travis23 Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 Can you thread a soft or hollow swimbait, or a fluke style bait on a football jig head, fished on the bottom? I thought by dragging or hopping it off the bottom would look like something feeding off the bottom? I don't think I have ever read or heard of this but I was just wondering If this works. Seems like it would work around rocks real well! Just a thought, please let me know how we'll this works. 1 Quote
camovan Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 Check out the Biffle Heads and how Tommy Biffle uses them. Many people use flukes with them as well as the beaver style baits. Quote
travis23 Posted February 13, 2014 Author Posted February 13, 2014 I have seen them and the videos, but I don't recall seeing swimbaits put on? Quote
Siebert Outdoors Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 Yes, I sell 1-1.5oz football heads to a guy that fishes in CA Delta that does this all the time. The pictures he sends me are the proof that it works. 1 Quote
Super User Hooligan Posted February 13, 2014 Super User Posted February 13, 2014 Nope. Doesn't work. Mike's just blowing smoke to sell jigheads. Pay no attention to that theory at all. Nothing to see here. Move along. 3 Quote
gripnrip Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 You're thinking outside the box. Keep doing that and you'll be rewarded. 1 Quote
TorqueConverter Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 Can you thread a soft or hollow swimbait, or a fluke style bait on a football jig head, fished on the bottom? I thought by dragging or hopping it off the bottom would look like something feeding off the bottom? I don't think I have ever read or heard of this but I was just wondering If this works. Seems like it would work around rocks real well! Just a thought, please let me know how we'll this works. Absolutely. It's not uncomon to see swimbaits on football heads when guys are targeting big smallies feeding on bottom hugging gobys. Quote
travis23 Posted February 14, 2014 Author Posted February 14, 2014 Thanks guys. Do you know when would be the right conditions to try this? Which season? Quote
Nice_Bass Posted February 14, 2014 Posted February 14, 2014 all 4 seasons would work. I don't think I have ever fished a paddle tail swimbait on a leadhead off the bottom! (aside from docks) Quote
bartdude186 Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 NEVER rig a fluke or a swimmin super fluke on a jig head and bounce or drag it on the bottom..just don't work. There is no way it would be deadly in every season.nope. 1 Quote
L a r r y Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 They are all yanking your chain............ OR ARE THEY? Not a bad idea of thinking outside the box. Think of it this way. Look at the Matt Lures Ultimate Bluegill.....Those baits mimic bluegill feeding on the bottom, nose down tail up.....That bait is deadly around spawning bass, as a bass CAN NOT STAND the site of a bluegill robbing their nest eating their eggs.... Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted February 25, 2014 Global Moderator Posted February 25, 2014 I fish them on football heads all the time, either open hook or with a weed guard. You can swim them straight or drag them but I prefer to stroke them back towards the boat. The swinging football heads work well also and the let the bait move a little more freely. Quote
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