Swimbaits?

[MrPhotographer06]

what are those plastic segmented swimbaits called at walmart?

i've always seen them, but wondered if they work..

if so, how do you rig them?

[Bubba_Bruiser]

If it is sort of like a segmented fluke, I think they are a Lake Fork product.

[MrPhotographer06]

hmm.

i've never fished a swimbait besides the wildeye firetiger and bluegill shads by storm.

i'm willing to try anything, but dont wanna spend a fortune on it. like 15 bucks per swimbait? nah. i'll pass

[paducahbasser]

It is made by Lake Fork tackle, its called a live magic shad. Google LFT lures and you will find their website, they have all kinds of good plastic baits.

[Bubba_Bruiser]

I don't think they are that high, maybe 6.00 if we are talking about the same thing. I would fish them like a fluke or with a weighted swimbait hook.

[MrPhotographer06]

yeah i know that, i'm talking about true swimbaits.. like the tru-tungsten one..

just, lower-end

[Bubba_Bruiser]

I think I might buy one on the way home from work. I have to pass by Baton Rouge on the way home and I don't think I can pass it up. I am contemplating it. I have been wanting to get into jig fishing, and that would be 3 or 4 extra jigs or a couple of packs of trailers for them. We have been playing .25 poker every night on the rig with a $10 buy in and I am up to $140. I only have 2 more nights, so the least I can walk away with is 120. The monkey shall be fed some!

[Rebbasser]

Whatever you do don't fish them on a chatterbait head. You will NOT catch anything on them!

Seriously, they are good baits. Fished on a chatterbait they can be deadly. You can also fish them on a jighead, weighted hook, T-rig, etc.

[Bassboss]

ya, the lake for swim shad, I got one once, the smelled like garlic! They have great action, the fish like 'em too! The only problem I have with them is that the bait will slide off the hook and come off during the cast some time!

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by Bassboss

ya, the lake for swim shad, I got one once, the smelled like garlic! They have great action, the fish like 'em too! The only problem I have with them is that the bait will slide off the hook and come off during the cast some time!

Can't go wrong with garlic, whether it's fishin or eatin!

[cassidyta]

Originally Posted by Bassboss

ya, the lake for swim shad, I got one once, the smelled like garlic! They have great action, the fish like 'em too! The only problem I have with them is that the bait will slide off the hook and come off during the cast some time!

For larger baits, I suggest using one of the two owner hooks that are designed for just such slippage.
I use the weighted beast with a twist lock on most of my swim baits and their long neck hook with the adjustable stopper when I don't want the weight. The long necks are great for most frogs if you want a single hook.
http://www.ownerhooks.com/pages/prod.../basshooks.htm
Neither hook is cheap, but the cost has been offset by getting longer life out of my baits. I really hate having a bait messed up from repeated casting rather than a fish.

[Randy]

Never caught a thing with swim baits ....

[bassboy11]

they defenatily work here in florida i also like using them for smallies

to rig them just put it through the mouth and pull up

[bassinbob]

Yeah, Reb turned me on to them with chatterbaits. They kill the smallies in my local river. Only way I can catch something on a chatterbait.

[bonsaibp]

Originally Posted by Randy

Never caught a thing with swim baits ....

Keep throwing them eventually you will and then you'll be hooked. I love 'em
from 12'' Huddlestones to 4'' Money Minnows they will all work if you use them.