05-24-09, 10:38 PM | #1 |
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
|
Swimbaits?
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?
__________________
For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012 |
05-24-09, 10:50 PM | #2 |
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
|
If it is sort of like a segmented fluke, I think they are a Lake Fork product.
__________________
\,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L! |
05-24-09, 10:51 PM | #3 |
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
|
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
__________________
For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012 |
05-24-09, 10:53 PM | #4 |
BassFishin.Com Member
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 28
|
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.
|
05-24-09, 11:05 PM | #5 |
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
|
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.
__________________
\,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L! |
05-24-09, 11:06 PM | #6 |
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
|
yeah i know that, i'm talking about true swimbaits.. like the tru-tungsten one..
just, lower-end
__________________
For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012 |
05-24-09, 11:14 PM | #7 |
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
|
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!
__________________
\,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L! |
05-25-09, 12:46 AM | #8 |
BassFishin.Com Premier Elite
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 10,141
|
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.
__________________
It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3 |
05-25-09, 07:29 AM | #9 |
BassFishin.Com Premier Elite
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Shawano, WI
Posts: 7,761
|
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!
__________________
If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die. |
05-25-09, 06:01 PM | #10 | |
BassFishin.Com Premier Elite
|
Quote:
Can't go wrong with garlic, whether it's fishin or eatin!
__________________
Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me..... |
|
05-25-09, 06:58 PM | #11 | |
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 2,928
|
Quote:
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.
__________________
If you have ever wondered if you should retie, the answer is yes. |
|
05-27-09, 11:43 AM | #12 |
BassFishin.Com Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Tampa , Fl
Posts: 71
|
Never caught a thing with swim baits ....
|
06-24-09, 09:04 PM | #13 |
BassFishin.Com Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 44
|
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 |
06-24-09, 11:16 PM | #14 |
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Pitts. Pa.
Posts: 3,801
|
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.
__________________
you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands |
06-30-09, 08:25 AM | #15 |
BassFishin.Com Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Northridge, CA
Posts: 98
|
|
Disclosure / Disclaimer
Before acting on the content posted, you should know that BassFishin.Com may benefit financially and otherwise from content, advertising, links or otherwise from anything you click on, read, or look at on our website. Click here to read our Disclosure Policy and Disclaimer. |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|