Witch swim bait do you prefer?

[mhall]

So is cumberland and dale hollow the only lakes clear enough for this? seems like barren, nlin, green, rough, etc would all be too stained for teh swim bait... am i right?

Not necessarily. There are times when several of those lakes would have good enough water clarity to fish these baits. If fish are looking up to feed and you have 1 foot plus water clarity I would not hesitate to throw it and keep them honest.

[smljaw]

All good info here... I'm still trying to figure out when and where to fish swimbaits around here. I'm fishing El Salto in June and plan to fish a swimbait A LOT. One of the methods they use down there is to rig it on a Blade Runner jighead (you can find them at www.tacklewarehouse.com)

The Basstrix and Money Minnows seem to be good choices...

[mhall]

I've caught them in lakes and ponds with these baits. Soft and hard swimbaits both. I'm really liking them and it's expanded my fishing arsenal quite a bit. Had a day recently that would have been a bust but the hard swimbait saved the day and I do mean saved the day.

[walkeraviator]

I've caught them in lakes and ponds with these baits. Soft and hard swimbaits both. I'm really liking them and it's expanded my fishing arsenal quite a bit. Had a day recently that would have been a bust but the hard swimbait saved the day and I do mean saved the day.

I hate you...I have been DYING to get to El Salto... be sure to get lots of pics and let me know how the whoel experiencce was when you get back...