SethB Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 How many of you guys are targeting spoted bass with swimbaits? What baits do you like for spots? Get any good ones? I guess same questions for smallies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobassman Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 I use shad style swimbaits and wakebaits for spotted bass. My biggest, so far, was a 7lber on a Castaic Threadfin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John2Fast11 Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Speaking of swimbaiting for spots. Has anyone heard of guys on shasta taking out the weights in hudds and fishing them like jerbaits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colbypearson Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 How many of you guys are targeting spoted bass with swimbaits? What baits do you like for spots? Get any good ones?I guess same questions for smallies? i try to throw swimbaits for spots haha, never do all that good, i know they catch big spots and when done right can get incredible quantity of big ones too..... i wouldnt call me the best to get advice from but i have had the best results from ospreys for me the top hook has been decent and the line through's i have fished the 6" ones and had decent sucess but not enough... my best swimbait spot is 3lbs but then again we have no populations in oregon so i dont get many oppurtunities, hopefully i can upgrade next trip to shasta, but im not much of a spot fisherman since the quantity here is none Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Davis Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 I fish herring lakes for spots a good bit. As far as big baits go, I catch a lot of quality fish on 5-8" hard baits. Bull Shads, Triple Trouts, 7" range glides. Those are the only lakes we have around here that have clear water, so I enjoy just being able to see some followers off in the distance. I also catch a lot of fish burning skinny dippers and small swimbaits like that, but I know that's not what you're talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austen Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 i have personally not caught one on a swimbait but i know people who have and have seen it in person. Magnum spots caught on Hudds at shasta, oroville, pedro, melones, mcclure, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishingallday31 Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Triple Trout, Bull Shad, fast moving baitfish imitations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassindon69 Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 I have a 6, 7 and 8 spot that all came on the 8 " weedless hudd. Those are from 3 different lakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Seth is bored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G3bassin Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 I have caught a lot of good spots on 7-8" bull shads. The best retrieve I have found is to throw it out and count it down then start with a slow retrieve then burn it for a few feet and pause then repeat. I think they tend to follow and when you speed it up it makes it look like its trying to get away and when you pause it they crush it almost all my bites come on the pause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishaholic211 Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Spots love them Swimbaits The TT is a good choice, so is the HUDD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCalBass Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 I havent messed with swimbaits too much for spots but my buddy just lost a giant a couple weeks ago on a glide bait, and I have had luck on punker type baits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adconx Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Landed two 3+ on the Nez. #ninjamission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.lillywhite Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 read an article of a real big (i think over 10lb) spot of a lake in Nor Cal that was caught on an s-waver a year or so back. but i can't speak to personally catching spots on swimbaits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ong Jim Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 I tried 4 times at Berryessa and about 3 hrs or so each time during the winter with no luck. I fished 68 Rof 12 Hudds exclusively. May have just been my skill or the lure i used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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