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You can read this article from Butch Brown: https://scout.com/outdoors/bass-fishing/Article/Learn-to-Fish-Glide-Baits-for-Giant-Bass-105347429

The 2 swimbaits that I caught more nice fish on were this one and also a 6" Optimum slow sinking swimbait similar to an Osprey. Never had a swimbait as productive for bigger bass as those 2.

I'd throw a bass colored swimbait in the 7 to 9" size. A 7 or 9" bass colored MS Slammer...

Try a smaller bait. Maybe a Mattlures Bluegill fished slowly on bottom or maybe even a swimbait in a baby bass color. You may try a crawdad imitating jig too. Mike Long uses jigs a lot to catch trophy bass he found before...

I use Trilene Big Game. 12lb line for the Hudd 68 Weedless, but most people I see here who use Big Game for the 8" Hudd use 20 to 30lb.

I would use a glide bait like a S-Waver 200 or a Deps 250. Make a cast the same angle and depth as when you saw her. Bring the swimbait slow and steady. Give it a quick half or 1/4 reel handle turn to make it glide and let it stop for at least 3 seconds when the bait is reaching the spot on spot (rocks). Then resume the slow steady retrieve. If you see the big bass following close to the bait make it glide again and pause like before. If it follows and you can't make it strike return at least a couple hours later or even next day and try a different bait or different angle.

My favorite part is at 3:46!

I was going to post the video here, but I thought it would already be here because it's incredible! And I was right, it was already here.

Found this great video about swimbaits. Matt Allen answering some questions and talking about swimbait fishing.

Decent wake bait = MS Slammer. Ok, it's not decent, it's maybe the best! I have the 7", but all the good swimbaiters say you'll get just about as many bites on the 9", and overall it's a better bait for bigger bass (but you'll still catch bass under 2lbs on it).

Yeah, I don't use braid, but braid is very thin and has no stretch, so I think it's better not to go with a very small diameter.

I agree! Here in Portugal people always look at line diameter, not pound test! Pound test many times is not correct and some lines break well over labeled pound test while others break under it. Line diameter is usually accurately labeled. Of couse strength of 2 different lines of the same diameter will be different, but so do 2 different line of the same lb test (because it's not accurate) and the diameter of 2 lines of the same pound test can be very different. Many people say P-Line CXX is too thick! Actually it's the opposite! If you compare a P-Line CXX with another copolymer or nylon line of the same diameter the CXX is stronger than the other line! The lb test labeled for that line is WAY under the real breaking strength... I had a 8" Hudd some time ago and used only 12lb test Big Game! I casted the bait with no problems... Caught my PB (5lb northern strain) 16 years ago a a normal sized spinnerbait and 6lb (0,25mm or 0.0098") mono! I fished 0,25mm line for a few years using normal sized spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, worms, and catching bass around 2 up to 4lb and I NEVER had a bass break my line. I use 0,356mm Big Game and caught bass up to almost 5lb with absolutely no problem... Even horsed a 5lb carp (way stronger than a 5lb bass) I caught on a 5" jerkbait with no problems... Butch Brown says he never used line over 20lb test for bass fishing. He uses 20lb test Seaguar AbrazX even with the Deps 250. 20lb test Seaguar Abrazx is 0,405mm (0.016") diameter... If I use Big Game of a similar diameter 15lb test is just a little bit thinner than 20lb Abrazx. Also, Big Game is more elastic, so it is more shock absorbing. Also, bass here are northern strain. So, I should absolutely have no problem using 15lb test Big Game even for 5 or 6oz lures... If you fish for florida strain MAYBE you should use 20lb line, but I think you really don't need to, specially if you are careful and check your line regularly... Listen to this interview of Butch Brown (starts at 41:24): http://www.rodandreelradio.com/Archives/2017/02/02-05-17-2hr.mp3 Another interview with Butch Brown (starts at 21:32): http://www.rodandreelradio.com/Archives/2016/03/03-20-16-2hr.mp3 You can search for "Butch Brown" in this page and download both interviews: http://www.rodandreelradio.com/archives.html

Look at the Jesse Hall videos and article. He fishes in the Northeast (Maine). Last year he caught 25 bass over 5lbs and I think he had a year with 30 over 5lbs! Also, Carl from the Keepin it Reel Fishing youtube channel fishes in the Northeast!

Those are some good baits! The 8" BBZ is another bait I forgot to mention! You can learn a lot here in the Underground, but there are a few youtube channels and websites where you can learn a lot too. You probably already know many of them... Youtube channels: Tactical Bassin: https://www.youtube.com/user/tacticalbassin/videos Keepin It Reel Fishing: https://www.youtube.com/user/KeepinItReelFishing/videos Jesse Hall (he's a member here in the SU with the name "Mossypumpkin"): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKyBTNUOReZre1wwYbIBGKw/videos The BBZ tv: https://www.youtube.com/user/thebbztv/videos Mike Long: https://www.youtube.com/user/mikelongoutdoors101/videos Butch Brown: https://www.youtube.com/user/Swimbaiter365/videos Big Bass Dreams: https://www.youtube.com/user/BigBassDreams/videos Crazy Bass Fisher: https://www.youtube.com/user/crazybassfisher/videos Websites: Mike Long Outdoors: http://www.mikelongoutdoors.com/ Butch Brown - Learn to Fish Glide Baits for Giant Bass: https://scout.com/outdoors/bass-fishing/Article/Learn-to-Fish-Glide-Baits-for-Giant-Bass-105347429 Butch Brown - Fishing the Thumper Tail: http://www.westernbass.com/article/butch-brown-swimbait-tips-fishing-thumper-tail Jesse Hall - Swimbaits for Big Bass in Maine? Absolutely! : https://www.docktalk365.com/swimbaits-for-big-bass-in-maine-absolutely/ Hope this helps!

I forgot a couple baits: Mattlures Hammer Tail Bluegill - Great bluegill bait. Great for bottom fishing or the middle of the water column. Jackall Gantarel - excelent bait for the price! It floats but dives a bit and is kind of a cross between a glide bait and a multi-jointed bait. If you want just 3 baits to cover all depths I would pick a Huddleston (8" if you have confidence in it), the S-Waver 200 and the 9" MS Slammer.

Hi! Welcome to Swimbait Underground! I still don't have much experience with swimbaits, but from what I see people doing and from my little experience I can tell you color should be the least of your concerns... They'll hit any color. Swimbait action/speed and size and presentation are way more important than color. If you have confidence in using a color that matches the baitfish bass in your lakes eat then you may try to match the hatch. In very pressured lakes I thing it may make a difference to match the hatch and not use some strange colors, but in most lakes it doesn't matter. Bass are an opportunistic predator and will attack a big easy meal even if he never saw something that color before. You may want to use natural colors in clear water in the middle of a bright day and white, black or a lure with some chartreuse in dirty water or low light conditions. As for some lures you may try: Soft baits/bottom baits: Huddleston 68 and 8" Glide Baits/middle of the water column: S-Waver 168 and 200 Savage Gear Shine Glide 7" Topwater/wakebaits: 9" MS Slammer (smaller bass will still hit this lure) Spro BBZ-1 Rat 50 These are all great lures that work everywhere (there are a lot of people smashing them on these baits in places with northern strain bass) and are not expensive.

I'm from Portugal. In Europe pike get bigger than in America, but the largemouth bass we have are northern strain only. In Europe the heavy weight of freshwater is the wels catfish: they may get over 7ft long and weight over 220lbs!

Hi! I'm not french, but I'm portuguese! Closer to you than the guys in the USA. haha

My reel is the same: Abu C3 with a Power Handle!

I think it can, even if the tail doesn't kick bass will still hit it. Also, I would try a Mattlures Hammer Tail Bluegill. A Little Creeper Sunfish is a good bait too. It's weedless but maybe not as good for fishing slowly on the bottom as the other two options.

Thanks! I have a 7" Slammer for about 5 years now. I usually fish it for a couple hours on almost every fishing trip, but only caught 1 bass and lost another one... I'm thinking about fishing it more next year and maybe I'll try a 9".

How do you fish your slammers most of the time? On top, waking it or cranking it down a bit like a square bill crankbait?

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Something that mimics the forage big bass eat in the lakes you fish. Choose baits that can be worked very slowly while still swimming.

Matt Allen uses them a lot. You can watch him talking about them in this video: https://youtu.be/e0oXnvSosHE . Starts at 14:35 (but the whole video is really worth watching).