Hey ya'll,

 

So one time recently when I was at Dick's picking up some essentials I spotted some yum pulse swimbaits. I remembered these were the swimbaits that Christie used on the back of his spinnerbait in the 2016 Classic to get runner-up. I really liked the design and price of these swimbaits so I picked em up to try out. Fast forward to yesterday, and the fish wouldn't touch my usual compact single colorado spinnerbaits. But they wouldn't touch top water and they weren't biting my texas rig all that well either so I figured given the season, they were still mid-depth chasing baitfish. The answer was a different spinnerbait for me. Dug through my spinnerbait box and found a white covert double indiana. Changed the back blade out to silver and stuck a 3.5" blue pearl pulse on the back. They loved this spinnerbait, and, as commonly associated with YUM, the durability of the swimbait was great. Only had to change once after a lot of fish. Later in the day I threw a big 3/4 oz single colorado with the 4.5" size swimbait and that produced too. 

 

So, give the pulse a try on a spinnerbait.

 

Why did I try the swimbait? I wanted a way to get my spinnerbait to run slower. I almost always do better with spinnerbaits when they are retrieved slow, and the swimbait provided some buoyancy and added drag. The smaller size didn't appear to affect the spinnerbait's ability to track straight either. I like it. Is it some magic combination? Probably not. But I liked the results this weekend and it could become a staple for me.

This is the time of year that a big paddletail on the back of a spinnerbait will get big bites. A 4.5" paddletail looks like too much on as a trailer, until a 2 pounder chokes the whole thing (or even a big crappie like I've had happen), then you realize it's really not that big. 

 

The big bass are hunting the big shad in preparation for winter, so that bigger profile gets the bigger bites. That 3.5" Pulse is really good as a stand alone on a jighead also. 

5 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

This is the time of year that a big paddletail on the back of a spinnerbait will get big bites. A 4.5" paddletail looks like too much on as a trailer, until a 2 pounder chokes the whole thing (or even a big crappie like I've had happen), then you realize it's really not that big. 

Did we have like the same weekend or something? Lol. Yes I had small fish choke the big swimbait and I had a big crappie choke the double indiana with the 3.5. Wish I had my phone on me for that trip; I forgot it. 

 

I threw the big spinnerbait because of some "boat ramp talk" I heard. Big baits power fishing in the fall produced some big bites for people in my area. 

 

Thanks for your comment

32 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

This is the time of year that a big paddletail on the back of a spinnerbait will get big bites. A 4.5" paddletail looks like too much on as a trailer, until a 2 pounder chokes the whole thing (or even a big crappie like I've had happen), then you realize it's really not that big. 

 

The big bass are hunting the big shad in preparation for winter, so that bigger profile gets the bigger bites. That 3.5" Pulse is really good as a stand alone on a jighead also. 

Spinnerbait with a Zako has been my best producer since late last week.

 

 

This morning I switched it up to a Rage Swimmer. Not bad, not bad. I'll certainly take it for a heavily pressured Indiana nature preserve pond.

 

 

I really love a Berkley Grass Pig Jr on a spinnerbait.  I have a black and red BPS double Colorado with a "California" colored Grass Pig Jr trailer that I could almost frame up on the wall it has caught so many spring and fall bass.

19 minutes ago, Black Hawk Basser said:

I really love a Berkley Grass Pig Jr on a spinnerbait.  I have a black and red BPS double Colorado with a "California" colored Grass Pig Jr trailer that I could almost frame up on the wall it has caught so many spring and fall bass.

I just took a look at both of those baits. Looks like a really cool combination. The california color looks similar to Zoom's California 420 color. I think that color is sorta a "thing" and I used to throw that color a whole lot in the summer when I was fishing more texas rigs.

 

Nice. Thanks for your comment