Bear Creek Swimbait Fishing

[Randall]

I haven't posted in this section in a while. I havent' been fishing as much as I used to over the past year after having our fourth child late last year. This summer I have made a few trips out to Bear Creek Reservoir in Northeast Ga and have been getting around twenty fish a day on mostly jigs and swimbaits. Here is a video I made showing how I have been catching most of the fish. I have been using a lot of different swimbaits but most have been on the Osprey top hook talons in the six and seven inch sizes. This is some fun fishing when you can get a bunch of fish eating the baits like this.

[ICU812]

Nice video man! Gotta love good swimbait action! Those ospreys seem to be a real hit! Thanks for sharing and nice fish!

[Shane Procell]

That last one is a Pig!

[deep]

Hey Randall, just a newbie swimbaiter here. I noticed you were retrieving at a pretty brisk pace, and every once in a while, you'd speed the retrieve up a little more for a while.

Would you tell me when you'd speed the retrieve up? I mean, did you feel the bait hit something, and made a directional change (a speed change really), or was it a random thing you include in the retrieve?

Also, were you trying to keep the bait in the middle/ top-middle water column? That's what I gleaned from your generally fast retrieve. Will be glad if you could clarify that.

Thanks.

[Randall]

Hey Randall, just a newbie swimbaiter here. I noticed you were retrieving at a pretty brisk pace, and every once in a while, you'd speed the retrieve up a little more for a while.

Would you tell me when you'd speed the retrieve up? I mean, did you feel the bait hit something, and made a directional change (a speed change really), or was it a random thing you include in the retrieve?

Also, were you trying to keep the bait in the middle/ top-middle water column? That's what I gleaned from your generally fast retrieve. Will be glad if you could clarify that.

Thanks.

Really thats a pretty slow pace until I got to the target area. As slow as the tail would kick on the bait. Low gear ratio reel I was using differnt sizes and types of line to control the depth from 16 to 25 feet and was throwing into 25 to 40 feet in most cases I was throwing out in to deeper water suspended fish and pulling the fish to the structure by getting them to follow the swimbait to the target area. The bait hits the bottom in the area or in some cases I just know I am close to the target area. So when I get there I just either rip the bait like on the last fish or start changing speeds and direction with the reel. I caught four ripping the bait on back to back casts on the last spot and all were over four pounds. All those fish hit on the rip right as the bait stopped and I had to reel down to catch up then set the hook. I would also do the same things if I felt a fish bump the bait out over open water and would catch a fish here and there that way.