GYCB Swimbait

[Brian_Reeves]

http://***/cgi-bin/order/SB35

That swimbait.  Anyone tried it in freshwater yet and anyone have any recommended jigheads/presentations for them?  They look good to me and I have some on order...just trying to see what the bait monkey convinced me to buy.  Know anythign about them or anything similar?

[Raul]

Your BM should do a better job convincing you into purchasing a real swimbait, suddenly now out of nowhere every single shad body is named "swimbait".  :-?

[roadwarrior]

I'm so old and crusty I remember when the identical bait was a sassy shad.

I guess they quit making them.

Take a look at these: http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0017914116724a.shtml

Then take another look at the GYCB Swimbaits....

Dajavue all over again?

[Infidel.]

Ok RW and Raul.  The term swim bait was coined by the southern California inshore fisherman who use hand poured swim baits like fish traps, worm kings, big hammers, AA's etc... that not only have a waging tail like the sassy shad but the body of the bait pivots back and fourth along the baits lateral axis.  Big bass hunters started using 6-10" versions of these baits to imitate trout and the swim bait name stuck with the trout baits that evolved from there.  

The GYCB swim bait takes after the hand poured style of baits.  Put one on a 1/4 triangle/shad shaped jig head and you will see that it's action is unlike that of a Sassy shad.  

By the way AT, they work great for suspended bass.  Just cast past the fish/bait and put your reel in gear and let it sink/swim back to you.