Tmanswimbaitr Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 Ive only been fishing swimbaits for a year or so and I’ve got a small variety of glide baits. But I’m wondering what type of swimbaits work best in the winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brootalititties Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 Winter can be a bust for “swimbaiting” you’re gonna spend a lot of trips fishing for 1-2 fish. Soft baits fished low and slow or glide baits that suspend fished slow with long pauses. Tbh I usually fish a 2.8 keitech and drag around a creature bait to get through the winter. Mid February it’s on for the big baits. Just my own experience and opinion I’m sure some dudes got it dialed in for the winter but not me. Most of the fish in my experience are not willing to chase fast moving baits in the colder months and I just don’t have the patience or money to drag around a hudd for 8 hrs and lose 2 baits per trip with nothing to show for it. And tbh that’s just glorified jig fishing anyway. Jinxd12, Broke Boy, basskickinrednick and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossypumpkin Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 Suspending Tk…..don’t need anything else Jonnybass64, Broke Boy, Jim137a and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnybass64 Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 Suspending k9 is my two cents Tmanswimbaitr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmlum Posted December 28, 2023 Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 7 hours ago, brootalititties said: Winter can be a bust for “swimbaiting” you’re gonna spend a lot of trips fishing for 1-2 fish. Soft baits fished low and slow or glide baits that suspend fished slow with long pauses. Tbh I usually fish a 2.8 keitech and drag around a creature bait to get through the winter. Mid February it’s on for the big baits. Just my own experience and opinion I’m sure some dudes got it dialed in for the winter but not me. Most of the fish in my experience are not willing to chase fast moving baits in the colder months and I just don’t have the patience or money to drag around a hudd for 8 hrs and lose 2 baits per trip with nothing to show for it. And tbh that’s just glorified jig fishing anyway. The bass will 100% plow a fast moving swimmer in the winter. Trout get chased all the time and they're moving quick with the bass not far behind. Tmanswimbaitr and brootalititties 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpreston Posted December 28, 2023 Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 7 hours ago, brootalititties said: Winter can be a bust for “swimbaiting” you’re gonna spend a lot of trips fishing for 1-2 fish. Soft baits fished low and slow or glide baits that suspend fished slow with long pauses. Tbh I usually fish a 2.8 keitech and drag around a creature bait to get through the winter. Mid February it’s on for the big baits. Just my own experience and opinion I’m sure some dudes got it dialed in for the winter but not me. Most of the fish in my experience are not willing to chase fast moving baits in the colder months and I just don’t have the patience or money to drag around a hudd for 8 hrs and lose 2 baits per trip with nothing to show for it. And tbh that’s just glorified jig fishing anyway. I mostly agree with this. I’m urban shore based so I feel like it’s even tougher in the winter. My most recent fish came from the klash, 250, and hudd gill. But they are few and far between. I just don’t enjoy fishing the small stuff much anymore even if I catch fish so I’m grinding the swimbaits all the way through Tmanswimbaitr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-20 Posted December 28, 2023 Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 All bets are on when water is in that 48 degree range and up with a few warming trends mixed in. Water doesn't get any colder than that in Texas some winters. It's surprising how active, shallow and relatively fast fish will chase baits in those temps. Tmanswimbaitr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassturds Posted December 28, 2023 Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 Slow sink soft baits, and slow sink glide baits. Better yet a rig a floating glide to suspend or a floating soft baits like a hudd. I fish shallow ponds with swimbaits in winter. I don’t fish deep with swimbaits Tmanswimbaitr and Jonnybass64 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASS_SWINGER Posted December 28, 2023 Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 Hudds for the win Tmanswimbaitr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevro1et Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 This Korean YouTuber does a mix of conventional and big bait fishing. There's no English subs, but you can get the idea. TK w. 0.9g grenade on front hook hangar, stock lip, transfer tail Mode B (which came as a surprise to me.) GrizzleyShad, Nathan pierce, scojangles and 4 others 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-20 Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 Great video. Thanks for sharing. chevro1et 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtothis Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Can always slow roll a Deps slide swimmer 145. Pitch short and chop the handles. But you will also fish all day and maybe get 1 to 2 if lucky, however good time to practice for the spring and get technique down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scojangles Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 On 1/10/2024 at 3:56 PM, Newtothis said: Can always slow roll a Deps slide swimmer 145. Pitch short and chop the handles. But you will also fish all day and maybe get 1 to 2 if lucky, however good time to practice for the spring and get technique down I second this as well as the 175 ss and the suspending tk…hope you find them, I’m not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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