djpeterbilt

I’m new to fishing swimbaits. I need some tips and tricks, I don’t want to spend a lot of money on baits. Right now other than some soft plastics swimbaits I went with Academy’s H2O Express’s Sexy Shad and Bluegill. So far the only luck I’ve had is with the Sexy Shad and it has been in a small pond. I would think that in a pond with lots of Sunfish that the Bluegill would work but I have had no luck. The Sexy Shad however has worked in that pond go figure, and I seriously doubt there are shad in the pond. Another factor each time I’ve caught fish on the swimbait it has been over a hundred degrees outside. I’ve tried at 2 tournaments I fish as well. On large bodies of water filled with shad I have had no luck. Saturday night I fished a tournament and the lake is filled with 8 plus lbs bass. The winner of the tournament had 13 lbs on 2 fish it was 10lbs and 2 place 1 fish 9lbs. I fished it in weeds off rocky points and deep water bluffs. Then at a local lake I fish it near rip rap. Please help me.

I'm in Oklahoma City and looking for some fishing buddies. Just got into this swimbait thing and just strted fishing again for that matter this spring.

I have 4 Shimano Corados and 1 Lews Super Duty Speed Spool MCS (which I absolutely love). My buddy who owns a tackle store says he was not impressed with the new Shimano’s. I was throwing a 4.5†swimbait yesterday on a 7†Foot Falcon Cara with my Corado and it preformed quit well, even though I didn’t catch anything. Last night was my first time throwing a swimbait.

i'm a newbie as well just joined today. I'm Jim. I live in Oklahoma City are there any fellow Okies here?