How should i fish swimbaits in the winter for Largemouth Bass?
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Should i retreive it fast or slow. Shallow or deep. Stop and go or strait.
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Swimbaits aren’t the best lure for cold Bass.
Suspending lures and super-slow falling lures have always worked best for me in Winter.
If you must use a Swim-bait, try a slow stop and go jigging action.
Try a variety of retrieves until you find what works best.
Well, as been said before by other people a swimbait is not the greatest lure to use in the winter. I am going to do something for you that I dont see alot of people doing, I am going to tell you why
When the fall turns into winter and everything is cold and nasty. The fishing turns to crap. This is more apparent the farther north you live. Myself I live in NW Indiana and it is a pain durining this time of year. But it dosent mean you cannot catch fish using a swimbait. The reason why it is because the fish are in there deep hideouts and the swimbait lure is typically a “close to the surface lure”. The fish are less likely to make a made dash to the surface to take the lure. The reason for this is because there metabolism slows and they become sluggish. So, creating a reaction strike is harder to come by. Which is one of the reasons a swimbait is so effective. The erratic action of the king shad by strike king is a testament to that principle.
So, to use a swimbait affectively in the winter time you need to know when in the winter is a good time to use it.You have to nderstand how and when the fish move around in the water column. They do not always stay deep…they do move into shalower water. A good time to use it is after a few warmer than usual days when the sun is high and brite, the sun warms the water. This brings the fish up in the water column. Now we are in a situation to where a swimbait can shine.
Now that we have these fish in striking distance. Now we have to mimic what they eat. If the big fish are sluggish then how do you think the little baitfish doin? They are dying…or very week. Shad are not as hardy as bass and they dont take change very well. So, what retrieve works…slow, stop and go…always change your caidence on every retrieve. The fish will tell you what they want. And be patient, it mike take 8 to 15 casts in the same spot to get a fish to take the bait.
Always match the hatch, but do not match it to good. Get close but make it different enough to make it easier for the fish to key in on it more easier.
good fishing
if you use a floater, toss it out and let it sit and sit. then sit some more. twitch it. take your time bringing it in. or… toss it out and reel it in just fast enough to creat a small wake (hence the term wakebait). a slow sinker…cast it out, let it sink to fishing depth and slowly bring it in maintaining some depth. give it some action. fast sinker…(l don’t personally use these anymore. it only takes losing a couple to empty your wallet) work them faster being careful not to get hung on the bottom. my preference is a floater/wakebait. stays further from the bottom. l lose them but never find any. you fishing socal lakes l’m guessing? by the way, you gave yourself a good answer. thumbs. BTW should anyone care, they are the BEST bait for really huge winter bass. big swimbaits. 8, 10, 12 inch ones.