Big Swimbait

[fishingtx]

Big Swimbaits are a technique that is getting more popular. What's yalls take on it and the baits themselves? Do some of yall fish them and how do yall fish them? What's your favorite swimbait and do you prefer hard body or soft? I personally have gained confidence in this technique over the years and every time I go out I throw one. I'm from the brushy and structure filled lakes of Texas so I through a weedless magdraft or 3:16 swimbait. I throw them over grass, parallel to grass lines, uphill on points. I am just trying to become more diverse and advanced with this technique. 

Thank you for your input.

[webertime]

Just like any other fishing.  Baits need to match rods/line/conditions.

[MediumMouthBass]

I just got a few of the new knockoff Mag Drafts Zaldain has on the market, ive wanted to try some Mag drafts for awhile but these were on sale and people have said they work good reeling them fast or slow. That being said im kind of disappointed in how small these and the actual Mag Drafts are (not in length but how narrow and thin they are, well compared to my other soft swimbaits in same lengths). I think ill use them more for smallmouth or skipping under docks since its hard enough of a plastic to do so.

Now my bigger swimbaits are a mix of soft line thru trouts/bluegills, and hard swimbaits/glidebaits, along with a couple big wakebaits. They range from 1oz to over 6oz.

Big swimbaits arent going to catch you tons of bass, now there are days you can catch lots of bass but where they really work is catching the biggest bass in your lake or pond. But sometimes you will get a 1 or 2 lber that thinks it can somehow eat it.

Depending on the bottom of the lake and where the fish are might slow roll on the bottom, fish them around structure either fast or slow depending on how the bass are feeding that day, or fish them just below the surface.

I dont get to fish them as much as i would like to because every pond and lake near me has pickerel or pike, some lakes there is a 50-50 ratio of them to bass and others you might get a toothy fish every one in a while. So when i fish them theres a steel leader on them, and i think that makes the bass bite less. Sometimes it might make them not bite it at all.

[GRiver]

I’ve got a few smaller ones from Bass Pro, the realImage series. 
The  goldfish  color with fork tail has worked the best for me. They are not big, but I’ve caught decent fish on them.

[Big Swimbait]

I would add a 6 in Bull Shad and a rat like the ones from Spro. For a  little more money you can get the Bull Rat from Bull Shad as well. For deep fish I always have a Burrito tied on. Then you can't go wrong with an S-Waver for an inexpensive glide bait option.

[Bluebasser86]

I've fish a wide variety of big swimbaits and usually try to toss them around a little bit every time I go out.