Swimbaits In Nova?

[big poppa]

Hello all,

         I am new to swimbait fishing and located in Northern Virginia. Has anyone had any luck with em? Where should I start?

[Bluebasser86]

Swimbaits will work anywhere bass eat small fish. I'd suggest getting a couple proven baits in proven colors and just going fishing. The 6" BBZ 1, 6" River 2 Sea S Waver, 7" MS Slammer, 6" Huddleston, Black Dog Shellcracker, are all proven baits that won't break the bank and are easy to fish and catch fish of all sizes. 

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Not sure if he went back home yet but a member named "Deep" did VERY well in NoVA throwing swimbaits.

 

Just keep throwing them around likely ambush spots. They'll get bit.

[Hanover_Yakker]

As previously stated, there are literally countless choices in both hard and soft baits from various brand names that will fit your budget!

 

The question to ask yourself though is what is your definition of swimbaits?  If you are looking for cost effective options, you need to add soft plastic swimbaits to your arsenal as well.  You can choose pre-rigged options from Storm, Berkley Powerbait to name a couple.  I personally throw my Powerteam Lures 4.8" Swinging Hammers on a 5/0 weighted swimbait hook.  They are a soft-bodied paddle tail plastic with killer tail action that come 5 to a pack and include the awesome Hog Tonic which is liquid crack for bass!!

[quanjig]

Yes, all shapes and sizes!

[basshole8190]

Down here in Georgia baits up to 8 inches have worked for me. i lean more toward soft swimbaits like hudds or rago bvds and ospreys but for hard baits the bbz or black dog shellcrackers are hard to beat.

[BobP]

Try some 5" hollow belly soft swimbaits on a 1/2 or 3/4 oz Kalins saltwater bullet jighead.  It's a versatile bait that you can fish at any depth, 3 to 30 ft.  The 3/4 oz size sinks quickly and makes it easy to keep contact with the bottom.  I catch more bass with it than I do with deep diving crankbaits - and I love fishing crankbaits. 

[WRB]

You will need swimbait tackle for lures that weigh 2 oz or more. Lures an ounce or less your standard heavy fast action bass rod, 7'+ should be good.

My question is, do you have a swimbait rod?

Tom

[shimmy]

Not sure if he went back home yet but a member named "Deep" did VERY well in NoVA throwing swimbaits.

 

Just keep throwing them around likely ambush spots. They'll get bit.

 

Deep fished 8 inch huddlestons that caught him his bigguns. But, he did go months without any big fish doing so. The 8 inch will work, but you have to be patient and learn where to throw them. Guys like SPEEDBEAD could help you out since he does a lot of big swimbait fishing for northern strain bass and fishes up north.

[JayKumar]

Get one around 4-5", cast it out, reel it back, get some confidence in it. It'll work!

[big poppa]

I was considering trying a huddleston or a MS Slammer and I dont have a swim bait specific but I do have a flipplin/punchin stick that'll handle 2oz without a problem but havent tried any more than that. Ill definitely invest in a nice set-up once I get more confidence in them. Thank yall for all the support!