Exactly, not a very ideal location to be into fishing big swimbaits.

Way better than anywhere in the northeast and here big swimbaits are thrown alot with great success!

Way better than anywhere in the northeast and here big swimbaits are thrown alot with great success!

I'm guessing you've never fished in Kansas? The lake around me a fish over 3 pounds is very rare. In most of them 80-90% of the bass are smaller than 15 inches and less than 1% are bigger than 20 inches. It's a long way from ideal.

I love the Shadalicious with a belly-weight hook when all I'm doing is casting and retrieving like I do mostly in the spring. I also use the keitech fat Impact with a ball head jig if I'm gonna let it drop to the bottom and jig it as well as a swimming retrieve.

Love the Shadalicious soft bellies. Have killed the smallmouth with the 5" in the spring on the river with this bait. Works well slow-rolling it along the bottom in summer as well.

 

 

I've also had a great deal of luck on the BBZ1-Jr. I have a collection of Hudds as well. I like the action of the 8" over the 6" though, but have had little success with either.

I'm guessing you've never fished in Kansas? The lake around me a fish over 3 pounds is very rare. In most of them 80-90% of the bass are smaller than 15 inches and less than 1% are bigger than 20 inches. It's a long way from ideal.

 

 

It may not be ideal but you do manage to post up some good pics of bass over 3 lbs.

And the swimbait experiment begins! I'll be looking to order some Hollow Bellies, S-Wavers, Savage Gear Line Thru and 4Play baits, and some Hard and Soft Magic Swimmers. I'll keep everyone updated when I do!

It may not be ideal but you do manage to post up some good pics of bass over 3 lbs.

He seems to speak largemouth...

I will vouch it's far from ideal, but better than some. We take what we get, fish hard, and get rewarded often enough to keep us coming back.

I had so much fun and luck with smaller swimbaits at the end of the year I've decided they're my big obsession for next season.

Keeping it 6" & under, and around 1.5 or less, there are a TON of options out there without having to go full swimbait setup. I personally love how it combines smooth reeling, pauses and elements of finesse movements but on a much larger scale. It's almost as exciting as frog fishing but far more versatile.

The prospect of seeing or feeling a hog pounce on your your little fishy as you limp it past a weed bed keeps me at the edge of my seat!

Exactly, not a very ideal location to be into fishing big swimbaits.

 

You know my feelings on it.

 

BTW, your state record is 9oz higher than ours and yours was just upped an oz in 2008. Ours has stood still for over 30 years.