. :-)
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 2:49 pm
by Anglinarcher
River2Sea makes some awesome baits, and the S-Weave and the Bossymark are two of my favorites. Following are two sites to get you going.
http://anglers-experience.com/catalog/
http://www.river2seausa.com/
The anglers-experience is the AX tackle.com site. Seth is a stand up guy, a fishing show host, and a great fishermen. You will see if you go to his web site (
http://www.anglers-experience.com/) and "troll" around for some time, that he uses River2Sea a lot.
Seth got me started on the S-Weave a couple of years ago, and for what it is worth, it has caught Rainbow and Brown Trout, Large and Small mouth Bass, Pike, and Tigers for me. I believe that it can catch anything that swims.
The Bossymark is one that if you use steel leaders it will "strip" the fins off. That is OK, the fish don't care. I use 20 pound MONO and fish it for night Walleye. Ya, you saw right, I use both for night Walleye. Some serious large fish have nailed those two baits for me.
The V-Joint Minnows are also awesome. The finish on the V-Joints is not quite as tough as the others, but it is tougher then most baits I have used in the last few years.
All three of those baits are tough as nails. Just last Saturday a friend hammered the S-Weave of shore rock after shore rock and never even left a nick.
As for colors, well if they have new colors coming out on the S-Weaves, I will be a happy fisherman.
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:36 pm
by Anglinarcher
River2Sea, LLC
3701 Collins Ave #2 Richmond CA 94806
Phone : 510–237–2405
Fax : 510–237–2797
Email: info@river2seausa.com
Above is the contact information for the River2Sea people. They are not going to be bringing new colors for the S-Weaver this year, but I have voiced my request.
AMX, I am changing back to MONO for my swimbaits. I prefer a little extra stretch of MONO when I get a seldom but inevitable backlash (doesn't pop it off). Also, it seems to delay my hook set until the fish has taken the bait.
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:48 pm
by Amx
Anglinarcher wrote:AMX I'm changing back to MONO for my swimbaits. I prefer a little extra stretch of MONO when I get a seldom but inevitable backlash (doesn't pop it off). Also, it seems to delay my hook set until the fish has taken the bait.
That's why I never went to that fancy stuff like steel braid, cotton braid, floro and such. They all have problems with knots holding, having to use super glu, stiff line, coils and all. Mono has worked just fine-to-great for all these many years. I'll try it with mono at first, then decide if I need to try florocarbon.
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:50 pm
by Amx
Anglinarcher wrote:AMX I'm changing back to MONO for my swimbaits. I prefer a little extra stretch of MONO when I get a seldom but inevitable backlash (doesn't pop it off). Also, it seems to delay my hook set until the fish has taken the bait.
That's why I never went to that fancy stuff like steel braid, cotton braid, floro and such. They all have problems with knots holding, having to use super glu, stiff line, coils and all. Mono has worked just fine to great for all these many years. Besides having to buy new specialty rods for the non-streatch braids. And the wear and tear on the rod guides do to the braids being more abrasive than mono. And floro being more suseptible to breakage do to nicks from structure/rocks, etc..
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:17 am
by Fish-N-Fool
Amx wrote:That's why I never went to that fancy stuff like steel braid, cotton braid, floro and such. They all have problems with knots holding, having to use super glu, stiff line, coils and all. Mono has worked just fine-to-great for all these many years. I'll try it with mono at first, then decide if I need to try florocarbon.
I now use 60 lb Yo-Zuri fluoro for leaders tied with a Crazy Alberto knot to 65 lb. braid and have ended all my problems I was having, I use the Fish-N-Fool knot with 4 wraps to tie the lure to the fluoro. With these 2 knot properly tied you will not have a knot failure Had no lost fish this year when I started using this setup. You don't need any steel leaders or super glue. Yah the line is stiff, but if you use a snap so you baits work freely to is no problem.
RE:Anyone ever try the River 2 sea Swimbaits?
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:24 am
by Fish-N-Fool
Anglinarcher wrote:
Above is the contact information for the River2Sea people. They are not going to be bringing new colors for the S-Weaver this year, but I have voiced my request.
So Anglinarcher what source are you quoting from and when were you told this?
I was told when I called to them about 2 monthes ago that they were bringing out some new colors. I also requested more colors and was told the would be adding a perch pattern and firetiger at least. They said they should be out about early April. I'm suppose to recieve some of the prototypes when they come out, so we shall see.