Best paddletail swimbaits

[Bankbeater]

I have a bunch of the old Mr. Twister sassy shads.  They work great this time of year.

[WMBassThumb]

Keitech Swing Impact Fat

["hamma"]

15 hours ago, primetime said:

.The Small Sassy Shads in 3" on a ball head jig are money for when you just need strikes as well.

^^^^ this,

Probably the most overlooked is the sassy shads. A guide once taught me and a old club buddy a technique with these, that I have never forgotten and I use every year since.

 I have lately bought a bunch of different "newer" swimbaits and have yet to really fish them, I got some keitech's, ragetails, berkley's, (that are quite lifelike looking),some prerigged storms, and a few jackalls.

 But the sassy shad? as of now is my favorite as it has produced for me over many years.

[Steveo-1969]

Wow, there are SO many choices when it comes to soft paddletail swimbaits and I really don't have a favorite because I've caught fish on every brand/model that I've tried.  I always have one tied on.

[punch]

On 12/4/2016 at 8:13 PM, Mike L said:

Skinny Dipper for action, Big EZ for thump

 

Mike 

Skinny Dipper & Little Dippers are great. Skinny dipper is fantastic for smallmouth. 

[WRB]

The action that triggers strikes is how the head moves with the tail moving at a slow retrieve.

The swimmer shouldn't snake, it should have side to side head movement while the tail swims.

The Rage Tail swimmer has the right action, like a miniature Hudd.

Tom

[Airman4754]

On 12/4/2016 at 4:57 PM, fishinfiend said:

I use the bass pro brand and they work great and are durable

Yep. Speed Shads for me. Kicker Fish makes some or they did that were good too.

[MDbassin]

Missile Baits Shockwave

[unhallowed]

I grabbed a bunch of the megabass spark shad the other day since my bps was running a sale. Loving the action on them, but haven't gotten to fully fish them yet. 

I typically use keitech fats,  havoc grasspigs, and  zoom swimming flukes. 

[Sheepdog]

Surprised I haven't seen them mentioned, but I like the PTL swinging hammers. I also like the keitechs, and I'll probably be giving the rage tails a try next.

[bagofdonuts]

gambler big ez, and the little ez for swim jig trailers. cheaper and tougher than most and have a different rolling action to them. 

[Buckeye Ron]

I guess there's no love for the Money Minnow? Too old?

[wdp]

22 minutes ago, Buckeye Ron said:

I guess there's no love for the Money Minnow? Too old?

Too expensive. 

[Hogsticker]

Here's a couple Jdm baits I'll be experimenting with. 

Fish Arrow air bag shad 

OSP Dolive Shad 

[Dypsis]

4 hours ago, Hogsticker said:

Here's a couple Jdm baits I'll be experimenting with. 

Fish Arrow air bag shad 

OSP Dolive Shad 

 

 

Let me know how you like these, I've had my eye on them for a while JDM plastics just get sooo pricey.  

[Hogsticker]

I ordered about 75 dollars of soft plastics from Japan lure shop. Shipping came to 17 bucks. Not too bad.