Forums59
Topics1,039,160
Posts13,960,164
Members144,192
|
Most Online39,925 Dec 30th, 2023
|
|
WHO FISHES SWIMBAITS???
#11829860
09/15/16 12:51 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 60
STUNTGRUNTLURES
OP
Outdoorsman
|
OP
Outdoorsman
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 60 |
Hey everyone, curious, who & when do you fish a swimbait?? favorite color,size hook,weight???
|
|
Re: WHO FISHES SWIMBAITS???
[Re: STUNTGRUNTLURES]
#11830227
09/15/16 03:51 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 14
Chap
Green Horn
|
Green Horn
Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 14 |
Reel it in I use them pretty much anywhere yet go to YouTube and I'm pretty sure 1 rod or flair someone has a good video on it
|
|
Re: WHO FISHES SWIMBAITS???
[Re: STUNTGRUNTLURES]
#11830230
09/15/16 03:52 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 5,139
Lake Fork Guide Marc Mitchell
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 5,139 |
So many to choose from. Hard plastic ones to soft plastics. Pre-spawn is probably the best but I have caught them through June under the right conditions.
Fall is also a good time when the fish hit the shallows again. Smash-Tech has some good ones, Spro,Savage Gear,just to many to mention. In the last few years I have really started liking the hard body ones better.
They seem to last forever while the plastic ones tear up. Both catch fish. Boyd Duckett has a hard body shad type bait I threw this year and killed them on it. Be ready to spend some money cause none are cheap.
|
|
Re: WHO FISHES SWIMBAITS???
[Re: STUNTGRUNTLURES]
#11830407
09/15/16 05:34 PM
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 2,466
kscatman76
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 2,466 |
I got super addicted early this spring on them. I had great success on Huddlestons. I threw the 68 special in the weedless and top hook version. This summer the Hudd bite slowed and I had a blast with the Bucca Bull Shad. I just got some of the new Optimum Boom Boom swimbaits in so I'm fired up to try them and then get back to the Hudds when the water cools, looking to step up to the 8 inch hudd this winter. it's a blast and very addicting!
|
|
Re: WHO FISHES SWIMBAITS???
[Re: STUNTGRUNTLURES]
#11830488
09/15/16 06:15 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 6,103
Billy Blazer 300 HPDI
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 6,103 |
I use them some, mainly in the fall when water cools and bait move into the middle of the creeks in shallower water.
I use both hard and soft swimbaits but not the monster ones.
One thing I leaned on Falcon years back when the Academy hard swimbaits first came out, which I bought every size and color. I learned a big fish can throw a heavy bait pretty easy. I lost about as many big fish as I hooked on swimbaits. Those mean Asssssss Falcon fish could throw a swimbait about as far as I could. But still fun to fish.
Thanks, Billy
|
|
Re: WHO FISHES SWIMBAITS???
[Re: STUNTGRUNTLURES]
#11830952
09/15/16 10:22 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 129
Superslab
Outdoorsman
|
Outdoorsman
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 129 |
I typically buy whatever plastic type is on sale. 3"-5" size in white, or green/red flake used with either a screw on bottom weighted hook or jig head hook depending on where I'm fishing.
I use them all year with decent success. The larger fish I've caught on them seem to be in January and February, then fall. Summer slows down for me but I still manage to catch them.
|
|
Re: WHO FISHES SWIMBAITS???
[Re: STUNTGRUNTLURES]
#11830963
09/15/16 10:38 PM
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 4,533
bigbass94
TFF Team Angler
|
TFF Team Angler
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 4,533 |
Basstrix Paddle Tail Swimbait I use swimbaits a lot but there are only a few brands that I like to use. For big fish, I really don't think there is a better option than a Basstrix swimbait in a shad color. There's something about them, the way they roll side to side, the thump from the tail, they just work. Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper This is another one that I like to use. I use these on a belly-weighted hook or on the back of a chatterbait. They pull double duty. They're super soft which means they have awesome action! Jackall Gantarel Jr. I don't throw a lot of hard swimbaits, but one that I have had luck with is this one right here. Buying hard-bodied swimbaits can get expensive fast so I try to keep it simple. This swimbait isn't too expensive and gets the job done. It has superb action and it's very durable. I use swimbaits year around and haven't really found a scenario where they don't work.
"If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." - Doug Larson
|
|
Re: WHO FISHES SWIMBAITS???
[Re: STUNTGRUNTLURES]
#11831291
09/16/16 01:54 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 301
Kyhokie
Angler
|
Angler
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 301 |
I prefer soft variey and basstrix makes an awesome one in my humble opinion.
The dude abides...
|
|
Re: WHO FISHES SWIMBAITS???
[Re: STUNTGRUNTLURES]
#11831295
09/16/16 01:58 AM
|
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 6,701
Brent S
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 6,701 |
Been throwing SK swim n shiner and the new rage swimmer on weighted hooks and jig heads. I think swim baits shine in slightly deeper water or thick shallow cover where trebble hooks would get caught uo
|
|
Re: WHO FISHES SWIMBAITS???
[Re: STUNTGRUNTLURES]
#11831366
09/16/16 02:42 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,354
RHP
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,354 |
I've had real good luck with G-tails, watermelon or green.
|
|
Re: WHO FISHES SWIMBAITS???
[Re: STUNTGRUNTLURES]
#11840285
09/21/16 02:17 AM
|
Joined: Mar 2014
Posts: 272
Burgerboy
Angler
|
Angler
Joined: Mar 2014
Posts: 272 |
I throw the Reaction Innovations little dipper in shad color with a 1/4 oz. white Cabela's jig head and have lots of success in the spring. I will not catch as big a fish as a lot of you guys but I can darn sure get numbers.
|
|
Re: WHO FISHES SWIMBAITS???
[Re: STUNTGRUNTLURES]
#11840329
09/21/16 02:41 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 301
Kyhokie
Angler
|
Angler
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 301 |
Do you call all shad type lures "swimbaits"? I've always separated paddle tails (soft plastics) from swim or glide baits(typically hard baits). I've never fished a swimbait, but I murder them on what I call a paddletail, keitech fat swing impact fished on 3/0 weighted swimbait hook.
Last edited by Kyhokie; 09/21/16 02:42 AM.
The dude abides...
|
|
Re: WHO FISHES SWIMBAITS???
[Re: Kyhokie]
#11840513
09/21/16 09:49 AM
|
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 319
tbates
Angler
|
Angler
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 319 |
Do you call all shad type lures "swimbaits"? I've always separated paddle tails (soft plastics) from swim or glide baits(typically hard baits). I've never fished a swimbait, but I murder them on what I call a paddletail, keitech fat swing impact fished on 3/0 weighted swimbait hook. Keitech swing impacts are sweet, but man I've burned through three before catching a fish because they were short striking and tearing the tail off. $8 for 5 of them is pretty high. Now I carry all sizes with me. That way if they start hitting the tail I downsize and make them pay!
|
|
Re: WHO FISHES SWIMBAITS???
[Re: STUNTGRUNTLURES]
#11840965
09/21/16 03:46 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 437
steve_twice
Angler
|
Angler
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 437 |
You don't have to spend a ton of money. I've caught a lot of big fish on the Storm Swim Shad they sell for $3.50 at Academy. And they last forever.
|
|
Re: WHO FISHES SWIMBAITS???
[Re: STUNTGRUNTLURES]
#11840974
09/21/16 03:48 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 257
Battson34
Angler
|
Angler
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 257 |
The storm swimbaits are great single or on an A Rig.
|
|
Moderated by banker-always fishing, chickenman, Derek 🐝, Duck_Hunter, Fish Killer, J-2, Jacob, Jons3825, JustWingem, Nocona Brian, Toon-Troller, Uncle Zeek, Weekender1
|