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How do you work a swimbait over submerged grass beds?
To work a swimbait over submerged grass beds, there are a few techniques you can try. First, make sure you have the right equipment. A medium-heavy to heavy rod with a length between 7'3" and 8' is recommended, paired with a high-speed reel with an 8:1 gear ratio. Use 50-pound test braided line for added strength and sensitivity.
Now, let's discuss the techniques. One approach is to swim the swimbait just above the grass, mimicking the movement of baitfish. Cast the swimbait past the grass bed and retrieve it at a steady pace, making sure to keep it just above the top of the grass. This technique is effective for covering a lot of water and triggering reaction strikes from bass hiding in the grass.
Another technique is to swim the swimbait through the grass itself. Instead of trying to avoid the grass, aim to plow the swimbait straight through the center of the grass bed. This can be done by using a weedless swimbait or by rigging a regular swimbait with a weedless hook. The goal is to imitate a baitfish moving through the grass, which can entice bass to strike.
It's important to note that the specific technique may vary depending on the type of grass and the conditions you're fishing in. The videos you mentioned provide some great insights into different approaches for fishing swimbaits in grass. Bryan Schmitt in the Bassmaster video talks about using a swim jig and a deep crankbait to target isolated clumps of grass. TacticalBassin also discusses using swim jigs to fish through the grass, aiming for the grass and allowing the bait to get hung up before ripping it free. Flukemaster emphasizes the importance of using strong equipment and straight braid when fishing swimbaits in heavy grass. Randy Blaukat in Intuitive Angling mentions using a swim jig to penetrate heavier cover in shallow vegetation.
Remember, always adapt your techniques based on the specific conditions you're fishing in and be prepared to experiment to find what works best for you.
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Power Fishing deeper off-shore grass with Bryan Schmitt by Bassmaster → big work hey guys brian schmidt here i'm gonna go over two techniques that i really like doing in grass we're getting into the summer you know i i really like looking for submerged deeper grass you know the fish are getting done spawning before they move out to their ledges they might stop on some isolated clumps some deeper grass and there's a couple ways that i like to generate bites doing that first is a spro little john 60. just ripping this into isolated clumps i mean it could fire them up real good it could get a school ignited sometimes you know we think of brush piles having a school where isolated clump can have a school's fish too they they use it the same way this triggers them i catch a lot of big ones on this it's one of my one of my deals in grass a lot of people don't think deep cranking and hitting grass clumps but it works another big big staple of mine is a swim jig it's my signature series hayabusa little schmidty it's a finessey swim jig it's designed to go low and slow so i like to get this down i'll make a long cast i'll let it hit the bottom and i'll slowly start reeling if i feel a clump i'll pop it i mean absolute killer for me missile baits twin turbo 15 pound fluorocarbon you know just get it down there and i also you
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Swim Jigs and Swimbaits - Beginner To Advanced Tricks To Catch More Bass! by TacticalBassin → with them now that face will still split cover it will still come through but it hangs up more than a standard swim jig on the grass it'll catch on that grass and that is what I want see when I'm out on the lake and I'm on the lake where a lot of people throw a swim jig guys are throwing through the lanes in the grass they aim for the open spots and they'll fish it right through the open right between the grass clumps that's what everyone does you do that with every bait right whether you're throwing a crank bait a buzz bait a swim jig anything if there's lanes in the grass you fish the lanes well basket condition to that so I take that larger that 3/4 ounce is my favorite for it with that big trailer big profile all the way around and instead of aiming down the lane between the two grass clumps I aim right over the top of the grass and I fish that bait and I just swim it like that grass isn't there and that grass clumps there and I'm coming in my lines rubbing and then it hits the grass and it sticks so most people want to swim right past the grass I don't I aim for the grass and I hang that bait up and then I rip that rod to clean it you blow it through you cannot believe how many fish have become
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How to Fish Weedless Swimbaits - Bass Fishing in the Grass by Flukemaster → in the grass if you've got a grass lake then that's where the bass are gonna hang out gotta hang out there in the summer time because the grass creates oxygen and hot water doesn't hold oxygen so they're gonna move into that grass the springtime they spawn in it because it's got the protection that they need in the fall they feed in it because that's where the bait fish are they're always in the grass there are always a population of the fish in the grass some of them might be out deep on a bigger lake but there's always going to be a good population in the grass so that's what I'm looking for I've done this technique in at least Lake Minnesota I've done it all I've done it in Pennsylvania I've done it all over the country so it's one of those things that you're not limited to just Florida because there's nothing but grass lakes down here there's grass lakes everywhere all right so like I said this is a power fishing technique this is a cover water get reaction strike technique you make log cast because you're fishing shallow grass you just kind of buzz it back to you on the surface that's kind of like a buzz bait but if you use a buzz bait doing this it gets hung up in everything so that's why this is a little superior or a lot superior to a buzz bait a
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California Swim Jig Secrets by TacticalBassin → throwing it out there like I said we're chucking a Windham but I'm not just throwing it out in open water I like to fish these around cover and if you fish in a highly pressured lake where a lot of people are throwing spinner baits or even a lighter swim jig over the top of the grass or shallow running crank baits this lets you give them a totally different approach my favorite by far is the 3/4 ounce everything you're seeing me hold up is 3/4 ounce the half works great too but for what I like to do the 3/4 does it what I do is when the fish start getting around the grass in the summertime most people will fish the lanes the channels between the grass where they can they can get a crank bit or spinnerbait through and it doesn't get hung up or if they're throwing a light swim jig they swim it up over the top of the grass what I do is I take that three-quarter ounce swim jig and I run it straight through the center of the grass just plow it through there it's something the bass don't see these are totally weedless I throw them so far back in the toolies they go out of sight and you just start reeling nice and slow and they'll just hunt their way come right through there incredibly weedless so slam them through the toolies slam
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How to Fish Weedless Swimbaits - Bass Fishing in the Grass by Flukemaster → got this huge giant miles of miles of submerged vegetation a little bit tops out here and there it's got hydrilla it's got all kinds of different grasses and things like this like I said this can work all over the country but uh the equipment that you use if you ever get a even a 2 pounder in the grass like this and they get you buried in that grass you have got to have enough power behind you to to be able to get that fish out of the grass this is a reaction bait technique so you don't have to worry too much about line visibility I don't use fluorocarbon I use straight braid 50 pound test braid and I use a medium heavy 7 foot 5 this is my jig rod 7 foot 5 and I would recommend either a medium heavy or a heavy between 73 and 1/8 feet I mean if you're chunking and covering a lot of water and you need to add a distance go with a longer rod it really doesn't matter you just got to have enough beef behind it high speed real 8 1 1 gear ratio reel will get you will be able to catch up with those fish because when they hit it they hit it hard a lot of times they come at you and hit it and you'd be able to be able to catch up to them and then when they get
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Shallow And Deep Summer Grass Fishing Techniques by Intuitive Angling With Randy Blaukat → a tiny blade on it you can catch some good fish on those and i'll throw it on a spinning rod with like 20 contests for excuse me 25 tests straight braided line on there catch some really good fish on that just fishing it under shady banks that type of stuff low light conditions once the sun comes up a little bit that's when i'll go to the swim jig i'm fishing like a 3 16 to quarter ounce swim jig i'm trying to penetrate a little bit heavier cover with this and like i said it's a great bait for water willows gator grass shallow vegetation like that keeping it in sight and then my third technique is just pitching and flipping that type of deal and one of the top baits in the summertime for me to use pitching and flipping is a zoom trick worm i like a you know just a seven inch zoom trick worm usually black or june bug on a 3 16 sinker flipping and pitching it around the thicker cover some of the holes dark places like that works really good now for the offshore vegetation if you guys fishing down south and some of the texas louisiana tva lakes florida even some of the northern lakes has grass milfoil you know hydrilla that type of stuff in the summer time of the year one of my favorite techniques and it depends on how high the grass has
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