Lambert’s
Gear Guide
Swimbaits
Lambert deploys a 3/4- to 1-ounce
Scrounger Head with a 7-inch Castaic
Jerky J (technically a soft jerkbait, but
Lambert lumps it in with swimbaits)
with a 7-foot, 10-inch, extra-heavy
Duckett Micro Magic Pro rod and a
Duckett 360 reel (6.3:1 gear ratio) on
16-pound-test Sunline Super FC Sniper
fluorocarbon line.
“You really want that long, heavy rod
to have enough backbone to get that
hook home on a long cast,” he says.
7-inch Castaic Jerky J
Magnum Spoons
Lambert pairs a nickel-finish 8-inch
Castaic Heavy Metal Spoon with a
Duckett 360 reel (7.1:1 gear ratio)
spooled with 20-pound-test Sunline
Super FC Sniper fluorocarbon and an
even heavier 7-foot, 8-inch Duckett
White Ice rod.
“That thing [the spoon] is tossing
and turning and going everywhere, so
chances of [line] frays are higher.
Always go with 20-pound line.”
Castaic Heavy Metal Spoon
Worms
Lambert uses a 7-foot, 6-inch,
heavy-action rod with a Duckett 360
reel (7.1:1) and 16-pound-test fluoro-
carbon line to throw a Texas-rigged 11-
inch Gambler Ledge Worm or 8-inch
Gene Larew TattleTail Worm with a
pegged 1/2-ounce weight.
“Any of the big paddle-tail, twist-tail
or straight-tail worms work,” Lambert
says. “It needs to be a slower presen-
tation, and it needs to be big.”
8-inch Gene Larew TattleTail Worm
11-inch Gambler Ledge Worm
Crankbaits
For crankbaits, Lambert prefers a 7-
foot, 6-inch, medium-heavy rod with
12-pound-test fluorocarbon on baits
diving 15 feet or less, and 16-pound-
test line on deeper-diving baits.
“I like the new 6th Sense Cloud 9
Series with a 5.3:1 Duckett 360 reel,”
he says.
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