Any experience with Big Swim Baits on Table Rock

[bferg]

Watching some videos lately... always dangerous...  I am thinking about getting a few big swimbaits (dangerous for the pocketbook I know).  I was wondering if anyone had any experience with throwing large swimmers at the rock and any advice on where I should look if I wanted to add a few to the arsenal...

Any thoughts on styles (soft body, line through, hard body)?  What about rod/line set up recommendations?

I found some older threads on here that talked about the R2S S-Waver 200.  But I have not seen any recent discussions.  

 

[Bill Babler]

I  have used and caught fish on the 5",7" and 9" Storm WildEye Shad.  There are 10 million soft swimbaits to chose from and i would not spend any money on them till I threw the WildEye for a while.  They are cheap and WILL catch fish.

Beck and I caught 25 pounds on them we used the 5 and 7 in a derby quite a few years ago, the first week of June.  They are a post spawn bait for sure.

Good luck

[Quillback]

I have thrown a couple of big glide baits, had a couple of bass swim up and take a look, but never eat them.  

[Devan S.]

I've got some S-wavers and some spro bbz-1. I throw them here and there but success has been limited. Like others some good looks but nothing earth shattering. I always try and target ambush points. Think large shallow boulders, shallow bluff edges, areas where I might throw a topwater over open water or timber, docks, ect. 

You get a heck of a splat with a bbz-1 or 168 or 200 swaver when the lure hits so I try to make mile long casts well past anything I'm targeting.

[dtrs5kprs]

Is Richy still around? He was the big hard bodied swimbait guru.

[dtrs5kprs]

This one works, if you can find it. On advice of one of the Bull Shad guys, I throw it on a Dobyns Fury swimbait rod, 25# mono. 

That one is actually the 4x4, kind of a big square bill. The one I prefer is the wake version. Both work, slightly different thickness and lips. The wake bait floats.

[edyer]

The Megabass Magdraft is a good one for about $12 in the 6 inch size.

[Joenothum]

I'll usually throw a hand poured swimbait with a owner beast hook.  I have some really big baits that are hand pours 8" or so but the profile on hand pours is outrageous.  I typically only throw those at Lake Fork when I go.  I have been throwing a 5" hand pour that has worked decently well.  You get bit often enough to have some confidence in it and will upsize your catch a little.  I like throwing it over deep trees or bluff ends.  I throw them on a 7'11" Powell Endurance heavy cranking rod.  15# flouro around her. Below is the pic of them.

[Joenothum]

Also forgot to add.  Get some Storm lead strips to wrap around the hook on the belly so it keels right.  The beast hook also comes weighted I believe but I don't like how fast it falls.  That whole setup is weedless so run it through the trees.

[bluebasser86]

I like the glide baits and wake baits. Personally prefer the Savage Gear Shine Glide over the S Waver. I like the profile better and it glides easier imo. Moves a lot of fish around docks and they'll come a long ways to eat it. The 185 (7ish inch) size is my favorite. An MS Slammer can be a really fun bait too. Some of the most violent strikes you'll ever see.