ive had a pack of these for awhile now and havent used them much, with the heavy weight in them am i supposed to jig them along the bottom and mix it up with a slow retreive and let them sink. I hear pretty good reviews about them and they look like a pretty good little bait to me, anybody use them/how did you use them?

I have used them for a couple years!  Most of the time a steady retrieve is what works for me!

Jeff

If you like the Storm, try the River to Sea Live Eye Bottom Walker it's more consistent has a better action in my opinion.

I've had luck with a slow steady retrieve and I have jigged them along the bottom, imitating a dying bait fish.  Both techniques have caught a lot of fish for me.  I really like this bait and believe it is very under-rated.

man i gave up real quick on those a couple years ago. i could make 1 out of 5 casts without the paddletail wrapping itself the hook bend

man i gave up real quick on those a couple years ago. i could make 1 out of 5 casts without the paddletail wrapping itself the hook bend

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The trick is to fish them slow, they have an excellent side-to-side wobble at slow speeds. I try to keep contact with the bottom by pausing occasionally. Even with the heavily weighted head they still make their way towards the surface even when reeled fairly slow. Which is a good thing because it forces you to fish them slow.  Have also had good luck fishing them down steep shorelines like a jig. You just lift and let it swim down the incline then THUNK!

Also agree with JKarbo that this is a very underrated bait. Have had outstanding days fishing this lure. Another plus is on average the fish that hit these lures seem to be bigger.

man i gave up real quick on those a couple years ago. i could make 1 out of 5 casts without the paddletail wrapping itself the hook bend

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those look great and you can't beat the price, ill be looking into getting some, thanks!

man i gave up real quick on those a couple years ago. i could make 1 out of 5 casts without the paddletail wrapping itself the hook bend

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those look great and you can't beat the price, ill be looking into getting some, thanks!

No problem! 

I like 'em. Techniques already described. I use them in shad and baby bass colors.

They're a good option on deep weeds also, just yo-yo them above the weeds. If you fish around docks on steep drops you can pitch them to the back of the docks and just engage the reel and let the bait swing back towards the boat. Works great for fish suspended under the dock sometimes.

man i gave up real quick on those a couple years ago. i could make 1 out of 5 casts without the paddletail wrapping itself the hook bend

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these are great but they don't last long. get a few if you buy them

Not my favorite bass bait but they do work, slow is the key.  These are killers if they are any snook or tarpon hunters, I always have a few packs of them around in all the sizes.  One thing I don't understand, if memory is serving me correct, one size is labled as 7/8 oz, seemed heavy so I weighed one and it was like 1 3/4 oz or so.

man i gave up real quick on those a couple years ago. i could make 1 out of 5 casts without the paddletail wrapping itself the hook bend

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these are great but they don't last long. get a few if you buy them

The Perch pattern in these really works well on one of the local lakes.... 

Not my favorite bass bait but they do work, slow is the key. These are killers if they are any snook or tarpon hunters, I always have a few packs of them around in all the sizes. One thing I don't understand, if memory is serving me correct, one size is labled as 7/8 oz, seemed heavy so I weighed one and it was like 1 3/4 oz or so.

I think the weight advertised is the weight of the internal leadhead.

I'm a fan of the storm swim shads as well. About the only thing I don't like about them Is that you used to be able to get a 6 pack for the cost of a 3 pack now, and they offer less colors than they used to. > In my experience, the 3" and 4" sizes work best. I bought a pack of the 5" ones, and they seem much harder to get to swim correctly. I also like the storm wildeye live sunfish 3" size. I'll have to give those kickin minnows a try too.

I have 12 of them in the tackle box and picked up another pack today. We have had a lot of success with these baits. We use the 3 inch 1/4 oz. We caught a lot of largemouth on them last year and a bunch of smallmouth  too. We use them just about anywhere. Around weeds, rocks, throw it up on the edge of the bank. Striper like them too.

Been to Amistad once and smoked 'em with that lure.  Especially the large version swimming over an isolated willow.  Deadly.

I've done pretty well on them in cold water dragging rocky bottoms. It's all my wife likes to use.

I also like the Storm lures that are bluegill shape and color.

The Swim Shad gives bass something different to look at. Works great in clear, highly pressured bodies of water.

  Definitely hooks bigger bass on average. It is very subtle and natural looking, as it swims.

I love those baits for pike.  You'll get a few by-catch bass from time to time, too.

I love those baits for pike.

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they run horrible for the most part, ive tried tweaking them. Ill just put them on my a-rig 

The 3 inch are the only thing I've caught fish on lately..been really slow caught 8 yesterday on those..you should put them near the bottom and a slow retrieve ..

I would usually fish em slow bumping em occasionally on the bottom, you can straight retrieve and stop and go as well. Pretty versatile bait but your hookups will vary on these, bass tend to toss em pretty easily.

As far as the small ones with the trebles underneath, they are great and catch some fish, I've used the crappie ones and caught many bass on em but the problem is they don't hold up at all, bass will rip the tails off so easily and once that happens the bait is worthless so I stopped buying em.