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Swimbaits, clear water needed?

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This will be my first year tossing swimbaits, it's the one area I have not really messed with that much.

Most of what I read says that swimbaits are most effective in clear water. What about dirty water? Most of the lakes I fish have visibility around 2 feet or less. Is a swimbait a viable technique for that visibility?

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Oh, they will work.

Depending on what you are throwing, they displace quite a bit of water.  Bass will eat them.  Keep throwing with confidence and you will hook up.

Oh, they will work.

Depending on what you are throwing, they displace quite a bit of water. Bass will eat them. Keep throwing with confidence and you will hook up.

They will work, but I probably wouldn't throw a bait like a hudd in 2ft or less visibility due to the slight movemembt it makes.  I might throw something that displaces more water and is more noisy.  But swimbaits are good in just about any water clarity

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Most of the lakes I fish have visibility around 2 feet or less. Is a swimbait a viable technique for that visibility?

Depends, I wouldn 't throw a Hudd for two feet visbility, but something like Fish Arrow Monster Jack ---> shure !, the clacking sound that thing makes can be heard 20 yards away.

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I throw hudds in 2 ft vis all the time.

bassnleo, that being said you need only know 2 words : wake bait ;)

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