Deep water summer swimbaits

[lurejunkie]

Hey Underground,

   I struggle to catch bass after the post spawn when the bass start to move deep (when I say deep I am talking 12 to 20 feet for my lakes).  What swimbaits and/or techniques do you use to catch big summer bass on drop offs or ledges or in river channels and etc.   that you care to share? I searched the site and didn't find anything on this subject but maybe I didn't enter the right search words  to find it,

Thanks for any help and Thanks to all of the active military and veterans out there. Happy Memorial Day. God Bless America.

[chevro1et]

Whatever your paddletail bait of choice is, can probably be rigged with some extra weight a bunch of different ways... lead wire, nail weights, heavy jig head, even a bullet weight pegged in front. 

[billthebasser]

Sink glide baits down

triple trouts/bullshads through grass

wakes can draw them up in the right circumstances 

 

[azfisher]

Agree with Ian on soft baits and will add try wake baits at night and in low light conditions or Carolina rig a low float gill bait or an rof 0 hudd

[SVT THUNDER]

You can see one method I have had success with under the topic : Weird ways to fish a Swimbait. That technique worked for me on many lakes with deep ledges after I accidentally figured it out. But it shined when bass weren’t actively feeding. More of a reaction bite in my opinion. But I’ve drug many of 6” - 8” soft swimbaits down ledges and hit key structure just like I would with a really deep crank or football jig. I used heavy single hook Swimbait heads.