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3:16 soft bait glue is better then mend it IMHO I use both and if I really need a good seal on adding a tail loctite super glue gel works great too i used a 8” hudd tail on a Matt lures bluegill that bait flat out catches them

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Does anyone else have a body of water where you just can’t get a swimbait bite no matter how hard you grind? If so, how do you combat this? YES! I Fish in SoCal and these lakes are super pressured, sometimes I question myself what the hell am I doing, but it makes me fish better, fish harder, put my baits in the right spots When you get a bite take a step back and think how did I get that bite might be structure related, retrieve etc. try to replicate it on different parts on the lake in similar situations. Tougher the bite the more it drives me to figure them out! -Do you have a favorite swimbait for when times get tough (any time during the year) that you pick up and know you will catch fish? Its a matter of figuring out what the fish are doing, are they eating bluegill, Shad, trout, baby bass fry etc. look for clues around the lake. if I’m not getting any follows on a bait I change it, 6”,7”,8”,9”,10” baits all make a difference if all else fails then I’m throwing 11” glides tougher the bite the bigger bait I throw honestly. If I had to pick a go-to bait to put a fish in the boat Swimbait it’s def. a rising son. 5” weedless or 6.5” -I have a reel that doesn’t properly fit into my rod, should I just add tape to fill it in? Probably not the best idea because If you hook a giant your in trouble. If that’s seriously your only option then some strong zip ties and figure 8 electrical tape should do it LOL - i wouldn’t mess around get a legit setup -How often do you catch swimbait fish? For me it is fairly rare. all depends on how much time your putting on the water and if your doing the right things on the lake, if your dialed in it can happen everyday, all day, or skunk out for a month STRIAGHT. I had a 25+ Swimbait fish day once 7-9lbers all day and then next day it just shutdown so it’s hard to say. Time on the water is KEY - You need to have big bass mentality and don’t panic if you skunk out 10 trips in a row, I just like going to the lake and freaking myself out on “Swimming Swimbaits” and the bites are a bonus -If you pond fish, do you also throw swimbait in those ponds? Any success or advice on doing so? Pond fishing is a great place to gain confidence and learn the characteristics of certain baits your trying to learn to apply to the big show; 3:16 rising sons, minnows & little boogers are fun pond killers -What is a really good, not breaking the bank, gizzard shad swimbait? Savage gear glides are as cheap as they get and get bit. But you can buy 10 decent-ish baits or buy one legit bait like a Pizz shadley, 3:16 freestyle shad, phoney shad Glide, 8” to 10” triple trout, hinkle shad etc -Can upsizing baits get you more bites? Yes and No - If the fishing is super dead you should just swing for the fences are throw the biggest bait you got expecting not to catch anything. I’ve had some double digit days in the toughest of conditions - but it also depends if you had followers, if you did stick with that size maybe change a color, no followers change size. But Sometimes you have to put the Swimbait down and get in tune with the lake and fish some plastic worms, jigs, spinnerbaits etc take notes of how they got bit and use those same techniques and spots to Swimbaits

Be the BAIT Cast, sink it to the bottom, slow roll/grind the bottom until you feel some structure (rocks, trees, grass etc) OR get it just off the bottom using a medium speed and then when you feel structure that’s when you have to make something happen, pop it up and let it fall down, burn it, twitch it, even just a few quick turns on the reel handle - just do something different. I always imagine there’s a bass there holding on that “structure snag” and what my bait looks like swimming underwater (In my mind LOL) Always just be the bait, your a scared baitfish that just went over a rockpile and seen a giant bass. you just got scared and try to save your life. How would they react? That’s when you set the hook

Is the tail kinked or bent ?

Pizz Customs Swimbaits are under-rated, they flat out get bit. Everything sold out pretty quickly, Was Lucky enough to snag a Carp Glide. They are having a promotion if you buy $20 worth of any clothing/hat/stickers you can win any free bait of your choice.

Nice! Going to have to give that a try