Bluebasser86

Yes, some of my best swimbait fishing all year is during the winter months. I'm mainly fishing them in power plant lakes that have warmer water though, but those fish key heavily are large gizzard shad.

Basically baits that are fishing in kind of a walk the dog style retrieve but subsurface. The Deps Slide Swimmers, Roman Made Mother and Negotiator, Megabass I-Slide, and Gancraft Jointed Claw are all popular glide baits. The River2Sea S-Waver, Savage Gear Glide Swimmer and Shine Glides are much more affordable versions of glide baits.

Yes. It works but it was far from my favorite and I no longer own one. If I were to buy another one it would be a floater instead of the slow sink that I use to have. I caught some good fish with it though.

No, I mostly fish the glide baits that are usually slow sink baits.

Pork is not just a wintertime, cold water deal, at least not around here. The big bass especially, noticeably prefer it over plastic in some of our local lakes, and not just the big largemouth.

A Palomar or SDJ.

Depends on the size. They can be over 50 or under 50. I have a 7" that was around $40, and a 9" that was around $55. I've never come close to losing either and have caught bunches of fish on them. You can tell the 7" is pretty chewed up It also accounted for my biggest swimbait fish ever this last fall.

It's a topwater bait for the most part and floats at rest. Use good line and check it and your knots often and you'll never lose it. Even if you happen to cast it off you should be able to retrieve it. They're also pretty cheap in the swimbait world.

A very heavy friend of mine who has dedicated himself to getting into better shape posted a bit of inspiration on his Facebook a couple days ago that I really liked. "No matter how slow you go, you're still lapping everyone sitting on the couch". It's a very true statement. I can say from experience that you don't have to kill yourself to get in pretty good shape, especially at your young age. 10-20 minutes of exercise 4-5 days a week can make a very drastic and noticeable difference when done correctly.

If you're going to eat them then absolutely do it. I do it with any fish that I keep, however rare that may be.

I like the glide baits, Deps 175 Slide Swimmer and Bullshooter Jr, Savage Gear Glide Swimmer and Shine Glide, R2S S Waver. I seem to catch my biggest swimbait fish on the MS Slammer. The Bull Shad does very well on smallmouth for me. I don't fish the soft baits a lot but the Real Prey baits and the 68 Hudd have been good for me.

It's a custom built rod but the Guide Select is supposed to be a great rod for the money. I've held a few and they seem to be very nice.

Looks like a fish30acre Glide Shad.

Swimbaits

This will be my first full year kayak fishing so I'm not an expert on the subject but I don't see how it would be an issue unless I'm fishing around lots of cover or overhanging trees for me to hit the rod on. Figuring out how to cast with the long handle in a kayak could be interesting but I'm sure it can be done.

There's a pretty good video on the Tube of it darting around on the bottom of a pool, good looking bait.

Welcome!

Welcome!

Welcome!

I used a 7' 6" Rage to fish docks last fall without any problems and will be fishing my swimbait rod (7' 11") this year.

Not really. You fish as much and as many years as I have and eventually you'll run into a few. They don't get much bigger without access to private water though. Fish selfies are difficult, especially when they start to get very big.

It's a custom painted 1.5 blank that one of the KC area guys did for me. That Rayburn Red is one of my favorite colors that isn't available in many squarebill and he did a great job.

Bass were tough to come by, thankfully the hybrids were willing Had a hairy couple moments with a carp that decided to tail slap my trap and swim under a big log, miracle I got that one back. Bass #2 of the new year. It was cold and rainy almost all day so the footage isn't the best but you can still see what's going on.

It's the trash around here. You could fill bags and bags of trash left behind by shore anglers. Some lakes have even threatened to close down shoreline access it's gotten so bad.