Swimbaits

[wishniwasfishn]

How many guys here are going to throw swimbaits this fall. What are your favorite tecniques in fall using these. I am going to try and learn how to use them, bought some 4" models, and need to get a general idea if they are worth using, and different tecniques to try. Thanks for any help you can give me, lord knows I need it, I tried them this spring without so much as a nibble.

[mhall]

I've been having some success with these baits. I found some weighted Gammy hooks I really like and or a exposed jig hook. Make long casts and slow retrieve back, don't over work them it's not necessary. Keep throwing'em the fish will come.

[Stevens]

Theyre worth it, caught my first 7+ fish on one this summer. I think its going to majic this fall around groups of shad. Earlier this year during the shad spawn i was havin three and four's chokin on my swimbaits. There probably isnt a wrong way to work one either. Everybrand is different

[kyjake]

I use them in the Ohio River for hybrid/stripers usually mostly white pre rigged.
One day this spring a fellow came up next to me,tied on a new 4" trout colored,
the first cast he landed a 3 1/2 lb smallmouth.
Jake

[JD7.62]

I throw the 5-6" Storm livin eye or what ever they are called swim baits at the falls and do real well with the striper and hybrids. I dont really retrieve it, rather I just keep my line tight and reel just enough to keep the bait upright and let the current take it down. The big boys love the big baits!