As some of you might know, I got in big swimsuit/glide baits, for sometime now. I have everything by the book(even off the book) set up. but I cant get them or trigger them to bite, they just follow and follow till shore and then turn head back into the tip and again and again. Is there any suggestion that can help me perhaps get some? for more info I am talking 8" and 10" plus.

When every trick in the book has been tried, I down size.

 

I also keep a jerkbait ready as a follow up bait.

Edited August 19, 20205 yr by Hewhospeaksmuchbull
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Try changing up your cadence and periodically mixing in hard stops/pauses when you see them to get the bait to drift out to the side (beyond the mesmerizing "S" they that drew them in). If a slow steady retrieve doesn't get them and adding in the above doesn't get them to strike, you may also want to try working it like a giant jerkbait to trigger a reaction strike.

When fishing form shore the lure is always swimming from deeper water toward shallower water near shore. This is a unnatural escape tactic to be trapped against the shoreline and the bass must stop or excellerate to capture the swimbait. Fishing from a boat the swimbait is heading upwards towards the surface a more natural escape rout.

How to trigger strikes casting from shore is increase speed before you see followers and stop or slow down about 5' deep. This is counter to everything a boater would do.

Tom

^^^^ This. Also when I use to fish big glide baits, or a jointed floater, I'd kill the bait, then do a side sweep with my rod, no reeling, then crank really fast. Doesn't work 100 % of the time, but your percentages will go up.

Take your hand off of the reel.

 

I have had a similar experience as you have described with lots of followers up until recently. I was BS’ing with a guy on a dock and I started point at something and got slammed. After that I have started letting the bait soak mid retrieve and started putting fish in the boat much more frequently.

On 8/19/2020 at 12:39 AM, Dirtyeggroll said:

Take your hand off of the reel.

 

I have had a similar experience as you have described with lots of followers up until recently. I was BS’ing with a guy on a dock and I started point at something and got slammed. After that I have started letting the bait soak mid retrieve and started putting fish in the boat much more frequently.

A few recent examples of fish that ate the bait while it had been sitting for several seconds.

 

Vary your retrieve. Burn then kill, speed up, slow down, add a twitch or pop. If they won’t commit follow up with a weightless fluke or Senko