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What retrieves work best for big glide baits in cold water?
In cold water, there are a few different retrieves that can be effective for big glide baits. The specific retrieve you choose will depend on the conditions and the behavior of the bass in your fishery.
One effective retrieve for big glide baits in cold water is a slow and steady retrieve. This involves reeling in the bait at a consistent pace, allowing the glide bait to swim naturally through the water. This retrieve can be effective when the bass are less active and not willing to chase fast-moving baits. By presenting the glide bait slowly, you give the bass a chance to react and strike.
Another effective retrieve is a twitch and pause retrieve. This involves reeling in the bait with occasional twitches or jerks of the rod tip, followed by a pause. The twitching action creates an erratic movement that can trigger a reaction strike from the bass. This retrieve is especially effective when the bass are more active and willing to chase after a bait.
It's important to note that the specific retrieve may vary depending on the depth of the water and the type of fishery you are on. In the video context provided, the angler mentions that glide baits can be fished high in the water column, making them effective in shallower bodies of water. In these situations, a slow and steady retrieve or a twitch and pause retrieve can be effective.
However, if you are fishing in deeper water, it may be more effective to use a big soft bait that can be fished on the bottom. In deeper water, the bass may be less willing to chase after a bait that is swimming higher in the water column. By using a big soft bait that can be fished on the bottom, you can target the bass that are holding closer to the bottom and entice them to strike.
Overall, the key to success with big glide baits in cold water is to experiment with different retrieves and pay attention to the behavior of the bass in your fishery. Adapt your retrieve based on their activity level and make adjustments as needed.
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How To Choose The Right Swimbait! (Underwater Swimbait Footage) by TacticalBassin → Glide baits in the winter time but it comes down to the fishery you are on so I want to talk specifics about the baits so that you can understand whether or not a specific bait applies to you your Lake and your fish or not so you're throwing the right bait in the winter the reason why I typically don't talk about Glides in the winter time is that Glide baits need to be fished pretty high in the water column or I should say they want to be fished high in the water column they don't need to be we'll get to that but generally speaking a Glide bait is going to fish effectively in less than eight or ten feet of water which is all fine and dandy unless your fish on your Reservoir seem to be sitting between 15 and 20 or 20 and 25 or 40 and 50. right there Untouchable by most Glide baits that's why we don't talk about it but they're still incredibly effective like I I can think of one fish that always stands out in my mind in fact that's the bait it's the one that I retired see all the hook crash debates trashed I retired this bait after catch on so many fish on it but it was early February it was raining and 35 degrees when I caught this fish and about a half hour after I caught it it started to snow truly dead of winter
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How To Catch Bass During The Fall To Winter Transition (Cold Water Baits) by TacticalBassin → fishing in a place where the water is shallower you can still throw a Glide bait in the winter the Glide bait is more like a jerk bait in that you're working it nice and slow and steady and then those Twitches draw a reaction strike the Glide bait is a deadly winter bait the issue with the Glide is that they fish higher in the water column so if you're on a Highland Reservoir most of the time not a player in the winter but the guy who's like I'm on a shallow body of water it's three feet deep it's six feet deep it's 12 feet deep at the deepest you can catch Glide Bait fish all winter long because again the Glide bait plays on that key core response you're working it slow you add those two Twitches it cuts it darts like it's going to run and they commit to it so if your fish are up Shallow if you're catching generally shallow fish absolutely add the Glide bait to your mix if they're not if your bites are coming in 10 15 20 25 deeper then rely on a big Soft Bait to get on bottom hold the bottom and just go super slow and just wait literally wait for one of those giants to tag that thing but hands down the most fun way to catch them is to get that feed response and you can do this as we head into winter
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How To Catch The Biggest Bass Of Your Life This Winter! (Full Seminar) by TacticalBassin → difference between the big giant custom glides that you might see out there on the internet and AG lie bait that will work really well in an around cover actually wrote an article for FLW about this last year a cover glide is a bait that is much more reactive in tight quarters it has a tighter joint typically a slightly smaller profile something like an S waver 168 or 200 or that storm Arashi there are a couple of others but all of these baits are extremely reactive meaning when you work that rod the baits do really erratic really aggressive things so as the water temps are still relatively high and you still have bait fish in the shallows and you still have bass eating those bait fish reactive baits like this that are worked aggressively are incredible you can catch giant fish up there in the shallows as that water starts to cool those fish will pull back out we're going to start transition but back to this a cover glide versus an open water glide I want to make this perfectly clear because you see people all the time debating one glide bait over another which one is the best there's not a best there's a right bait for a scenario shallow water in and around cover be it dogs lay down wood rocky shoreline where the fish are down in the boulders anything like that hard structures where you can identify where
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The Different Styles Of Big Glide Baits! Which One To Choose?! by crazybassfisher → that doesn't nose down that doesn't need to be fish slow this bait can do it all you can fish this bait super slow you can fish it super fast you can fish it at a medium speed you could just straight retrieve it give it pops you can do so much with this bait and if you have one that's tuned correctly it will never blow out it's just an awesome style swimming when it comes down to the depths 250 you can only see throw this bait whenever just because you can slow down and you can't pick it up I've caught in fish in the dead of winter on this bait all the way into the middle of the summer fishing this bait but my favorite way to fish this bait is just the true side side side side side side side side outside that's my favorite way to fish this bait I've caught in tons of fish on the 250 it's a true fish catching machine a lot of guys that I've been seeing at least recently they've been fishing them just so I'm like a straight retrieve and then giving it like a quick little pop every now and then and go back into their regular retrieve when I'm fishing this style of bait I'm looking more for that reaction I'm looking for a fish that is fired up and ready to eat right when I put that bait
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Cold Water Tricks That Catch Bass Right Now! by TacticalBassin → glide bait guys right now those big fish are wanting to feed up they're looking for a big meal you know i know matt talked about it in a recent video about now is the best time these are the baits to throw to catch the biggest fish of your life and it's true uh you know these little tips will help you guys catch more fish if you're looking for big fish throw those bigger baits but uh the a rig the jerkbait the blade bait the the glide bait the crankbait those are my top five baits to throw this time of the year and uh you know those those little tips those little nuggets of information hopefully help you guys have more confidence believe in the base belief uh and in that confidence in our confidence and we'll help you guys catch more uh fish and put them in the boat if you guys have any questions please leave those down below in the comments section i will try to get to those as soon as possible but happy new year remember to go out and get those fishing licenses a lot of those states they uh they they're our calendar year so they end december 31st so check on the state that you're fishing but guys get out there don't be afraid to try reaction baits this time of the year you know if all else fails you can go
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Why Clifford Pirch still uses Glide Baits in Winter by Bassmaster → go come here there we go oh that's a good one that's a nice fatty right there something i learned that the last couple years is is about a glide bait it was something that big western swim bait fishermen were always doing and it really wasn't something in my arsenal so the last few years i've really spent a lot of time learning about glide bait fishing and it's really fun the problem is is it's super addicting just like traditional swim bait fishing you're gonna you're gonna catch them really good or you're really going to get burned and it's so hard to not get addicted so one of the things about it a lot of times i like fishing fishing big hardcover like walls or dumps or something like that and uh it'll seem to be you know where you've got a little bit of visibility where they can see that bait out there just a little bit um seem to be like some of the best situations for it that's a big one and uh there's multiple times around you know the year seasonally where it seems to work well you know there's not just one season you know i like it when it's cold but i also like it when the fish are up shallow spawning or post spawn but it's a fun technique get a really big bite you just need to know when to put it down as far as my retrieve
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