Mid Lake - Jan 15 - Deep water swimbait bite

[Dock-in-it]

I fished this morning and was fortunate to find a steady swimbait bite. Caught mostly K's but there were LM and SM mixed in.

The first area had plenty of shad in 35-50 FOW and the bass were stacked underneath. The swimbait would trigger bites better than other baits like Damiki, spoon, and ice jig. This area held up until 9AM.

The second area probably had shad at daylight but I was able to continue the swimbait bite without any visible shad. I fished this area until 10AM and called it a day.

The swimbait setup was a 5/8  jig head and a 3" basspro speed shad swimbait. The 5/8 jig allows you to get the bait down quick, then swim it straight or swim & drop it. You can also jig it up/down under the boat, then slowly swim it straight up (like an ice jig). The 5/8 jig allows you to take advantage of its drop speed to trigger bites.

A Keitech would work great but the speed shad is much tougher. The speed shad allows you to spend more time fishing.

You can find fish without shad in a lot of area's but they are mainly singles roaming about 30ft down in much deeper water.

WT 48.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Smithvillesteve]

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[elite203]

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