Swim-baits are FUN.

[Darth-Baiter]

I’m not super experienced with swim baits. But yesterday.  Post spawn, lots of bass cruising around in five feet of water, and aquatic plants growing to just about a foot from the surface. 
 

I was hammering them with a drop-shot and my new friend, the Shaky-Head. I would see bass in the murky water.  I tied on a weedless swim-bait.  The MegaBass MagDraft Freestyle. OMG.!!   My first hit I captured on my GoPro. I sounded like a bumbling idiot.  The excitement took over!!  It was so exciting. Lure swimming slowly and BAM!  It stops cold. Stops solid and you almost instinctively set the hook.  Total pandemonium.  I don’t have the right setup. Med-Heavy rod. 12lb flouro.   Slow swimming a swimbait thru the grass was so fun. My mouth dried out from the anticipation.  Heavier line would have been good insurance. 
 

funny true story. I was doing so well I handed my buddy my spare.  Second cast, his knot failed and the lure sailed away.  The apologetic look on his face.....so funny. I gave him a rash of Krap. 
 

I love the swimbait. One bass shredded my lure. Literally tore the face off. But it still worked 

[Darth-Baiter]

Here is my messed up swimbait.  Not sure how it fit so twisted up. 
 

 

[Junger]

Yep, soft swimbaits can be fun. Don't open up the hard swimbait can of worms...Oh, then there's also swim jigs (weedless or open hook) and ripping them through grass and getting thumped hard. Sounds like an awesome day on the water, cheers!

 

[Bluebasser86]

Big wakes are addictive. The anticipation when a Slammer or Rat is crawling across the surface and approaching a likely piece of cover is hard to deal with some days. 

[cdlittle]

10 hours ago, Junger said:

Oh, then there's also swim jigs (weedless or open hook) and ripping them through grass and getting thumped hard.

 

 

My absolute favorite lure/way to fish