Swimbaits

[mainbutter]

spro jointed swimbaits are great, and the 4'' shads are small enough to interest most MN fishermen

The colors are all pretty much natural colors, and I'd go with any of them.

[ratherBfishnJP]

Out of curiosity, For the soft swimbaits, what size hook would u use to get a better hook set?

[TonkaBass]

depends on the bait you use

[ratherBfishnJP]

I have quite a few yum money minnows and i might dip into the berkley hollow bellies this year. any recommendations??

[TonkaBass]

I like the owners the best. A 5/0 works good for most of them.

[mainbutter]

On my paddle tail swimbaits with hook slots (that I think are 4.5'' and 5''), I use 5/0 weighted hooks.

[ratherBfishnJP]

hows your hooking ratio for some reason they just keep getting the plastic

[TurnUpTheFishing]

I really like the hooks that come with the Hollow bellies. I think its a 6/0 hook. I have some 5/0 I find to be too small for 5" paddletails but use them on smaller versions. I have some Yum money minnow hooks that I wouldnt recomend.

Ive never thrown a hard swimbait but I picked these up. I think Ive found my secret weapon for this year.

[ratherBfishnJP]

Who makes those? i bet they were a pretty penny!

[RumRiverRat]

The 4" BBZ1 in Perch and Bluegill patterns produced on Pool 4 today.

Caught Several Smallies on them.

Caught more pike almost 2:1 on them though.

I bought the a couple slow and fast sink in each pattern.

May have to buy the 6 and 8 inch version to target the bigger Pike.

Fished them around rip rap like I would a jerk bait or spinner bait.

Fished them around wood very carefully but still managed to snag a few times, did not lose any thought!

[Craigums]

I just bought some Sebile Soft Swimmers in a bluegill pattern, Ive got a clear lake in mind. I plan on tossing them shallow this weekend. The cool thing is they are weedless

[bucketmouth64]

Bought a 4" castaic red tail chub. The resemblance of a real red tail chub is pretty good; that's what sold me and the price was reasonable. It also has an eyelet on the bottom to add a stinger hook.

[bassfshin24]

i have the regular sebile swimmer and 2 tru tungsten swimbaits. I need to buy some bluegill pattern swimbaits though!

[TurnUpTheFishing]

Who makes those? i bet they were a pretty penny!

You'd be suprised how much things cost when you're not paying for a name brand! Looking at them Id think they would be spendy, too. You cant buy them in MN but if you search online you can find some for sale, they are only sold in a big retail chain down south called Academy.

[st.crioxfishin]

I hear ya TUTF, alot of academy's hard baits look a lot like top brand name baits. Their crankbaits and jerkbaits look almost identical to lucky craft's except 1/3 the price!

[Irish]

I bought a 4" tru-tungsten bluegill. Have yet to try it out.

[mainbutter]

Out of curiosity, For the soft swimbaits, what size hook would u use to get a better hook set?

For my hook-slot swimbaits that are in the 4-5in size range, a 5/0 usually does the trick.

Most "swimbait hooks" are just EWGs with some lead molded onto the hook 'belly'.

[ratherBfishnJP]

How is the swimbait bite right now

[NTW]

great