I Am Ready To Buy 2-3 High Dollar Swimbaits...looking For Some Advice..

[primetime]

Ok, Fell in love with the Spro BBZ, S-Wavers I just picked up as the new batch I ordered worked better than first lot, but I also like the Gyron but I know the stuff from Mattlures, Hudds, Lunker Punker, Black Dog etc..are all better than the knock off H20 gills and Reaction Strike etc...

 

I like the Sebile Magic Swimmers but I don't like the larger sizes of them over 95mm and I want a few bigger baits for some Big Females this year and I just purchased a new large swimbait/glidebait rod and reel for the wide glide which I like and I was thinking some of the Musky baits maybe?

 

I want a Mattlures Swimbait for 100% so any recs on what is best from his line would help as they all look awesome, I wish I could get them all but want to start with a few.

 

Any help appreciated, I don't want to spend $50 on a Vagabond and have it not swim right....I like the S waver but the quality is not consistent and I like River2sea, but I want to see why so many guys I respect are buying these expensive baits and telling me they are great. I jus.t grabbed a great deal on the Okuma EVX Swimbait rod that can handle up to 4 ounces, nice soft tip, will pair with my okuma cedros which holds plenty of heavy fluoro or braid and I was able to get it at a crazy price so that is what it will be....Grabbed a 6:4:1 on advice from my buddy who has now gotten me addicted to glide baits like the wide glide and Herky Jerky, Musky baits like Suick etc..Found a larger Pflueger that will hold enough Flouro and will be good for now.

 

Thanks in advance, I know some of you guys throw these baits with success and understand why you are paying for each lure, not just buying them to say you have them as I think alot of the dock talk I get sounds to be off from what I read and see....I want what works not what is going to look best in the box.

 

Thanks in advance. Ready to move up to the darkside I always said was silly..You always get better and learn, I once hated fluoro and Expensive $15 lipless cranks until I fished the Jackall Tn and some Sebiles and now I see that most expensive baits fit a niche and I like fishing shallow no deeper than 8', Florida clear waters...Thanks again, I apologize for ramble...excited to buy more lures...

[Angry John]

Matt Allen does a good overall review on swimbaits, and he has my respect. The hard gills from mattlures is one of the best but hard to find. If your winter fishing a hudd is the best you can get. I use 6" but a lot of guys like the 8. A ms slammer is one of the must haves. Those three is where I have spent my money first and would do it again.

[MIbassin]

Mattlures hardgill and strong perch are awesome baits that flat out catch fish. Some of the bigger glide baits like gan craft and deps 250s are awesome. Also the MS slammer is a well proven wakebait. You can't go wrong with any bait that had been proven and has a good rep

[drodriguez]

I really like the Sebile Magic Swimmer Soft in Rainbow trout. The action from them is perfect for spring bassin, and because you rig them weedless grass, brush, stumps, and rocks no longer become a problem. Pick some up. 3 lures, 1 hook, and specialty weights are less than 15.00.

[rippin-lips]

I'm very new to the swimbait world but I asked a lot of questions before I purchased anything. Also researched anything I could on SU. A member on here helped to get me started with a small collection of baits. Here are the ones that I was either recommended or found out about through my readings. All are proven to work though. Some are pricey and some are very reasonable. Another piece of advice I was given. Is not to go crazy and but a bunch of baits. Pick up a few and learn how to use them.

9" ms slammer

8" triple trout

Topwater rat bait 'tons of choices'

Mattlures hardgill in ss 'good luck'

There's a lot of other proven gill baits too.

R2S S waver 200 and some like the 168

Spro bbz 8" and some prefer the 6"

Hudd 68's and 8"

Savage gear 8" line through

Osprey line through

3:16 Rising son and some like the mission fish

[Brnnoser6983]

So far I am loving the maddog, but I guess that is a wake bait, I have pick up and waiting to test the bbz in 4 & 6 in and recently got an S-Waver myself. I have heard great things about Mattlures and have watched several videos of the basis in action, but have yet to get my hands on one.

[flipin4bass]

I got a feeling the Megabass I-Slide would do very well with those Florida bass.

[primetime]

I really like the Sebile Magic Swimmer Soft in Rainbow trout. The action from them is perfect for spring bassin, and because you rig them weedless grass, brush, stumps, and rocks no longer become a problem. Pick some up. 3 lures, 1 hook, and specialty weights are less than 15.00.

I have the savage 4 play version and actually love the detail and action, I actually love Sebile lures and baits, I use the soft Stick shads with the tungsten weight system it comes with and love that bait, I should try the sebile bigger soft baits, they are on clearance at a nearby shop for like $4.99 a pack, colors were not my style though...I have to start checking ebay since I have been finding some steals on good lures in lots, I know they sell 4 bags on auction and end up paying maybe 25 shipped, I found the AT worm that way, best worm you can buy, Complicated but Sebile lures are amazing...Thanks man, If never tried the Ghost walker or *** topwater walking lures they are my favorites by far, and the slender Eel best finesse jerkbait as well...Good stuff, I love how the savage look, going to see if they are available in larger sizes, I believe same OEM makes both, Savage stuff is super cheap in Florida right now, store full of all Savage stuff nothing more than $5 and it includes the 4 play hard and soft and low riders etc...love liquidators especially when a tackle shop goes out of business from a major lake because you see the good stuff in person like Ima, Duo, Imakatsu, etc...

[primetime]

Thanks for all the info, I am only buying 2-3 of the really big swimbaits since I have a bunch of 4-6" and looking for the next step up from River2sea and after buying a bunch of less expensive swimbaits from Reaction Strike, Academy, Cableas knock off of Spro and Sebile, I compared them to the real BBZ a few weeks ago after I found a deal on a bunch, and I have always liked the smaller 95sk Magic swimmers from sebile, and in pool you could see that although they are identical copies, they sound, and do not move as natural. I then saw the Gyron and S-waver and realized how all the baits are specialty as the S-waver glides and the BBZ swims so I never made the connection, always thought a glide bait was a suick, or Musky style lure, so I may go Megabass, Ms Slammer, and a bluegill bait of some sort that casts better than the Gyron....

 

 I know strikes are few and far between once you cross the 168mm size, even that is a huge bait, but I get good fish on the huge Savage Eels and watch 4lb bass eat Shiners 10" long and fat like nothing so I figure it Is quality on the big baits that matters most. I have only thrown the 168 river 2 sea a few times and smaller fish hit it but I don't mind upping size and hitting Toho for a day throwing just big swimbaits that are realistic and unique since the pressure is killing the place but weeds are gone this year so a possible giant should come out of West Toho this weekend actually at the B.A.S.S. event, full moon, spawn just starting as males crusing shallow last week but moved back out last few days due to cold front.

[primetime]

I'm very new to the swimbait world but I asked a lot of questions before I purchased anything. Also researched anything I could on SU. A member on here helped to get me started with a small collection of baits. Here are the ones that I was either recommended or found out about through my readings. All are proven to work though. Some are pricey and some are very reasonable. Another piece of advice I was given. Is not to go crazy and but a bunch of baits. Pick up a few and learn how to use them.

9" ms slammer

8" triple trout

Topwater rat bait 'tons of choices'

Mattlures hardgill in ss 'good luck'

There's a lot of other proven gill baits too.

R2S S waver 200 and some like the 168

Spro bbz 8" and some prefer the 6"

Hudd 68's and 8"

Savage gear 8" line through

Osprey line through

3:16 Rising son and some like the mission fish

How is the 3:16 and the Hudds are a must is what I am getting....Thanks for all the info, I am going to look into each one, I want some unique lures to throw that the fish hopefully have not seen. I know what you are saying about only buying a few, great advice, I have found I need to be alone to fish a big lure or bait as I can't watch someone getting bit when I am not, but I love to lunker hunt here in Florida in places that are in areas people never fish due to access and figure I want to get a go pro and chase a true trophy in the 13 pound range......I am afraid of losing them due to pickerel but I am going to use coated wire like I do in saltwater for Snook and they make some just as tough to detect as braid if not better now. Thx again.

[rippin-lips]

I have no personal experience with the 3:16 RS but that was one that was recommended to me from someone who is a known swimbait guy. I might grab a coue before spring but I'm trying to use what I have already bought.

[Bluebasser86]

If I was going to pick 3 with 1 of those a Mattlures they would be;

1. Mattlures hardgill SS

2. MS Slammer 7 or 9 inch

3. 68 or 8 inch Hudd or 8" Savage Line Thru

[Jtrout]

I'm just getting into them to I bought 3 hudd 68s 2 Weedless, 8 inch hudd and a spro bbz six inch ss and a castaic 22 slow sink can't wait to use them!

[JT Bagwell]

One of my buddies (Mike Bucca, he might be on these forums) makes a swimbait called the BullShad. I have heard a lot of good things about them and that will probably be the next one I get.

[fisherrw]

Hudds are good swimbaits just got one a few weeks ago and seems very well made...

[JT Bagwell]

I actually just got 2 Bullshads yesterday. I haven't had them in the water yet but they sure look awesome.

[everythingthatswims]

I actually just got 2 Bullshads yesterday. I haven't had them in the water yet but they sure look awesome.

Bull shads get bit. A lot of people don't like them because it isn't a 3:16 or they don't like mike Bucca. I have thrown mine a ton, it is very durable, swims well, casts well, and has landed more fish over 3lbs for me than any of my other baits. I don't see a reason to not like it!

[gulfcaptain]

Welcome to the dark side.  Fishing swimbaits of the 8" size and up look big to start with, until you see that bait inhaled down the throat of the bass that choose to eat it.  I would also recommend Triple Trouts.  I fish swimbaits by one simple rule.  If it's a hard bait, I want it to float or fish up in the top of the water column.  Softer baits fished deeper.  My list happens to include these

 

MS Slammers

Hudds (ROF 5's and 12's) both 8" and 68's

Savage Gear Line Thru (all floaters that I can modify to suspend or slow sink) Faster kick then the Hudd .

Triple Trout (all floaters in both regular and cut tail)

 

I did happen to just buy a few (6) of the S-Weavers to try out and fish since they are reasonably priced and all 6 were less then 2 of the Mega Bass I Slides, but do want both sizes of those baits as they look great and like the idea of how they have magnets to hold the hooks up tight to the body.

 

If you can get your hands on a Deps 175 or the 250 they are great glide baits, but costly.