Uncommon swimming soft plastics

[RenzokukenFisher]

What are some soft plastics you guys reccomend swimming or using like a jerkbait other than ones designed for that purpose? I'm sure some of that info is classified so I dont want to be asking too much hahha.  Just trying to break the mold a bit in my fishing and try new things. Ex: using a brush hog weightless and using it like a fluke, if that even works.

[GRiver]

I do that too. Been putting a bug or creature bait on a weighted fluke type hook and work it along the bank or as close to the Lilly pad line that I can get. 

[Bass Rutten]

I find the plain ol’ senko makes a decent stand in for a soft jerk. I also twitch a weightless trick worm around shallow vegetation like a jerk bait.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

Fat Ika can "walk-the-dog" subsurface caught fish a number of times this way.

[huZZah]

37 minutes ago, Bassjam2000 said:

I also twitch a weightless trick worm around shallow vegetation like a jerk bait.

Same. I also t rig it and pull it through the less dense stuff. Always gets a reaction. 

[ironbjorn]

47 minutes ago, Bassjam2000 said:

I find the plain ol’ senko makes a decent stand in for a soft jerk. I also twitch a weightless trick worm around shallow vegetation like a jerk bait.

The Senko was originally designed with the intent of being a soft plastic jerkbait.

[Bass Rutten]

16 minutes ago, ironbjorn said:

The Senko was originally designed with the intent of being a soft plastic jerkbait.

True, it did kill the sluggo, but it seems like no one fishes it like that anymore.

Edited July 17, 2021 by Bassjam2000

[Kenny Yi]

do not swim senkos or trick worms through cover, they do not cause reaction bites when ripping through, they aren't super weedless, and they do not catch fish. 

[river-rat]

 

I began using a weightless standard Brush Hog when I ran out of Flukes one day and caught fish on them. Since then I have continued to use it with success.

[ironbjorn]

Craws and ribbon tail worms swim well with good results. If you can still get the Pit Boss (last I heard they stopped making them, this might not be true, or maybe they've changed their mind) it swims great and also works as a great soft plastic top water.

[Catt]

Swimming 

Speed Craw, Speed Worm, Rage Cut R Worm, & any Ribbon Tail Worm.

 

Y'all need to check out Magnum Trick Worms, Magnum Finesse Worms, Magnum Speed Worms & Magnum Speed Craws.

[T-Billy]

 I like slow rolling a 10" ribbontail, T-rigged, with a 1/16 or 1/8 weight through and over shallow grass. Any heavier weight gets the tail moving too fast. I want it moving just fast enough to get that long tail waving. 

[Kenny Yi]

I should also not mention the weightless tube, it does not catch fish

[RenzokukenFisher]

12 hours ago, Kenny Yi said:

do not swim senkos or trick worms through cover, they do not cause reaction bites when ripping through, they aren't super weedless, and they do not catch fish. 

Darn I will keep it in mind to never swim those baits through cover