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How can I prevent short strikes when fishing swimbaits?
To prevent short strikes when fishing swimbaits, there are a few strategies you can try. First, pay attention to where the last hit on your bait was. Fish will often follow the swimbait for a distance before losing interest. By casting to the same area where the last hit occurred, you increase your chances of getting a solid strike.
Another strategy is to use a follow-up bait. This is a secondary lure that you can throw after a fish short strikes your swimbait. The follow-up bait should be similar in size to your swimbait. For example, if you're using a five or six-inch swimbait, try using a five-inch soft jerkbait as your follow-up bait. This can entice the fish to commit and increase your chances of a hookup.
In terms of tackle, make sure you have the right hook size for your follow-up bait. The video suggests using at least a four-inch hook for a five-inch bait. This will ensure that the hook is properly matched to the size of your bait and increase your chances of a successful hookup.
Additionally, it's important to note that when fishing with swimbaits, you should not set the hook until you feel the weight of the fish. This is because swimbaits often attract multiple hits or thunks, and setting the hook too early can result in missed opportunities. Wait until you feel the weight of the fish before setting the hook to ensure a solid hookup.
Overall, the key to preventing short strikes when fishing swimbaits is to pay attention to the fish's behavior, use a follow-up bait, and have the right tackle for the job. Remember to adapt your strategies based on the specific conditions and adjust your bait size and hook accordingly.
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Short Striking Your Swimbait? Follow Up with This! by BassGeek → fish okay so what you've got to think about is how far those fish you've really got to pay attention in your cast where was the last hits of that bait it's been a tough day of fishing and they're hitting right here beside of me figures huh anyway so you've got to pay attention to where the last hit is those fish will follow that swim bait so far before finally they turn off and they don't want to have anything to do with it most of the time it'll be as they as it gets closer to the boat i've seen them follow it all the way up and under the boat and actually got hit that way before now the follow-up bait so you've heard people talk about using a frog over a mat and throw a jig or some sort of you know flipping rig again the follow-up bait is simply this now you do want to match it to the size of your bait so if i'm throwing a five or six inch uh swim bait i'm gonna throw a five inch uh soft jerkbait now this hook i'm not gonna lie i had this on a four inch it's a i think it's a three ought belly weight so it's a little small i would definitely go with at least a four as it's wrapped around my tip always hate it when it gets wrapped around the tip anyway
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Short Striking Your Swimbait? Follow Up with This! by BassGeek → swim bait i always have this on deck somewhere it is on deck ready to go so that i can pick it up throw it out and hopefully catch those uh ornery bass that ain't wanting to eat my swim bait give it a try tell me what you think as always questions comments in the comment section below you guys know i love to talk about fishing with you hope you'll try the follow-up method and uh as always like it if you like it don't forget to subscribe make sure you ring that bell so you get the notifications when these videos come out guys i love all your support means the world to me and as always you guys rock
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Short Striking Your Swimbait? Follow Up with This! by BassGeek → they're hitting your swim bait like crazy but they just ain't eating it how do you get those fish to commit so like i said we've all been there we're throwing some sort of swim bait whether it be you know these the bigger swim baits or even the finesse swim baits or even an underspin they're getting hit now for you guys that don't know when you're throwing a swim bait you want to make sure you throw it out there and as you're reeling it back sometimes you're going to get hits you're going to feel do not set the hook until you feel the weight of the fish now the problem with that is sometimes you're gonna get multiple thunks okay so it's gonna be somebody you know we can probably put a beat to that anyway and no matter how calm you are no matter how under control you are and trust me it hurts it hurts i mean it there is nothing any more frustrating than that when you're reeling it in and they're just knocking the absolute fire out of it and not eating it sometimes you can downsize they'll eat it sometimes you can go to another spin big or small they'll eat it but i'm going to tell you one of the things that i've done that works almost a hundred percent of the time now you've seen me talk about this before when it comes to suspended
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Advanced Swim Jig Tactics for More Consistent Bass Fishing by Wired2Fish → to do what I call hover a jig or floating jig I don't like to scoot it along or move it really really fast I like to keep it in the strike zone as long as I can and a tip I can give you for that is use a trailer that's got a lot of water displacement that'll help you keep that jig up there and then go with a quarter ounce head I know a lot of guys like to swim a 3/8 ounce head but typically for me it's always a quarter ounce so I can keep that jig in the strike zone as long as possible there's got to be somebody on the back side of that Island I mean that was kind of one of the imperfect deals you seen just how I was shaking that rod and flutter and it just kind of keeping it as slow as possible with it you got it you can just see them coming from miles away to get it like that it is so much fun you haven't played around with a swim jig much there's no no cooler bike just to be reeling that thing along and just they get it and when they get it they typically really get it now they just need to be like four pounders you know typically for me like if I'm fishing it down deep it's gonna be that for you know four to six foot depth
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Avoid This Common Swimbait Fishing Mistake by Fish the Moment → there's no technique out there that takes more commitment than the big swim bait i may only get five bites all day so i need to make them count got them good one really good one you know fishing a big swim bait is different than any other lure category you're gonna fish you have to sort of shift your mentality to not expect to get a lot of bites this is about quality it's not about quantity there we go number five randy started his day on the main lake point on the lower end of the lake we were facing the worst possible conditions for fishing a big swimbait there was no wind no clouds and sunny skies this usually makes the fish very inactive and they're more likely to follow the swim bait back to the boat especially in clear water than actually eat it the water in the area where randy started had five to eight feet of water visibility and with no wind or clouds the fish would not commit to the big swim bait after fishing several more main lake points and pockets in the clear water section of the lake randy decided to make a long run to the james river where the water had a lot less water clarity in this area of the lake the water had one to three feet of visibility usually when you have bright bluebird skies no wind
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Throwing Bass Lures For BIG FISH! by TacticalBassin → bold bright it's easy for them to find we caught a ton of fish on that swim jig now one tip with stripe or stripers have a smaller mouth than a largemouth even the big ones so if you start noticing that you're getting short strikes because the swim jigs are gonna come with a weed guard I prefer to keep the weed guard because when you hook fish your hook up to land ratio is higher with a weed guard to help keep hook in place but if you're getting short strikes if the fish are consistently missing if you pull that weed guard out with that smallmouth they don't get it open very far so sometimes they'll come up and they'll hit that weed guard and they bounce back off but without that weed guard they get that hook really well you get a very high hook up to land ratio um what else did we do we did throw you through the s waver a little bit the 200 thrown a bone color again upgraded hooks to heavy heavy hardware upgraded split rings and one of the chartreuse tail on that did that just with dip and I just took that s waver dipped it and dip and die and it comes out show truce and it stays that way but that worked as well and then last was spooning going out over those deep fish here on the Delta it's a tidal
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