Help With New Baits!

[Bass NC]

Today I went to Dick's Sporting Goods and I decided to get some baits that are completely new to me and experiment a little this fishing season. The first bait that I've never thrown was a black Booyah 1/2 ounce buzzbait. My question with this is should I fish it with ir without a trailer and what effect will this have on the action. Also, should I put a small grub or a worm or what on it? Another first for me is the prerigged swimbait a made by Storm. The thing is so realistic looking I am dying to try them out. And lastly I picked up several bags of Zoom flukes. I usually just fish jerkbait and square bills so I am trying to expand my horizons. And tips or advice would be much appreciated!

[Shane J]

You don't really need a trailer on a buzz bait, but I do run one. I stick a craw on em for good measure.

[Shane J]

Oh, and for the fluke, my best luck with em, has always been weightless, tx rigged on a 5/0 heavy wire hook. Cast, let sink on semi-slack line, jerk jerk, pause and fall, repeat.

[DFrench97]

Oh, and for the fluke, my best luck with em, has always been weightless, tx rigged on a 5/0 heavy wire hook. Cast, let sink on semi-slack line, jerk jerk, pause and fall, repeat.

X2! These are great baits!  Just discovered them last summer.

[WIGuide]

You can throw anything you want as a trailer for the buzzbait without it affecting the action too much. You might want to even throw one of those flukes on the back. The storm swimbaits can be good at times. Certain models don't have very good action though. Also, 3rd-ing what was said about the flukes.

[smalljaw67]

I never use a trailer on a spinnerbait or a buzzbait, the reason is I believe they cause short strikes, I used a 4" ribbon tail grub for years as a spinnerbait trailer and when I stopped using it I noticed I had a lot less short strikes. Zoom flukes, or most soft plastic jerkbaits for that matter, are killer, they are incredibly versatile because they can fished in so many ways. In the summer I rig weightless and work fast so it breaks the surface and then I stop it and let it sink for 5 or 6 seconds and then work it with quick twitches again until it breaks the surface, if fish are in the area they will hammer it. I also like to rig the fluke on a scrounger jig and simply reel it close to the bottom like a swim bait and stroking it off the bottom in deep water on the scrounger is another good technique. The Storm swim baits work pretty good, they are simple to use but I found that they work best in mid spring but if you can locate fish they have potential to work any time, vary retrieves to see what the fish want but most often with swim baits is a simple slow steady retrieve.

[ABW]

Good luck with them man! On the flukes, if they are the regular 5" ones I usually just use a 4/0 EWG hook to rig it weightless. Let it sink for 3-6 seconds and give it a lil' twitch every now and then.