Swimbaits

[dollarbill]

If you are fishing a lake with no trout in it, can you still use something like the huddleston delux.  Does that make a difference?

[.dsaavedra.]

use a shad swimbait instead of the trout. take a look at the hud's shad swimbaits. shad are everywhere.

[Raul]

If you are fishing a lake with no trout in it, can you still use something like the huddleston delux. Does that make a difference?

Yes you can still use something like a Huddy. In my neck of the woods bass have never seen a trout and unless there 's an ice age they will never see a trout in their life time, howver trout imitators work very well.

[Hookemdown.]

If you are fishing a lake with no trout in it, can you still use something like the huddleston delux.  Does that make a difference?

Yes you can still use something like a Huddy. In my neck of the woods bass have never seen a trout and unless there 's an ice age they will never see a trout in their life time, howver trout imitators work very well.

x2

I'm no swimbait guru, but from my experience in AR (no stocked trout here) they work great.

[Randall]

Hudds will work but I have done much better with baits that are a better match for the forage that are  in the lake. I try to match the appearance ,size and swimming action of the forage that I feel the bigger bass are targeting most at the time and location I am fishing. For example if I see bass feeding on bluegill I have been able to get more strikes on a bluegill bait like a Mattlures bluegill than a Hudd. During the spring many of the lakes I fish have spawning gizzard shad which swim with a wide eratic swimming motion while spawning.  I have thrown Hudds, and a bunch of other baits that swim with a tight action where the head of the bait stays still and the bait swims with the tail and the bass will not touch it. Switch to something with action like a Triple Trout which swims more like a spawning gizzard shad and I almost always catch more fish with it than a Hudd type bait. Sometimes I see gizzard shad swimming more like a Hudd when feeding along the bottom this time of year and I do a little better with baits that swim with more tail than body action bumping them along on the bottom. I am always trying to match the forage as close as possible when I fish with swimbaits just to increase my chances although they may also hit one that isn't anything like any baitfish in the lake as well.

[Hookemdown.]

Hudds will work but I have done much better with baits that are a better match for the forage that are  in the lake. I try to match the appearance ,size and swimming action of the forage that I feel the bigger bass are targeting most at the time and location I am fishing. For example if I see bass feeding on bluegill I have been able to get more strikes on a bluegill bait like a Mattlures bluegill than a Hudd. During the spring many of the lakes I fish have spawning gizzard shad which swim with a wide eratic swimming motion while spawning.  I have thrown Hudds, and a bunch of other baits that swim with a tight action where the head of the bait stays still and the bait swims with the tail and the bass will not touch it. Switch to something with action like a Triple Trout which swims more like a spawning gizzard shad and I almost always catch more fish with it than a Hudd type bait. Sometimes I see gizzard shad swimming more like a Hudd when feeding along the bottom this time of year and I do a little better with baits that swim with more tail than body action bumping them along on the bottom. I am always trying to match the forage as close as possible when I fish with swimbaits just to increase my chances although they may also hit one that isn't anything like any baitfish in the lake as well.

Very informative post.  I don't know much about SB's, but I intend to learn a little.  Thanks for the tip.

[roadwarrior]

Yep,

Randall has it going!

8-)

[dollarbill]

Thanks for the info.  I plan on trying different things.  Was just curious about the trout imitators.  I plan on getting a new rod and reel specifically for this.  The rod I have not decided on yet.  The reel, I think i will be going with shimano calcutta te 400.  

[Cory20]

Shad are not everywhere!!!

<---- representing the North

Randal x10!!!   Match what the fish are eating.