mach316

I've heard the original KGB's are definitely better. Not a big fan of the colors of the Spro Kgb's except for bone. I just had a guy custom paint me a 9" Hinko Shad (Hinkle knockoff) and it looks fantastic. CustomBaitShop Ready to see if it swims as good as it looks.

Curious what setup are you using as far as rod, reel, line, etc. I started out with a cheap 13 Fishing broom stick, and I wasn't a fan. I've switched over to a Megabass Levante, and like it much better. i paired it with a 200 Tranx and using 20-25lb mono.

I've caught fish on glides all year except prob late summer when I don't really fish that much. In winter I'll usually do a count down to get em deeper or attach grenade weights to em to speed up the process. There are times when they will come off the bottom just to look at it and meet my bait halfway. I do get a lot of followers, but sometimes they will blast it aggressively. Supposedly the glides are better than the choppers when its cold, but i just always seem to have a chopper tied on. I'm trying to throw the big swimbaits more for the bottom dwellers. Just haven't committed myself to it. I did order a Battle Shad 9" last week, but that thing holds a 12/0 beast hook which i had to order as well. In spring and summer, the choppers are fantastic around wood, grass and especially docks. Just have to careful about breaking ur bait trying to sling it under one. Berkley just came out with the Chop Block in big sized that hopefully will be good around docks. I got the 8 and 10' one but haven't tried em yet. Milliken has a good video explaing glides.

Milliken

Anybody here like to throw big baits for bass? Over the last several years, I have become addicted to throwing these big glide and swimbaits in the 7-10" range. It's definitely not action packed lobbing these big things around, but when you do get bit, it's a bigun. The bad part about it is these baits can get pretty pricey, and a dagger to the heart when you lose one.

I would like to hear from others about what they like to throw, setups they use, etc. Would also like to hear how much money ya'll may have forked over for a particular bait, and places you buy from. I'm almost ashamed of the money I've spent on this technique. :lol:

Some of the channels on YouTube that I get inspiration from...
Working Class Zero
geoffreytheking
The Hook Up Tackle

It changed the way I fish completely. I used to believe fish would be super inactive in the cold, but FFS has proved that wrong. Those roamers you see are super aggressive. Even the fish you don’t see on FFS come rushing off the bottom out of nowhere to take advantage of an easy meal. Just watching them push bait around is pretty amazing to watch. Winter has become my favorite time to fish for sure.

Scoping was pretty hot starting out but most of the weigh was caught on rat L traps and chatter baits. It was a fun watch today imo.

Having live scope would really help epically navigating your rig around brush or timber. If I were to cast blind I’d prob fish it around bridges, levees and even docks. I don’t have near the luck in the warmer months. The colder, the better for A rigging imo. I try to find shad in the winter months. Usually you will find bass close behind feeding out in deep open water.

Got The Last Caretaker and loving it.

NE AR box stand
55 degrees with W wind
Overlooking a clover/chicory plot.
Gonna pop the first doe that shows up!

Same in early spring. Fisherman rush to the bank the first few warm days of spring. The better bite is usually much deeper.