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a beat up williams wobbler i found 14 years ago with half of it paint orange colorado style 3/4once i think ...the size u get in the value pack....its so faithful ive jumped into the lake to get it time after time...once in may,,,,oh it was cooled
I was going to ask about larger (5" +) swim baits, likely a shadalicious. I am very interested in experimenting with these this year. They seem to be the cat's a*s.
Would anyone care to share their experience with swimbaits and early season pike or walleye for that matter??
Robert Goulet wrote:I was going to ask about larger (5" +) swim baits, likely a shadalicious. I am very interested in experimenting with these this year. They seem to be the cat's a*s.
Would anyone care to share their experience with swimbaits and early season pike or walleye for that matter??
Thx
beauty of swimbaits is that there is no wrong way to fish them. basically you chuck em out and reel them back real slow. It is hard to get over the idea that the bait needs to be worked. Rigging is the most important factor, the bait HAS to be straight. I used mainly weighted swim bait hooks but I am going to jig heads designed for swimbaits as the weeds are not up in the spring and I think the exposed hook will make for more hook ups. For leaders I ties on 50lb Seaguar Florocarbon using twin uniknots, main line I use 30lb ProwerPro braid, part of the reason I need a slow rod. I throw them with an old cheap slow BPS 6'6"' flipping stick with a 4 series baitcaster and I really rear back and set the hook hard the hook has to go through the bait and into the fish. I like the fish to mouth the bait and my fast action graphites just do not work as well.
