Been looking at TW, and I'm not sure if I should buy a floating Mattlures bluegill/Floating Huddleston or just buy a sinking version of those two and buy something like a Lucky Craft Sammy for topwater. Any opinions?

I have heard excellent things about the Spro bbz1 floating and the MS Slammer or mini slammmer. As for swimbaits vs sammy I would suggest to look at your lake. I have a nice Huddleston, Mattlures bluegill and mattlures baby bass that I hardly use because they get stuck too much.The best way to fish swimbaits is very slow, so if your lake has too much cover you will get stuck. If its a rocky reservoir or something like that I would go for sinking, but if there's a lot of cover I would get a floating so you can actually use it without the fear of getting stuck. Hope this helps.

 

Brian

I generally prefer hard swimbaits for topwater/wake baits.  I like fishing soft swimbaits deep, or at least below the surface.  If you want a swimbait that can fished on top, I would get a MS Slammer, a Shell Cracker or a Lunker Punker.  The Slammer and Cracker can be waked on the surface.  The LP is a topwater walk the dog bait.

I'd like to get a Huddleston 6" in baby bass, one of the Mattlures bluegill, and a jointed rat bait. Is it worth saving a bit more to get a hardgill or would a floating U2 be ok?