So I bought a few packs of the Swing Impact Fat's over the winter and I just fished them for the first time over the weekend. I must say I really like these baits so far. However it got me to wondering what other people are throwing these on? I was able to sling these things a "country mile" with the setup below, but I wanted to make sure I'm using the proper equipment. 

 

Avid 7' M-F

Chronarch 51E

YoZuri 12lb

VMC 1/4oz. swimbait jig head

Swing Impact Fat 4.3"

They're very versatile and heavy enough for either casting or spinning tackle. I fish them mostly on an 1/8th oz ball head slow rolled across the bottom with a M/F 7' spinning setup. 

That will work. I use nearly the same gear, except the rod is an LTB, and reel is a Zillion loaded with 12# CXX.

Ok, so I'm inline with everyone else. Just wanted to double check. Thanks guys. 

I like the owner twistlck and eagleclaw lazer hooks in 4/0 and 5/0 .....1/8 oz usually.

Throw with mh/fast spinning setup, 20 lb braid with floro leader.

What you list is great also.

Swimjig trailer if you don't use it as a stand alone bait.

I use a Gamakatsu Weighted Superline Spring Lock Hook 1/8 oz. 4.0

My favorite bait.

 

4.8 bluegill flash

12lb Yo-Zuri

Tatula 6'10" mh-f

Lews TP

1/8 Eagle Claw Swimbait Hook

My favorite way to rig the fat and easy shiner is with the owner underspin.

I haven't used that particular bait, but I fish similar bait's on a 6'6" M/F Legend Xtreme.

I haven't used that particular bait, but I fish similar bait's on a 6'6" M/F Legend Xtreme.

Careful, around here (upstate NY) you could get thrown overboard for suggesting there is any "Similar" bait to the Keitech. lol

I'd rather people talk more about similar baits. There's a limit to how much Keitech the Internet can handle at once!

Careful, around here (upstate NY) you could get thrown overboard for suggesting there is any "Similar" bait to the Keitech. lol

Haha I just can't bring myself to pay that much for a bait that is going to last 1 bite from a northern. Maybe they're even better than my normal boot tail swimbait, but I think I'll stick with what I'm using as it seems to do ok for me.

I've never understood the innate fear of northern pike bites. Pike and bass' preferred stomping grounds rarely intersect. Pike are cold water fish, whereas bass are more temperate. The exception is prespawn (bass, or post spawn for pike) and late fall. In other words, if your catching pike, then you aren't in the best spot for bass. Now that's not 100% true, but wherever pike predominate, there's been very few bass. Presumably the bass were eaten, driven out by the top predator, or just don't prefer the spot.

Anyway, I digress, but I do have a Fatty that has caught many bass and a few tiger muskies, but has been alive for what seems like forever, lol. It's toothpick rigged on an open jig hook.

I throw the 5.8 fat on a mh veritas with 14 cxx on an owner beast 4/0 or on a war baits slayer head in 1/4-1/2 oz variety. Really versatile bait.

7'medium spinning with up to 1/4oz. VMC half moon.

7 foot MH fast

Lews speed spool 7:1:1

14# P-line copolymer

VMC 1/4 oz belly weighted hooks.

I've never understood the innate fear of northern pike bites. Pike and bass' preferred stomping grounds rarely intersect. Pike are cold water fish, whereas bass are more temperate. The exception is prespawn (bass, or post spawn for pike) and late fall. In other words, if your catching pike, then you aren't in the best spot for bass. Now that's not 100% true, but wherever pike predominate, there's been very few bass. Presumably the bass were eaten, driven out by the top predator, or just don't prefer the spot.

Anyway, I digress, but I do have a Fatty that has caught many bass and a few tiger muskies, but has been alive for what seems like forever, lol. It's toothpick rigged on an open jig hook.

Being a predominately shallow water fisherman, the two stomping grounds intersect quite often, at least around here anyway. Northers will spawn earlier in the year, but are just as active in the heat of summer. 

Northerns spawn in creeks at ice out. For us, that means late March or April. Bass, more like late May. At any rate, pike aren't usually shallow, unless there's an abundant food source, so that's probably the reason. Northern pike will drive bass off their spots, so again if all your catching are like, I bet there are few bass around.

I do quite a bit of northern pike fishing, and I'll say this: I rarely encounter bass pike fishing, and if there's some, they're usually smallmouth. I definitely run into more pike bass fishing, though that's usually from guessing wrong about a spot.

Careful, around here (upstate NY) you could get thrown overboard for suggesting there is any "Similar" bait to the Keitech. lol

 

I just watched an episode of Timmy Horton Outdoors and he was fishing in upstate NY (I think) and throwing a BPS Speed Shad.  It looks EXACTLY the same, even the same clamshell packaging and weird sizes (3.8", 4.8").  He looked pretty dry, so I bet the natives hadn't caught on yet to what he was throwing...