so i went out for the first time with my new mattlures baby bass and the bluegill(didnt get a chance to fish the bluegill) and i caught a 4lber and 2 3lber in about an hour span.  I didnt fish very long today and i was bank fishing.  Man these lures look great and have great action.  Man i cant wait to get on the boat with these.

Those baits are awesome!  Great fish you caught!

yea definetly are i never thought they were gonna look that real before i got them.  I have never caught a 4 lber there so i cant wait to get em on the lake where ive caught many 4 lbers and bigger

A member of this site sent me one a mattlures baby bass for free.  I was totally stoked and still can't thank him enough.  I don't wanna add his name because I don't know if he wanted the public attention or just kept quiet, but you know who are are man!

Anyway, I've thrown the bass a lot, but the lake is too choked up with hydrilla to properly fish.  I'm hitting a different lake next weekend and am going to throw it almost exclusively.  I'm hellbent on catching a fish on one of these big swimbaits.

What was your presentation on the baby bass that worked so well for you?

Brian your funny....."big" ha ha my baby bass is little!

anyways here is my thoughts when fishing the BB. the best time to fish them is when the lake has baby bass swimming around. When they are 2-6in they are prey and real bass will gorge on them. Theye are still prey when they get a little bigger but not as much and they also start to act like predators when they get 7-10 inches. Now think about those little 4in bass swimming around in the shallows and hidding in the weeds and rocks etc. What would happen if one of those bass fingerlings decided to swim out into deeperwater along a point. ledge, dock,weed line,etc.? It would get eaten. there is a reason they stay close to cover and hide when they are that small. Now all you have to do is fish those areas that a real fingerling would have no chance surviving in. I personaly like a slow staedy retreive. In my experiance the bigger bass dont like to chase and they dont bite out of reaction nearly as much as small bass do. thats why Jigs work well on big bass. Just slow roll the bait past ambush points or any other dangerous looking spot. Remember to lube the bait and swing and dont stop reeling when you do get bit. If you try and play out a swimbait bass you will most likely loose.

I really don't play any bass that is hooked up on a good, stout hook.  Only time I do is when treble hooks or light wire hooks are involved.  

Seems like solid advice, Matt.  You'd be the man to know, since you designed the bait and all lol.  Thanks man.

And you gotta remember, that baby bass is huge and weighs a ton compared to those tube minnows I've been slinging around

Hey Matt.  What did you mean by "swing"?  Like a side hookset?

Thanks for the advice.  Next time I go to the big lake, that's all I'm throwin'.  I did try one yesterday at a farm pond but there is like zero cover and the water was a bit muddy.

Remember to lube the bait and swing and dont stop reeling when you do get bit. If you try and play out a swimbait bass you will most likely loose.

Matt gave me these suggestions last year when I first started fishing

the Baby Bass.  I was having problems with fish coming unbuttoned.

I heeded his advice and haven't lost a fish since.

8-)

It helps to have a good net man ready when you are water sking those 5 lbers back to the boat.

where can you get these lures at?

where can you get these lures at?

Direct: http://www.mattlures.com/babybass.htm

Or several retailers that are listed on the internet, including Tackle Warehouse.

8-)