I'm on a mission to see how late into winter bass will hit various swimbaits that I'm throwing. Today I hit up a few ponds with a water temp of 46. After a few casts near the bank a big bass inhaled the 4'' swimbait. She was over 5lbs and very chunky. Action slowed so I stopped at another pond throwing the same swimbait and caught over a dozen within a half hour. I'm glad we have a warmer than usual December here.

Nice Fatty ~

Congrats

A-Jay

Nice catch - congrats.

Nice fish! You should try something like a 68 special Hudd with a slow ROF so you can crank it super slow. I like the weedless version so I don't have to worry about snags as much. As long as there's open water you should be able to catch them on that. 

Good going!

Congratulations!

 

Thanks everyone.

8 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Nice fish! You should try something like a 68 special Hudd with a slow ROF so you can crank it super slow. I like the weedless version so I don't have to worry about snags as much. As long as there's open water you should be able to catch them on that. 

The last time out at one of the those ponds I threw a 6'' top hook Hudd and had several bass smacking at it but couldn't get them to get a good enough bite on it. I'll put some more time in with the 6'' and 68 special along with some other 7'' swimbaits to see if they eat them. They are really slamming the 4''.

Wow, I would never have guessed fish would pursue big swimbaits in the winter.
Great catch.

Nice work! Any fish in December is a bonus, let alone a 5 pounder.

Nice looking fish!

21 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Nice Fatty ~

Congrats

A-Jay

x2

Niceee Congrats