I have a bunch of the old Mr. Twister sassy shads.  They work great this time of year.

Keitech Swing Impact Fat

15 hours ago, primetime said:

.The Small Sassy Shads in 3" on a ball head jig are money for when you just need strikes as well.

^^^^ this,

Probably the most overlooked is the sassy shads. A guide once taught me and a old club buddy a technique with these, that I have never forgotten and I use every year since.

 I have lately bought a bunch of different "newer" swimbaits and have yet to really fish them, I got some keitech's, ragetails, berkley's, (that are quite lifelike looking),some prerigged storms, and a few jackalls.

 But the sassy shad? as of now is my favorite as it has produced for me over many years.

Wow, there are SO many choices when it comes to soft paddletail swimbaits and I really don't have a favorite because I've caught fish on every brand/model that I've tried.  I always have one tied on.

On 12/4/2016 at 8:13 PM, Mike L said:

Skinny Dipper for action, Big EZ for thump

 

Mike 

Skinny Dipper & Little Dippers are great. Skinny dipper is fantastic for smallmouth. 

The action that triggers strikes is how the head moves with the tail moving at a slow retrieve.

The swimmer shouldn't snake, it should have side to side head movement while the tail swims.

The Rage Tail swimmer has the right action, like a miniature Hudd.

Tom

On 12/4/2016 at 4:57 PM, fishinfiend said:

I use the bass pro brand and they work great and are durable

Yep. Speed Shads for me. Kicker Fish makes some or they did that were good too.

Missile Baits Shockwave

I grabbed a bunch of the megabass spark shad the other day since my bps was running a sale. Loving the action on them, but haven't gotten to fully fish them yet. 

I typically use keitech fats,  havoc grasspigs, and  zoom swimming flukes. 

Surprised I haven't seen them mentioned, but I like the PTL swinging hammers. I also like the keitechs, and I'll probably be giving the rage tails a try next.

gambler big ez, and the little ez for swim jig trailers. cheaper and tougher than most and have a different rolling action to them. 

I guess there's no love for the Money Minnow? Too old?

22 minutes ago, Buckeye Ron said:

I guess there's no love for the Money Minnow? Too old?

Too expensive. 

Here's a couple Jdm baits I'll be experimenting with. 

Fish Arrow air bag shad 

OSP Dolive Shad 

4 hours ago, Hogsticker said:

Here's a couple Jdm baits I'll be experimenting with. 

Fish Arrow air bag shad 

OSP Dolive Shad 

 

 

Let me know how you like these, I've had my eye on them for a while JDM plastics just get sooo pricey.  

I ordered about 75 dollars of soft plastics from Japan lure shop. Shipping came to 17 bucks. Not too bad.