THE BASS COLLEGE

Just wondering what people's preferences are towards using hard bodied or plastic swim baits.  Obviously the hard baits are getting you into the 15-30$ per lure, but softies run about 8-10 for a pack of say 5 or 7, which from what I've read tend to deteriorate pretty fast after bringing in lunkers one after another :cool:.  

I really like the action on both to be honest from watching videos, but which have you guys had more success with?  Seems the plastics are smaller than the hard bodies but suffer less lateral (side to side) motion.  

Since you all are my idols, I'm wondering what's your pros/cons of each.

-Mike

The hard baits. I am going to elaborate and post some pictures when I get a chance, but the HARD BAITS!!

I prefer the hard baits for monster bass but the soft baits definitely have their place . I prefer soft baits however when fishing tournaments I can throw them into any type of cover and they catch a ton of 2,3 and 4 pound bass.Those are the fish that make you money in tournaments. I want them both. But when it comes to realistic action to mimic forage that a RECORD size(state or world) bass eats nothing is better than those high dollar hard baits. A side note if your looking for a soft bait that doesn't tear up after a few or even 1 good bass check out Z-MAN swimbaits and their video online. They actually shoot them with a shotgun and M 16 and then catch 20 bass on them.

                    I have 1 Storm red eyed shad swim bait that works well.Because it looks like a white perch we get here.I prefer hard shallow/medium divers.They seem to work the best for me.I have a lot of lures I painted to try out this year.Hopefully they do well.

good luck old fart show them something they haven't seen before.

old-fart, did you make the lures yourself?  I'd be interested in doing that for sure.  I watched a vid on making soft plastics and although it looks doable, it seems to be a ton of work for each bait.  i'd love to be able to make and paint my own stickbaits or topwater lures!

one of my next purchases for sure will be the Spro BBZ-1 swimbait.  I love everything about this lure.   I will have to be extra careful throwing it at my usual spots tho.  With underwater hazards and trees for days, I literally will swim across the water to retrieve it if I ever snagged up LOL!

I tend to lean towards hard baits for big bass but I do use Huddlestons as you saw in the video of April12th, 2010, that take some real monster bass from small unlikely places, like Buirtons.

I have yet to catch a bass on a swimbait yet. But I have not thrown them that much. I do however like the Reaction Innovations Skinny dipper. I can toss that bait into anything and not get hung and it looks awesome to boot. Guess I need to try it on a lake where the fish are biting.

You will throw them sometimes for days with only one or two hits. Then you catch these.>> click here

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