Anyone Use Giant Swimbaits?

[Thekid]

Yoooooo x2!

Yoooooo x3!

 

[MarlinB1987]

Just wondering if monsterfishkeepers throw monster swimbaits. I only fish freshwater and target trophy striper and bass.

I grew up fishing spinning gear all my life and only fished for fun using live, cut baits and small plastics. I got into baitcasting a couple of years ago and started throwing giant swimbaits.

I use gill, trout, shad, baby bass and rat imitations. My baits range from 5" to 13" in length and weighing from 1 oz up to 14 oz.

My 3 baitcasting set ups are 8', 8'6" and a 9' rod paired with reels that are made to grind big trophy fish. My lines are 20 lb, 25 lb and 30 lb test.

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I've had some great success in fishing with giant swimbaits as well. When I first started using them, I really didn't think that fish would try to grab something that big, but then I realized the first time I pulled in a catch using one that they do and that's because they're much bigger fish than I had been used to catching. I was in for a shocker that first time one was on the line. :-D

 

[fishguy1978]

Didn’t fish much this last summer but i like the big baits. I also make some of my own because I’m not a pats perch fan boy and a simple broomstick bait shouldn’t be $500. Here’s some pics from years past

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Your face, its all over now

 

[D.harper603]

Your face, its all over now

It’s been all over for years between fishing, aquarium’s, snowmobiles, mountain bikes and diesel trucks money is spread thin lol

 

[KATALEKEEPER]

my favorite for stripers here on the eastcoast are the storm wildeye which are "5, and the storm eel imitations which are "9 and "12. This year I caught 3 keepers on one day with the wildeye

 

[SumoNinja]

Some of my 2020 victims all caught on swimbaits.
Covid messed up normal life but the fishing was awesome this year. Stay safe out there guys

 

[SumoNinja]

Got a go pro now to record my cast to catch. Striper was boiling on shad. Caught this decent west coast fatty on a 6" wooden walk the dog topwater

http://instagr.am/p/CFoCn_Xgrmj/

 

[krichardson]

Some of my 2020 victims all caught on swimbaits.
Covid messed up normal life but the fishing was awesome this year. Stay safe out there guys

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Nice to see that you are being compliant and wearing masks while out and about.

 

[SumoNinja]

Didn’t fish much this last summer but i like the big baits. I also make some of my own because I’m not a pats perch fan boy and a simple broomstick bait shouldn’t be $500. Here’s some pics from years past

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If u have any homemade baits you want tested here in socal give me a holler

 

[SumoNinja]

Nice to see that you are being compliant and wearing masks while out and about.

It works out for me because I hate wearing sunblock on my face. These masks have up to spf 50