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What areas hold the most trophy bass potential for swimbaits?

Based on the video context and my experience as a pro bass fishing guide, the areas with the highest potential for catching trophy bass using swimbaits are main lake points, secondary points off the ends of deep boat docks, bluff banks, steep banks, and areas with submerged timber. These areas provide a combination of deeper water, various types of cover, and the opportunity for bass to come up on the bait from different directions.

When fishing swimbaits, it's important to target the minority of giant fish in a particular area. While you may catch smaller fish on other baits like shaky heads or weenie worms, swimbaits are a big commitment for bass and can entice those larger trophy fish. They know that if they get something like a swimbait, it will hold them over for a week or so. So, concentrate your efforts on the steep banks, deep docks, and points.

Additionally, in lakes where Asian carp have become prevalent, the bass are going crazy for the smaller immature Asian carp. These carp are in the 4-10 inch range, and the bass are feeding heavily on them. So, if you're fishing in lakes like Kentucky Berkeley Lakes, targeting areas where these smaller Asian carp are present can increase your chances of catching trophy bass using swimbaits.

Remember, the key is to fish in areas where the bait has to come through, such as underwater humps, big points, or areas with nomadic food sources. These are the places where big fish will want to be because they know that's where they can find food. If you're fishing in a lake with trout, targeting areas near the launch ramp where trout are stocked can be highly productive. Bass know where the food is coming from and will position themselves accordingly.

In summary, to catch trophy bass using swimbaits, focus on main lake points, secondary points off deep boat docks, bluff banks, steep banks, areas with submerged timber, and areas with nomadic food sources. These areas provide the best opportunities for big fish to come up on the bait and increase your chances of landing that trophy bass.

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3 Tricks To Catching Bass With BIG Swimbaits… by Intuitive Angling With Randy Blaukat → points like main Lake and secondary points off the ends of deep boat docks Bluff Bank steep Bank something like that over the top of submerged Timber places where the bass have to come up on the bait and from a considerable distance that is how you're going to catch your big ones when you're around these areas that have deeper water and you've got a combination of some various mix of cover and you got suspended and bottom bass both all this is a mix to catch big ones on there because if you if you fish like say for example a main Lake Point that a lot of people do in the fall time of the year if you pull up to that point you might catch five or six fish on a Shaky Head on that point but they might be a pound a pound pound and a half fish they're maybe an eight or ten pounder down there just swimming around it's just not interested in that it's not interested and it's expelling its energy for a little weenie Worm but something like this is a big commitment and they know if they get something like this it's going to hold them over week or so so you're after that Minority of giant fish in a particular area and those are the best areas to fish them so concentrate on your steep Banks deep docks points that type of stuff the next

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How to Catch Big Bass Fishing Swimbaits - Paul Bailey by The Bass University → lot of small fish on it you know don't be discouraged you will still get bites good question what else we got there you could only fish one swim bait one what would it be wow that's tough one big leg you know I probably have to go with with old faithful and the Huddleston deluxe you know it imitates a shad it imitates a carp a catfish a crappie imitates everything so well by its natural swimming action that I was I would be hard-pressed to tie anything on even at a new lake before I tied a little spin on it and that would be the one I couldn't go without yeah Brooklyn let me toast before you get to the next question I want to throw something out there you just said something and I'm going to give a huge insider tip to people that fish up Kentucky Berkeley Lakes right now for those of you watching that fish down there you know that the Asian carp have gotten in there over the last three and four years the word on the street is that the bass are gone nuts right now for those immature those smaller Asian carp now that they're in their breeding they're spreading and you know the the immature Asian carp are in a four six 8-10 inches and they're going nuts form so they do eat cart too so far our Kentucky Lake fishermen there's a hint

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Swimbait 101: Where to Fish by TacticalBassin → there's an underwater hump out in open water those are the places that day in and day out your big fish will want to be because that's where the bait has to come through if you have nomadic food and it's swimming up and down a lake it will have to wrap around a big point or go over a hump those big fish know that so that's where they choose to live it's easier for them to find food now if you're in a trout specific Lake the number one easiest place for you to catch them is next to the launch ramp where they stock the trout obviously the bass know where the food is coming from just like they'd sit on the end of a point waiting for food they're gonna sit near that ramp and wait for food to come to them they're not dumb that's why they're big that is a very very simple way for you to target them obviously now it works best on the day that they're going to be stalking the trout I'm convinced those bats know the traffic coming and they seem to really move into those areas heavily but anytime you can catch him there now if you're in a lake that is less of a Canyon a little bit flatter maybe you have grass lines that sort of thing but you still have a nomadic food source same deal but you start working edges of

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Swimbait 101: Where to Fish by TacticalBassin → you're gonna catch the biggest fish your life so just keep right on going target those high-percentage simple to find areas and you're going to catch fish have a great day

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Summer Bass Fishing Tricks: Swimbaits and Crankbaits! by TacticalBassin → over that deep water and we can catch them anywhere in between the fact that they're on that outside structure doesn't mean that they're deep sometimes on these outside points it's a square bill bite sometimes it's a spinnerbait bite sometimes it's tall water and sometimes it's deep cranking throwing a jig throwing a big worm we're gonna make a move we'll start running around see if we can't catch some more fish got him that's what we're talking about look at that swim bait just choked that is the five inch burrito and he wanted it man that's fun so you notice i started out with a little bait now obviously i'm throwing a much larger bait the tennessee river where i am is much more diverse than most fisheries so here if i'm in the back of a creek maybe they're eating a little bait or maybe there's big bait back there i get out here on the main river now i've run into them and they're chasing big gizzard chad and i can actually physically see it if they come up schooling busting on the surface i'll actually see the size of the bait fish so here i have to be prepared with all these different sizes to match what's going on on your lake it's probably not that way you can find the right size bait whether that's a two inch bait a four inch bait an eight inch bait

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The No. 1 Reason Most Anglers Have Never Caught A Big Swimbait Bass by Intuitive Angling With Randy Blaukat → is i found that you if you're fishing the swim bait around open water like where there's not much cover on the bank like if it's just rocky banks or something like that you've got to fish these swim baits in an area that gives the bass the opportunity to come at them from all four corners in other words the water has to be deep enough where the fish can come up from the bottom to get it or they can come from the sides or they can come from the top that's why i've done the best on these big swim baits around like you know any type of main lake or secondary steeper points where the bass have the option to come at them from all four different directions if you don't have cover the next thing that you want to fish these things around and probably my favorite way to fish them is to fish them around some type of cover now this could be whatever cover that you have it could be around the corner of a boat dock boat docks are great places to fish big swim baits on because the fish you know they attack it from an ambush point and that's the same with any type of cover i've done really good on them around flooded bushes anytime you have flooded trees in the water when the water's higher again it provides an ambush point lime or around blow down

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