Soft swimbaits work great for largemouth bass. Swimbaits are popular baits so you have a lot of options whether you to choose to buy a pre-rigged swimbait or the soft swimbaits that come separate from a jighead. Just get the right size jighead or swimbait hook to pair up with your favorite swimbait and you should be able to catch some largemouth bass.
What Sizes are Best for Largemouth Bass Fishing?
To give yourself a good mixture of action plus an occasional bigger bass, try using the swimbaits in the 5 inch range. You can easily downsize if you’re looking for more action, but this means you will usually catch a lot more smaller bass. You can always upsize if you want to target a giant bass. However, there are so many great swimbaits in the 5 inch range and they work excellent for putting some decent to good numbers of bass in the boat with quality bass too.
Smaller Swimbaits are Great Action Baits
If you are just looking for action, it is tough to beat a swimbait in the 3.5 to 4 inch range.
How to Rig Soft Plastic Swimbaits
You can use a variety of different jigheads to pair with your favorite swimbaits for largemouth bass. Swimbait hooks are awesome for the baits that are long enough. Some anglers even use a Texas rig or Carolina rig, but they aren’t necessary.
Pre-Rigged Soft Plastic Swimbaits
Pre-rigged soft plastic swimbaits are really cool baits. If you don’t want to mess with changing around your soft swimbaits and jigheads, just buy one that is pre-rigged and tie it on like you would fish a crankbait. If you want to use a variety of sizes and colors, you are going to have to re-tie or have several rods setup. These baits works great for largemouth bass.
Best Techniques
Swim Them
Whether you choose to use a slow and steady retrieve or a faster retrieve, swimbaits make it easy on you as an angler. Just cast them out and retrieve them at the appropriate depth and you will catch fish.
Swimbaits as Trailers
Bass Jig & Swimbaits
There are many bass jigs that pair well with a smaller swimbait. These baits can be fished better through areas that have a lot of snags and they will catch some quality largemouth bass.
Bladed Swim Jig & Swimbaits
Bladed swim jigs and smaller swimbaits work awesome together. Fish them slowly around some type of cover and you’ll catch some bass.
Spinnerbait & Swimbaits
Spinnerbaits and swimbaits are an awesome combination for targeting largemouth bass.
Underspin & Swimbaits
The underspin and swimbait is a great combination to target largemouth bass. You have a lot of options, but some soft swimbaits do interfere with the blade on the underspin, so you need to make sure the bait is swimming properly. When the swimbait is kicking smoothly and the blade is flashing correctly, it can be an awesome combination for catching bass.
