I'm not big on swimbaits but want to dabble. Where do guys get their baits? Ive been looking at getting some hudds but I don't remember them being $25 a crack and $32 a piece on Amazon.  

Savage Gear Pulse Tail baits are cheaper, more durable, and more readily available. The work good too.

 

I like the glides and wakes better personally, but those pulse tail baits are solid. The new Fishlab Biogill wake bait is an awesome little bait where they're eating gills (over grass, around docks and laydowns). It's affordable and not overly large for someone wanting to get into throwing them. I prefer the 5" model. Their glides are good too for a subsurface bait.

11 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Savage Gear Pulse Tail baits are cheaper, more durable, and more readily available. The work good too.

 

I like the glides and wakes better personally, but those pulse tail baits are solid. The new Fishlab Biogill wake bait is an awesome little bait where they're eating gills (over grass, around docks and laydowns). It's affordable and not overly large for someone wanting to get into throwing them. I prefer the 5" model. Their glides are good too for a subsurface bait.

Do they have a top hook or are they all line thru?

 

1 minute ago, tbone1993 said:

Do they have a top hook or are they all line thru?

 

Depends on which model and size. They have line thru models you can rig top or bottom hook, some with a jighook, and some that come with a keel weight style hook.

Megabass magdraft it's like 12.99 I've never been a big fan of swimbaits but recently started dabbling in them. I have been very very pleased with the results even in cold water. We consider cold water under 40 here in N.E Ohio 

I just picked up some from a local source, hopefully going to try them out this weekend. This is the 3.5” version and a Buckeye J Will head. 
 

I’ve got a 5” version from another local source I’m going to try as well.

Maybe I'm talking out of my league here but when I do swimbaits I often just pop on a Berkley one from Walmart. They come 5 in a package for $2.99, have embedded hooks with weights and come in a few color options. 3 or 4 inch. I think they work great. I've had others that were much more expensive and I had to hook mount myself but the Berkleys seem to work just as good.

Ebay is good for buying big swimbaits.  I am also a fan of Savage Gear.  They make both top hook and line through. 

Swimbaitcity.com has a good selection of the popular stuff. 

55 minutes ago, Smalls said:

Swimbaitcity.com has a good selection of the popular stuff. 

Shhhh............

1 hour ago, Hammer 4 said:

Shhhh............

?. I actually just looked, they're surprisingly low on variety right now. 

3 hours ago, Smalls said:

?. I actually just looked, they're surprisingly low on variety right now. 

Yeah I sent someone there to get a Slammer recently and felt like a jerk when I actually looked, very limited supply in stock right now.

4 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Yeah I sent someone there to get a Slammer recently and felt like a jerk when I actually looked, very limited supply in stock right now.

It's really odd, that place is usually jam packed with stuff. All I really I see is Black Dog and Bucca's stuff. Both great brands, but definitely not hard to acquire. 

On 3/8/2020 at 10:34 AM, Hower08 said:

Megabass magdraft it's like 12.99 I've never been a big fan of swimbaits but recently started dabbling in them. I have been very very pleased with the results even in cold water. We consider cold water under 40 here in N.E Ohio 

 

Here is a good video on the Magdrafts, interesting how Chris Zaldain weights the 6" model ....