Keitech Swim Impact alternative

[sully420]

Keitechs are 4 bucks a pack at dicks if you buy 4 packs (excludes swing impact fats) the fats last long for me anyway. Im not one the the people that think they are the best thing since sliced bread. If bass are on swimbaits i don't really care what you give me a speed shad, rage swimmer, cane thumper, armour shad I'll catch em.

[Big Swimbait]

I agree that the Keitech's are amazing baits. But don't give up on a grub fished the same way. A Kalin's Lunker Grub has caught me a lot of bass over the years and they're 10 to a pack for $3.00!

 

Edited April 26, 2018 by 1201vilbig
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[roadwarrior]

The Rage Tail Swimmer has replaced Kietech in my line up.

 

http://www.strikeking.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=733&Itemid=1259

 

[Brad in Texas]

12 hours ago, Armtx77 said:

Yeah, I run a #1 hookT-rigged and 1/16oz bullet weight on the 2.8 from time to time and it catches fish. I get into a 1/8oz in some of the slow moving waters a little bit too. Just to get deeper quicker, but usually I run #2 jigs.

 

d**n bluegills and their tail nipping no doubt. This is going to be my first full year of bass fishing on ultralight/light sized lures. I dont plan on throwing anything over an 1/8oz. Just something I have wanted to do for a long time.

If you ever want to go even smaller, still catch bass, do a search for Ajing jig heads.

 

My favorite for panfish is the tiny .7 gram model which, I think, uses a #7 hook. It is great for tossing tiny plastics in the 1 to 1.5" range. I often use a Creme black bodied grub with a curly chartreuse tail that can often be found at WalMart. Fish of all kinds seem to love these. The .7 gram size is around 1/40th of an ounce. I believe Owner is the manufacturer. Owner = quality. It has two tie areas and I use the dorsal one more often than up at the nose. And, it comes in sizes up to 2.2 grams, or 1/13th of an ounce. I have never done it but I suppose one could run the lead up into a small tube, too.

 

Brad

 

 

[webertime]

Mend-It as previously stated

Boil cheaper baits.  If you know what you are doing you can boil just sections of the bait to help with the action, while maintaining the harder head area for jigheads and screwlocks.

Find a custom pourer that can make you a bulk order that is cheaper than Keitech.

 

That all being said...  Love me some Keitechs.

[Armtx77]

6 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

The Rage Tail Swimmer has replaced Kietech in my line up.

 

http://www.strikeking.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=733&Itemid=1259

 

Those look good.

 

To everyone who jumped into the thread; I appreciate the feed back on my questions and comments.

It has been a learning experience and I thank you all for your efforts and time to this.

 

Looking forward to some stable weather(NO rain) and seeing what I can make happen.

 

Thanks again

[Chance_Taker4]

6 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

The Rage Tail Swimmer has replaced Kietech in my line up.

 

http://www.strikeking.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=733&Itemid=1259

 

I can't believe it took this long to see a post for the Rage Swimmers. I am with RoadWarrior. I can get Rage Swimmers for $3.50 a pack at Walmart. I'm on my last pack of Keitechs. Once they are done I will be using Rage Swimmers only. I do have a few pack of Exoswims but I haven't used them yet.

[kickerfish1]

I tried the Rage Tail swimmer and didn't care for it. It is the only Rage bait I have used that I didn't like. It just lacks action at least in the sizes I bought. Maybe in a larger size it would actually have some nice side to side kick but I wasn't impressed. To me there is no substitute for the action especially in the smaller sizes and when the bait is retrieved at slower speeds. Part of the reason for both of those is the plastic is pretty soft and to a degree thin. Might be the same logic as to why the Yamamoto senkos have great action and catch results compared to the knock offs but lack durability.

 

For me I am not fortunate enough to fish many lakes where the fishing pressure is low and the catch results are high. If I fish for 4 hours and catch 10 fish on the heavily pressured city lakes here I consider it a pretty good day. I have fished other states mainly up North where the fishing was much "easier". You can put much less though and effort into things and still catch fish un plastics that are literally in fragments because most all the apendages and claws have been chomped off.

 

Bottom line stick to the original Keitech. Buy them on sale, purchase a container of Mend-It and try to stretch some mileage out of your bait.

[jr231]

X3 on the mend it ! I don't really use it on my senkos, and small paddletails / grubs.  Mainly for bigger soft body swimbaits.. but mend-it is top of the line stuff and will definitely help you get a few more fish per bait 

[jtharris3]

On 4/24/2018 at 1:20 PM, NYWayfarer said:

Those new Biospawn Exoswims might be worth looking at. If they are made of the same material as the Exosticks they should last awhile.

 

I have seen someone use them on YouTube and the action of the tail is fantastic.

Those are much more expensive then the Keitechs.

[NYWayfarer]

16 hours ago, jtharris3 said:

Those are much more expensive then the Keitechs.

If they last longer than the Keitech then you go through fewer bags which makes it worth the money.