dsonnenburg Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Interested in hearing some thoughts on the best swimbaits and techniques for fishing bass in shallow water 3 to 5 feet. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggfeast Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 I like to use floaters such as the Baby Wake and Freestyle Shad floater or Gill if its shallow with vegetation around (tullies, weeds, etc.). Work em slow with pops. If its just a shallow flat, I like to throw either a 3:16 Little Booger or Rising Son, or something with a pretty slow sink, and fish about 1ft below the surface on a slow to medium retrieve, with pops toward the surface. HybridHunter336, IsaacM619 and bigpoppabass 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsonnenburg Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Ok, thanks for the advice. There is not a lot of structure just a lot of pads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Ramen Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Wake bait (Wake Jr or Slammer) or Rising Sons. The new weedless RS is killer in shallow water. biggfeast, IsaacM619, bassing305 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timcauliffe Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Wake with a twitch/crank. Most wakes will still crank down around a 1' or so. Weedless Rago or Weedless RS will do the trick, too like Top Ramen said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyW Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) jitter bug or jerk bait ...../\.........waiting......./\..... Edited February 3, 2016 by JeremyW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppabass Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 I used to walk a manmade canal near my home and had alot of success catching fish on slammers on the drop and splash. Canal tops out at 4 feet and fish held to structure on edges of it. I have been unable to replicate the strategy elsewhere, and I am thinking it might be a shallow water thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmayer88 Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Seems we're all in agreement with topwater or really slow sink/crank down baits. Ones you can maintain a slow retrieve in shallow water. Of course I let the conditions guide me. Low wind gives you all the options, but if it's too choppy I'll stay subsurface. biggfeast 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppabass Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Not a good idea to put a slammer down in wind. WABASSER 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin08261985 Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Ok, thanks for the advice. There is not a lot of structure just a lot of pads If the pads aren't too thick, try waking a Slammer right through them, the bill does a pretty good job of keeping the hooks clear of snags. If they're too thick to pull that off, try finding holes in the pads, throwing a floating bait into them and deadsticking/twitching it. waynem 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTSwimbaitMan Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 A super slow sinking glide bait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckin-swimb8's Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Lot of good ideas put up in here.. I'd also suggest a floating gill and a bait that doesn't get much mention, a 316 minnow. Awesome little brother to the new weed less RS... Basically a floater, and weedless.. I'll nail weight them to get them to sink at desired rate and you can pull them through/over anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_Heikes Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Not sure if its categorized as a "swimbait" but i love throwing lunker punkers up shallow near cover and stumps/laydowns and doing one walk to the side nd then another one or two relly slow and letting it sit, they hammer them. Also rof 5 weedless hudds work great up shallow on a slow steady retrieve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakeshark Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Looks like people suggested some good topwater baits. For stuff subsurface I'd say a little creeper trash fish would be a solid choice, or a weedless rof 5 hudd. Maybe a bullshooter 160 with the lipweight removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Ramen Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Lot of good ideas put up in here.. I'd also suggest a floating gill and a bait that doesn't get much mention, a 316 minnow. Great bait, especially in pads, weeds, etc. Fishes almost like a frog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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