Where To Throw Big Swimbaits?

[NEBasser101]

I want to start throwing big swimbaits. I live on a lake in southern NH which is known for big bass and I want to have a pretty good shot of hooking into one. Where should I fish to target the bigger bass with swimbaits? Thanks

[Bluebasser86]

High percentage areas are your best bet. Points, funnel areas, bends or points in weed edges, anywhere that has a good chance of holding a fish basically. 

[Crestliner2008]

A fine goal you've set for yourself. However, I do hope you understand that big swimbaits don't necessarily equal success. I've caught a lot of big bass on tiny baits. And remember, with those 8" Hudds, you'll be lucky to get one or two strikes a day. A day that's filled with a long hours of casting and sore arms. Some think it's worth the effort.

[Big Swimbait]

On 6/6/2017 at 4:12 AM, Crestliner2008 said:

A fine goal you've set for yourself. However, I do hope you understand that big swimbaits don't necessarily equal success. I've caught a lot of big bass on tiny baits. And remember, with those 8" Hudds, you'll be lucky to get one or two strikes a day. A day that's filled with a long hours of casting and sore arms. Some think it's worth the effort.

 

This is true. But you will also catch the opposite - smaller bass on the big bait. But what I like most is that throwing the big bait will show you WHERE the big girls are - you will get a lot of followers that you can keep trying to entice with different swimbaits/retrieves or come back later with conventional baits.

 

Welcome to the dark side...

[WRB]

Whenever I see swimbait my first thought is what is a swimbait today? The term swimbait covers a wide verity of lures from 3" soft plastic boot tails to 12" glide baits and everything inbetween.

What is the OP defining as a big swimbait? What tackle does the OP have to fish a swimbait with? Catching big bass consistantly requires dedication to learning their habits, preferred prey source and seasonal locations. Swimbait can work under conditions where the bigger bass are targeting larger size prey. Buying swimbaits and the proper tackle and blindly casting for hours and days hoping to catch a big bass isn't any different than blindly casting any other lure and hoping to catch a big bass.

Tom

[RoLo]

 

It's good to bear in mind that Quantity and Quality ride on the same seesaw together;

when one end goes Up, the other end goes Down, and vice versa.

A trophy hunter is a different breed, he or she is not a fish counter and is not disheartened

by getting skunked, because blanking is always the odds on favorite.

The number of glory days in a trophy hunter's lifetime may be counted on his fingers,

it's not a game for everyone.

 

Where?

That's a question that could easily fill a book, and certainly wouldn't fit on any one forum page.

In abstract, your 'structure' survey should always begin in your home with your bathymetric chart,

and your 'cover' survey must be conducted on-site using your eyesight and 3D sonar.

 

Roger

 

[WRB]

The OP hasn't added what he is using as a big swimbait so I will give him a few pointers for summer swimbaits.

1) Slow down and focus on each cast and retrieve, don't look ahead to the next cast.

2) Fish deeper than you think you should.

3) Fish every main lake major point and any points at the head of creek arms or bays. Cast all around the point, shallow to deep, deep to shallow, up and over and parallel.

4) Watch for followers, knowing there are big bass in the area you are fishing is very important. Return to those areas every few hours. Big bass fishing is a lot like trophy hunting, fish where you see them.

Tom