Combs: “Nothing better than that bite”

Keith Combs has moved into a tie for the lead on BassTrakk, and he’s had big fun doing so. Combs put two 3-pounds-plus smallmouth bass in the boat on a topwater walking bait in the last hour. “There is nothing much better than that bite,” he said after a 3-10 hit his bait, missed it and came back and hit it again.

Earlier in the day, Combs explained the line setup he uses for walking a topwater lure. His main line is 50-pound test Seaguar Smackdown braid. He adds a 5-inch leader of 20-pound test Seaguar Invisx fluorocarbon leader. The function of that short, stiff leader is to keep the limp braided line from snagging in the treble hooks of the lure, which occurs often when a fish hits and misses. It allows Combs to keep walking the bait after the miss. If you were watching “BASS Live,” you just saw that setup pay off for Combs.