Selecting Swimbait! Help

[Santana_moretto_fishing]

Ok I was reading where swimbaits really started in more of the western part of the US! So I live in Georgia I figured that theres more people with experience fishing them on the western side so that's why I posted on here. I was wondering what hard swimbaits it throw in 10ft of visibility and just some examples of what yal would throw where you located.

thanks!

[WRB]

There are several types and styles of swimbaits available today ranging from small 3" to big 14" sizes.

In the soft swimbait types Huddleston Delux size 68 in both weedless or exposed hook style are excellent.

Hudd comes in rate of fall ratings from floater, 5ROF, 12ROF and 16ROF, higher number the faster the fall rate, both 5 & 12 being very popular in clear deep structure lakes.

The next thing to decide is color, all white, baby bass, rainbow trout (dark or standard) hitch, blue gill, crappie, shad and a few limited addition colors like brown trout and herring. The color should by somewhat like the bait fish in your lake.

There are several knock off Hudd type swimbaits, none work as good as the original.

Hard bodies come in several types, floaters or wake baits, slow sink, jointed gliders, multiple jointed swimmers.the hard baits come in different fish shapes like bluegill, baby bass and trout. In bluegill Matt Lures hard gill or Black Dog Shell Cracker are both good. Multiple jointed swimmers in trout shape the 22nd Century Triple trout 8" or BBZ-1 8" are both good. Glide baits, ABT DD2, 12" or Butch Browns Deps 250 Slide Swimmer are good, both require heavy swimbait tackle.

Don't over look rats, these are wake baits, the BBZ-1 rat looks interesting and should be out in a few months. Jerry Rago rats are good.

Top water both Black Dog wooden Punker and ABT DD 6.5" are good walking lures.

Any particular lure type or style you interested in?

Tom

[Ginosocalbass]

I grew up in California, and now throw swimbaits in New Jersey.... yeah pretty depressing story, 

 

 

Id start off with 6" topwater swimbaits,.  That way you wont snag to often, and get discouraged after losing a price bait. you'll still have a good chance at catching decent fish.   Then if the swimbait bug infects you more, you can go up to larger sizes. 

[2833-34497]

I started with 6" Lunker Punkers, 178 S-wavers and 68 Weedless Hudds and caught lots of bass with just those which cover the water column. Then I moved up to 8" baits as soon as I got heavier rods for them along with a few more different swimbait I liked for my area like the 9" MS Slammer for example, lol!! It addicting when you get a 8.9 lb bass blow up on your 6" Lunker Punker!!

[hatrix]

With 10' visibility I would try glides. S-Wavers are great baits and they are cheap. You could also pick up a converted Deps 175 SS for fairly cheap or maybe a 145 if the 175 is to heavy. Also the Gan Craft S-Song works great for a bluegill glide bait.