Best Boot Tail Swimbait

[fishingtx]

I love swim bait fishing and I have a few brands that I use ,but I want to know what swim baits you guys throw.

[ATA]

I only throw Huddlestone Swimbaits when it comes to boot tail, Get the 68. It is 6" and have tail of 8". 

[roadwarrior]

Rage Swimmer

 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Strike_King_Rage_Swimmer_Swimbait/descpage-SKRSW.html

[Dens228]

I'll stick with my Keitech Swing Impact Fat

[ATA]

1 minute ago, roadwarrior said:

Rage Swimmer

 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Strike_King_Rage_Swimmer_Swimbait/descpage-SKRSW.html

oh he was looking for small ones 

[WRB]

Boot tail is a patent term for Huddleston Deluxe Swimbaits. Paddle tail would be a smaller Keitech swimmer or Hollow body swimbaits.

Boot Tail agree Hudd 68 orc8” and Optima Butch Brown 6” and 10” Thumper Tail.

Tom

[TnRiver46]

I never knew the difference between boot or paddle, I think @WRBjust cleared that up 

[Allen Der]

44 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I never knew the difference between boot or paddle, I think @WRBjust cleared that up 

 

actually that is not correct.  Boot tail isn't a trademarked term.  swing impacts and rage swimmer type swimbaits are technically boot tails.  most people use paddle tail incorrectly.  a paddle tail looks like this

 

[Black Hawk Basser]

A sleeper is the B Fish'n Pulse-R.  They are fragile but they work for every species that swims around here.  It's my favorite river bait.

 

I love(d) the Berkley Havoc Grass Pig, but they don't make the Havoc baits anymore.  There is a now a grass pig in the Powerbait lineup, I believe.

[Kdizzle]

BP Speed Shads and Keitech Easy Shiners are the two I use the most.

[TnRiver46]

2 hours ago, Allen Der said:

 

actually that is not correct.  Boot tail isn't a trademarked term.  swing impacts and rage swimmer type swimbaits are technically boot tails.  most people use paddle tail incorrectly.  a paddle tail looks like this

 

Gotcha. In that case my favorite factory made boot tail swimbaits are by creme . I like hand pours the best but not easy to get 

 

i use tons and tons of these especially 2 in and 2.5 inch. Little joe thumping shad used to be the best ones, then zoom made the exact same ones for a while. Honorable mention right now goes to cable’s/BPS sassy shad style boot tail bait pictured here

[GreenPig]

13 Fishing BAMF Shad. Megabass Magdrafts. I believe a Huddleston Deluxe is a wedge tail

 

[WRB]

4 hours ago, Allen Der said:

 

actually that is not correct.  Boot tail isn't a trademarked term.  swing impacts and rage swimmer type swimbaits are technically boot tails.  most people use paddle tail incorrectly.  a paddle tail looks like this

 

Look at BassTrix Hollow body “paddle” tail swimbait.

At one point in time we call a paddle worm what you posted, then it became a beaver tail. This why terms matter. Remember the Sassy Shad, we called them kick tails in the-70’s.

Tom

[GetFishorDieTryin]

6 hours ago, Allen Der said:

actually that is not correct.  Boot tail isn't a trademarked term.  swing impacts and rage swimmer type swimbaits are technically boot tails.  most people use paddle tail incorrectly.  a paddle tail looks like this

Yeah I thought the Hudd tails were referred to as "Vortex"

[Big Hands]

6 hours ago, Allen Der said:

 

actually that is not correct.  Boot tail isn't a trademarked term.  swing impacts and rage swimmer type swimbaits are technically boot tails.  most people use paddle tail incorrectly.  a paddle tail looks like this

 

I would call the worm above a paddle tail worm, and I have caught many bass on them.

 

The Keitech Swing Impact, I would call a paddle tail swimbait. Love those too.

 

Try a Google search for:

 

paddle tail swimbait

 

and then

 

paddle tail worm

[TnRiver46]

10 minutes ago, Big Hands said:

I would call the worm above a paddle tail worm, and I have caught many bass on them.

 

The Keitech Swing Impact, I would call a paddle tail swimbait. Love those too.

 

Try a Google search for:

 

paddle tail swimbait

 

and then

 

paddle tail worm

Sooooo, what's a boot tail??

[Big Hands]

19 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Sooooo, what's a boot tail??

To me, it's an exaggerated/oversize paddle tail swimbait. 

[Allen Der]

25 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Sooooo, what's a boot tail??

Which one looks like a boot and which one looks like a paddle?  Why would a paddle tail worm and swimbait have different tails.  At some point in time the terms became interchangeable but boot tail is the correct description for a swing impact style bait

[TnRiver46]

4 minutes ago, Big Hands said:

To me, it's an exaggerated/oversize paddle tail swimbait. 

Gotcha. In this case, I like paddle tails and never use boot tails 

[fishingtx]

I personally have some favorites. https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Reaction_Innovations_Big_Dipper_Swimbaits/descpage-RIBDSB.html

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Reaction_Innovations_Skinny_Dipper_7pk/descpage-RISKD.html

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Reaction_Innovations_Little_Dipper_35_9pk/descpage-RILD.html

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/search-tackle.html?sort=no&start=0&count=30&searchtext=rage+swimmer

[TnRiver46]

Just now, Allen Der said:

Which one looks like a boot and which one looks like a paddle?  Why would a paddle tail worm and swimbait have different tails.  At some point in time the terms became interchangeable but boot tail is the correct description for a swing impact style bait

If my lure looks like a boot, I feel like I've taken a wrong turn somewhere 

[Big Hands]

Just now, TnRiver46 said:

Gotcha. In this case, I like paddle tails and never use boot tails 

I would suggest that there are also regional differences in what things are called. Marketing speak gonna have us tied up in fits.

[fishingtx]

9 hours ago, bass4life.... said:

I love swim bait fishing and I have a few brands that I use ,but I want to know what swim baits you guys throw.

 

[Big Hands]

15 minutes ago, bass4life.... said:

 

LOL, probably need you to be more specific on the type and size of swimbait you're talking about ;~)

 

Seriously though, if you tell us what you're using, that will let us match-the-hatch so to speak.

 

For me, that could be anything from a Megabass 10" Magdraft all the way down to a 2.8" Keitech Easy Shiner on an 1/8 oz ballhead jig.

[fishingtx]

10 hours ago, bass4life.... said:

I personally have some favorites. https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Reaction_Innovations_Big_Dipper_Swimbaits/descpage-RIBDSB.html

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Reaction_Innovations_Skinny_Dipper_7pk/descpage-RISKD.html

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Reaction_Innovations_Little_Dipper_35_9pk/descpage-RILD.html

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/search-tackle.html?sort=no&start=0&count=30&searchtext=rage+swimmer

 in colors white trash, sexy shad, purple smoke, bad shad, and houdini. To @Big Hands