Glide Baits for Beginners - Fishing Tackle - Bass Fishing Forums
Feb 20, 2024 · Glide baits are quite the rabbit hole and can get very expensive, but the s-waver is a great starting point without breaking the bank. The guys from Tactical Bassin have been advocates of the s-waver for many years, and here's a link to their video from 10 years ago that still holds up today.
Gliding With The Wind For Bass - Bass Fishing Resource Guide
Nov 26, 2023 · Gliding With The Wind For Bass. A glide bait's size and sink rate make it a big, easy meal for bass. The bait looks big and clumsy, but when retrieved, it glides through the water with the greatest of ease. The single-jointed hard plastic swimbait known as a glide bait originated as a musky fishing lure but was converted into a bass bait by ...
Glide Baits: Floating or Slow Sink? - Bass Fishing Forums
Apr 4, 2023 · 2. Posted January 10. Floating glide baits are the most versatile baits imo. You can make it float, suspend, slow sink, medium sink, or fast sink In cold or warm water to fish any depth of the water column just by adding some lead wire or strips to the bait.
Snap swivel or direct tie on glide baits? - Fishing Tackle - Bass ...
Feb 16, 2021 · Been fishing for almost 50 years and have used snaps for most of them and have only lost one fish due to a snap breaking, and it was on a foul hooked grass carp. In offshore fishing, we use heavy duty snaps to facilitate leader changes. The leaders are made of heavy mono 8-12 feet long or more.
Smallmouth glidebaits - Bass Fishing Forums
Feb 20, 2022 · 1.1k. 1. Location Northern Illinois. My PB: Between 4-5 lbs. Favorite Bass: Smallmouth. Favorite Lake or River Northern Illinois streams and rivers. Posted February 20, 2022. Im wanting to get into throwing glide baits for river smallmouth. Assuming 4 …
Zaldain's glide bait - Tournament Talk - Bass Fishing Forums
Posted April 23, 2021. To anyone watching the Lake Fork tourney live... Chris Zaldain just mentioned this morning the maker of the glide bait he is using. It sound like he said "Buddy Knapp" out of North Carolina, but I'm certain I'm getting some of that wrong. Zaldain said it's just a guy out of his garage.
Glide Bait Rod - Fishing Rods, Reels, Line, and Knots - Bass Fishing …
Oct 29, 2017 · get a refurbished Dobyns 795 Fury from Dobyns for $80 shipped. This rod works for S-Wavers, Gantarels, Shine Glides, even Deps 175's. You can even do the line through soft swimbaits by Savage Gear and Optimum with little issue.
Swimbait/glide Bait Rod For A New Guy
Jul 28, 2015 · Favorite Bass: Largemouth. Posted July 28, 2015. I want to start taking up throwing swimbaits more regularly and I know by doing this I'll need the right rod. I'll mainly be throwing hard baits. For example I'll use the S waver both in the 200 and 168 size (3 1/2oz and 1 5/8oz), the Jackall Gantarel (2.5 oz), Spro BBZ-1 6" floating model (2oz ...
Rod for A rigs and glide baits - Bass Fishing Resource Guide
Jul 17, 2021 · Favorite Bass: Smallmouth. Posted July 17, 2021. I’ve had my eye on the Zodias 7’5” Heavy (rated up to 1.5oz) for getting into throwing A-rigs and glide baits/swim baits like the Swaver 168. However, without experience with either yet I’m not sure if this rod is a great fit for this or if I should go with something like the Daiwa ...
What knots to use for glidebaits - Bass Fishing Resource Guide
Jun 17, 2024 · 10. Location Pennsylvania. My PB: Between 9-10 lbs. Favorite Bass: Smallmouth. Favorite Lake or River The Water. (Susquehanna River, and Salmon River). Posted June 17. SDJ knot is used for tuna fishing, i think thats about as good as it gets for glide baits and swimbaits. I use it for everything tho.