Jig Rookie

Jig Rookie.

Is Favorite also among the Bass Resource Top-10 Most Hated fishing companies? Do tell...

...or from their website, ez game. Seems like some here have had their feelings hurt by KastKing at one point or another. Meh, I've had the Stealth and the Royale Legend for three seasons now, still handling big baits and going strong for me. Thanks for keeping fishing affordable, KK!

I just fix all my trailers at home with the hot knife trick (or super glue if you don't feel like standing over a hot stove).

Yeah, Little Dips will work just fine. Try rigging them upside-down--the action of the paddle tail won't work against the action of the blade as much that way.

I think they'd definitely work as a jig trailer, specifically when you want a bulkier, louder profile and presentation. It seems like it could be too big and flappy when you need a quieter, finessier look. Nice find.

I've had success on Strike King Rage Swimmers--I haven't fished an A-rig but as a swimjig and chatterbait trailer they've produced well. A couple bucks cheaper per pack.

Ah, I misunderstood, and didn't take into account the different ideas of cover. You're right, there isn't an agreed definition. Definitely agree about the big baits and those kinds of cover (also have heard great things about the MissionFish, thanks for that heads up). Apologies, thanks for clearing that up.

So wait, laydowns, submerged logs, submerged beaver spots aren't cover?? Then what crazy nonsense is Matt Allen talking about when explaining "cover glides"? But he's right, OP: do NOT try to throw your trebled baits in grass mats, will not work. Thanks Tom.

YES, exactly like a Shellcracker (I don't have any, but know plenty about them). That's an apt comparison.

@Bassjam2000 The company is Valley Hill, the bait is called "BoogieBack". My buddy got it for me on a Japan trip a couple years back, and I can find like ZERO info on the thing. I've found one YouTube video (in Japanese), and I found the site online, but it's all Japanese also. So they are available for sale through the JDM, but good luck finding great info on them otherwise. The thing is a SLAYER though--my most productive swimbait by far. One night session I caught eleven fish on it in under four hours, from 1.5lbs to a 5.43, my PB at the time. It was painted black with purple stripes at that time (black rattle can, purple glitter nail polish).

Also OP, EBay has a seller, "Caricaburu Tackle Co," who sells cheap 8" glide blanks (the look of them is reminiscent of a Hinkle Trout, I guess you might as well call it a knockoff). You get 5 of them for like $20, come with tails and fins. You have to paint them yourself and add your own splits and hooks, but the glide on them is pretty good--not super wide and smooth like say a Deps 250, more akin to an S-Waver 168. Just a heads up if you ever wanted to give yourself a cheap winter project to relieve the cabin fever.

This is absolutely not true. OP, Essentially, cover glides have a narrower glide and react well to rod twitches/quarter-turns, which make the bait have jerkier glide motion, perfect for darting them in and around cover. Also, your bluegill/crappie profiled wake-and-cranks are literally designed to excel cranking and bumping them off wood, stumps, etc. in water 3-foot or less. This'll be my third season with the below wake-and-crank (it's on its third rattle can job too), and all I do is throw it in and around wood. Thing's so beat you can still see the old hook rash beneath the new paint job (repainted a few weeks ago, still iced out up here so haven't fished yet this season). So OP, you can definitely throw trebles (and glides are actually DOUBLE trebles) in cover. This is the same lure, double-sided (I paint most of my big hardbaits two-sided, for example this one is crappie/bluegill. I've got Perch/rainbow, and Perch/crappie painted baits as well. They all get bit). For reference, this is a 5.5" lure.

Geez that's awful. I'll be praying for you and yours, best of wishes Tom.

I've gotten bit in water down to dingy tea-stained color, but not in chocolate water. Don't take that as the final word, though, I don't fish them in muddy water much because I'm not confident they'll get bit. I feel like they're more of a sight/drawing power bait.

Video offended you heh? I'm sure the big bass world will survive without ol' Long around--also sure Mike Gilbert's gonna keep stickin em on swimbaits and putting out some of the best big bait vids out there. Thanks for watching!

I'm a swimbait/big bass fisherman, and you talk about getting pumped before a session? Brother, this vid will make you go out to a random parking lot looking for a PUDDLE to throw in for a while:

Best piece of advice right here, you just gotta keep fishing em. Big baits are unlike senkos/flukes/cranks/plastics/jigs/spinnerbaits--you can't just go to the water, cast it out, reel while you're daydreaming and catch fish. There's no one, magic retrieve; some will say "slow and steady," but that won't work for you (I've personally never caught a glide fish on slow and steady, I've caught mine on a glide...glide...glide-glide-glide...glide... retrieve [that's two slow, three quick, one slow...erratic, you get the idea]). Some will say, "NEVER pause, you won't get bit," but on my erratic retrieves I have definitely gotten bit on the pause after the three/four quick jerks. You have to figure out what your fish want, what retrieve gives you the most confidence over time, and the way you'll figure that out is to just keep throwing it. I did it the "hard" way--I finally decided to take out just the swimbaits, leave all the standard, traditional stuff at home, and just fish for days and days til I figured it out, got bit, and gained confidence. Good luck man, you'll get there.

Threw the wake-and-crank last night; water's cooling off quick up here in the Northwest 'burbs, reaction bite's decent right now.

Savage Gear for me (big swimbaits).

PLEASE get this thinking out of your mind--@bluebasser86 is correct. I don't own a boat, fish only from the bank and have been slaying em on big swimbaits. Keep your options open.

Yikes, I saw the title and thought it meant "dreaming ABOUT a 17-year old", I was like Man I hope his wife doesn't stumble on this one... Cool drawing though, I would 100% fish that lake.

Yup, the biggest thing I worried about when I started throwing it was the hook being able to get through that dense plastic and through the fish's jaw, but it's come through perfectly every time, I haven't missed a single bite. Go get em!

Another Shine Glide eater--the swimbait bite has been on fire up here for the last month or so.