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When should you use a swimbait with a paddle tail?
Swimbaits with paddle tails are a versatile lure that can be effective in various fishing situations. Based on the video context provided, here are some instances where using a swimbait with a paddle tail would be appropriate:
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Warm Months in the Spring and Fall: When the water is warmer, bass tend to be more active and may be feeding near the surface. In this case, you can use a paddle tail swimbait with a fast retrieve speed, just barely breaking the surface. This technique aims to trigger a reaction strike from the bass.
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Morning Early-Morning Bites: If the bass are not hitting buzzbaits, a paddle tail swimbait can be a more subtle approach to entice a bite. As the sun starts to come up and hits the surface, bass may be more willing to strike a swimbait that mimics the baitfish they have been feeding on.
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Feeding off Bottom Fish: When bass are feeding on bottom-dwelling prey like gobies, sculpin, or crawdads, a different retrieve technique is needed. Cast the swimbait out and let it sit on the bottom. Then, slowly crawl it along the bottom to imitate the movement of the prey. This technique can be especially effective in the winter when crawfish are hibernating.
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Summertime Deep Water Fishing: In the summertime, bass may be in deeper water and chasing shad. Using electronics to locate schools of fish is crucial. Choose a compact swimbait with a paddle tail, such as a 3/8 jighead with a smaller size like 3.3. This mimics the smaller shad that bass are targeting. The retrieve speed can vary depending on the fish's location, but a heavy-weight jighead can create a reaction bite.
Remember, the specific conditions and preferences of the bass in your fishing area may vary, so it's always a good idea to experiment with different techniques and adjust accordingly.
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Best Paddle Tail Swimbait Tips for Bass Fishing (These Work!) | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → clipping speed where it just barely
breaks the surface where the paddle tail just might be bulging the surface just a
little bit but you're bringing it back really fast you're looking for that
reaction strike this is great for warmer months in the spring and all the way
through the fall you're going right along the weed lines you want to get
that fish to react to it so you're bringing it right towards the surface
this is great for morning early-morning bites especially if they don't want to
hit buzzbaits this is a more subtle approach and you can usually get that
bite especially if that Sun starts to come up starts hitting the surface and
they've been hitting surface water surface lures that's a real good lure to
switch to so you can get to that that can keep that top water bike going so
the next retrieve is almost the opposite of that actually it really is and it's
great for when fish are feeding off of bottom fish for example gobies and
sculpin and even crawdads but what I like to do is let it cast it out let it
sit on the bottom bring the rod tip down low and here I'm just crawling it on the
bottom I want to mimic that bait meat fish that's it feeds off the bottom this
works especially well in the winter time when the crawfish are hibernating
you'll get scoping them in and gobies and whatnot that are sitting on the
bottom of the bait on the bottom of the
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Swimbaits For Summer Bass Fishing | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → At the summertime, I'm using that kind of
paddle tail bait. Do you know why? It's they go in deep water, and chasing shad
a lot. Also, they are make a schooling especially
summertime. So, before fishing deep water, we gotta using
the electronics, to found the school. That's most important. Then you gotta choose a little bit compact,
small heavyweight swimbait I'm using. I'm using the 3/8 jighead right here with
Keitech single impact 3.3. It's a little bit smaller, but they are looking
for the little bitty shad. They sometime eating big shad, but I recommend
to the 3.3 because it's easy to eat for them. So, that's why I'm using the little bitty
swimbait with the tiny, tiny 3/8th jig head. But basically, in the summertime the fish
going, it's pretty close to the 20-foot range, so it's okay the quarter ounce, but it take
a time... Also, I want to make a kind of reaction bite. So, the heavy-weight jig head make a reaction
bite, and make a slow retrieve, and sometimes faster retrieve, and it depends on where the
fish are. Then also I'm using the Shimano Zodias 7'2"
medium heavy and 14-pound Fluorocarbon Line. But the line, it depends on where you fishing. If you fishing close to the timber, I recommend
the 16, yeah, 14, 16. Then if we don't have anything around your
fish, I chose the 10, 12-pound fishing line for the baitcasting reel. Then I'm using the Shimano Metanium HG, which
is a little high gear ratio.
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Target Walleye AND Bass With Paddle Tail Swimbaits by Wired2Fish → when it strikes it'll rip that plastic a little bit you want to make sure that there's no tear in your plastic and so you're good to go on the next cast we were shooting under waters and I watched this Baptist chase chase chase and I just momentarily set on the bottom and then just popped twice and he just inhaled it oh nice smallmouth Oh beautiful part about fishing a swimbait isn't it catches everything regardless of species you know if somebody said you could only take one plastic out especially in the spring barn on a paddle tail just so much fun to fish look at that that's a five-pound fish right there
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How to Catch Big Bass on Paddle-Tail Swimbaits by Wired2Fish → it either wherever you're fishing spring summer fall I don't care what it is you've got fairly clean water you know spinner bait has a lot of flash you know a swim bait has kind of the same characteristics in that tail moves water but it's a much more natural look than a spinner bait with a flashing and flinging of the blades and you know swim bait is always a very viable option spring summer fall whenever you're in clear water especially you know we've got pretty good wind blowing in here on this bank and it's really kind of a perfect setup and that swim bait looks so natural even in clear water that you know a lot of times those bass won't pass it up where a spinner bait puts out so much more flash and so much more of a glow with those blades that a lot of times it did look very natural didn't look very realistic to a bass so a swim bait is another bait to keep in mind it's you know especially if you live on a clear water lake or a clear water environment or I don't care where you're at in United States it's always a very good option you know to fish in the same exact places that you would throw a spinner bait or even a crankbait now ah ah get my hands on you in the swimbait just fell out of his mouth how big is that
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How To Fish A New Lake For Bass In Spring | How To | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → So, great bait to use throughout the spring. The next bait I like to use is a paddle tail
swimbait. You know, I throw in a lot of places where
a spinnerbait will work, but because it doesn't have all the flash and vibration and has more
of a profile of a baitfish, it's great to use when the bass aren't as aggressive and
they're not willing to chase down a bait, or maybe the spinnerbait is a bit too flashy,
too much vibration is actually turning them off. Paddle tail is a great time to switch to that. I rig it with a keel weighted hook, 1/4-ounce
keel weighted hook Texas rig. So I can throw it into anything and it's not
going to get hung up. I'll go a little bit heavier if I'm fishing
deeper, you know, say that 10 to 25-foot zone then I might use a 3/8-ounce, perhaps even
a 1/2-ounce, it's a little heavy, but to get it down there and just dredge it along that
deeper channels, the deeper structure, the humps, the ridges, those are the things that
work in early pre-spawn, but it's most effective during that pre-spawn period when those fish
are up shallow and they're actively chasing baitfish, 1/4-ounce keel weighted paddle tail
swimbait is really effective. And I throw that all over the place over the
top of weeds. Emergent/Submergent weed beds is really a
great way to throw it because those bass are buried up in there pouncing on any baitfish
that comes by, and this comes right over their
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How To Choose A Combo: Paddletail Swimbaits (Rod, Reel, & Line) | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → There we go. Good fish. Here we go. Stay down!
Come here. Here we go baby, come onboard. Look at that. How do you like that, guys?
Wow! Again, right in the roof of the mouth. That's where you want them. That's a good
fish right there. Nice four-pounder right here. Alright, ready? Hey folks, Glenn May here with BassResource.com.
Today, I want to talk to you about fishing the Paddle Tail Swimbait. Okay, let me show you what kind of equipment
that I'm using. In this case, I'm using a medium-heavy. A 7-foot medium-heavy power
rod with a fast action tip. That's the kind of rod you want to be using in all sorts of
bass fishing. In this case, I'm using it for paddle tail. I rig with it. I'm using 30-pound
Fireline Ultra 8 line. I use that because what I'm doing a lot of times is I'm fan casting.
I'm covering a lot of water and that Ultra 8 is great for long casting. It's designed
for that. So, I can get long, long casts on that. The line has no give to it, so it's
ultra-sensitive. So, I can feel that bite when the fish is way out there and hits the
bait. I can tell that it's a strike. And with it, I'm using the Abu Garcia Revo
SX reel. I've got in the 7.3:1 gear ratio. I like it a little bit fast because I like
to bring that bait back pretty quick. This
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