Best Paddle Tail Swimbait Line

Caleb Lieffring reported catching Smallmouth Bass using the Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium) technique and Sunline Super FC Sniper on Lake Pepin. Additional comments from this report: "Water temperature was 77 degrees. Most of the bass caught were in 2-8 ft of water. Bigger bass were caught on swimbaits. Ned rigs caught a higher quantity of bass but most were small. "

Katherine Field reported catching Smallmouth Bass using the Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium) technique and Sunline Super FC Sniper on Pool 8 Mississippi River. Additional comments from this report: "Just finished in the top 10 for the Hobie Bass Open Series, focusing mainly on smallmouth. In pool 8 I focused on dredged ditches that had a deep drop off, near sand/grass flats, with lots of current. Smallmouth are flushing shad up on the flats from these drop offs onto the shallow flats. Cast a spark shad on a light okashira screwhead and let that bait work across the shallows, and over the drop off. Smallies will be sitting on the ledge and crushing that bait on the fall."

plymouthfishingnick reported catching Smallmouth Bass using the Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium) technique and Sunline Super FC Sniper on West Lake Okoboji. Additional comments from this report: "20+ fow, deep rock transitions. Dragging slow / deadstick. Water temps were 38-40"

GDhein reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium) technique and Seaguar InvizX 100% Fluorocarbon on Lake Minnetonka. Additional comments from this report: "Fished submerged grass in 5’-14’ FOW and used the chatterbait around sparser grass and the Keitech around the thicker clumps. Rip bait when hung up to get a reaction strike. Change up cadence and include pauses. "

Blake Wenthe reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium) technique and Seaguar InvizX 100% Fluorocarbon on Chisago Lake. Additional comments from this report: "The bass are spawning in the weeds and targeting the massive schools of bluegill. Bass can be found anywhere from 1' to 15' of water. Slowly work a paddle tail swimbait or jig worm in and around submerged grass. Keep moving until you find the sweet spot. "

Jason Halfen reported catching Walleye using the Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium) technique and Seaguar InvizX 100% Fluorocarbon on Pool 4 - Redwing Dam. Additional comments from this report: "Oct 31 2020. Temp 43-44; Stage 3.5 ft; Flow 18,200 Fall fishing for walleye, sauger, crappies and more remains in full swing on Pool 4 of the Mississippi River. Staying mobile and flexible, as always when fishing the river, remains the key. Our best bite for a mixed bag of 15-22" sauger and walleye was to pull Dubuque Rigs upstream along well-defined current seams. A Dubuque Rig is a modified 3-way rig that presents two jigs tipped with ringworms: a heavy "bottom" jig, typically 1/2 oz, and a 1/16 oz "top" jig. Each is connected to a 3-way swivel with a Seaguar InvizX leader: ~ 20" long to the bottom jig and ~ 10" long to the top jig. Lower the rig to the bottom and slowly pull upstream, 0.1-0.3 mph, zig-zagging across the seam and hitting both the faster and slower water. Key depths for us today were 18-24' for daytime walleye and sauger. If you want to try something different - try your hand at some slab crappies. Look to rocky flats that have gentle current across them and sharp breaks into the main channel. Excellent numbers of 10-13" crappies and some bonus bull gills are available. Pitch 1/16 oz jigs tipped with minnows or 2" minnow-profile soft plastics across the flats and enjoy!"

Jack Griffith reported catching Smallmouth Bass using the Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium) technique and Sufix 832 Braid on Mississippi River - Champlin to Coon Rapids. Additional comments from this report: "switched things up a bit earlier in this week. For a stretch of time, I was exclusively throwing a mini chatter bait and it was working well for me. We caught a ton of fish on that bait and my buddy kept throwing the mini chatter and caught the biggest smallie of the day on the mini chatter bait. I like to experiment with various baits to keep in my back pocket on tougher days. I wanted to try a different technique to see if I could get a bite going. I was throwing a zoom super fluke in pearl white, and that bait was hammering fish. I was rigging the fluke upside down so the hook pocket on the belly of the bait hid the hook point a bit. I wasn't worried about snagging on things so I didn't want to Texas rig the bait to prolong its life a little more. The great thing about this bait was its ability to skip under just about anything and not get snagged up. With this rig I was able to get my casts real deep under brush and trees up close to the bank and that's where a lot of my bites came off from. Many lures wouldn't be able to get back to the corners I was able to hit which I feel made this bait really shine in some locations. "

Sam Powell reported catching Northern Pike using the Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium) technique and Sufix 832 Braid on Mazaska Lake. Additional comments from this report: "I found a steep drop that was 6ft and dropped down to 18ft. I sat on the 6ft edge and jigged back to me. Casting out, letting it hit bottom and then slow jigging back. "

Brad Novak reported catching Walleye using the Soft Body Swimbaits (Small/Medium) technique and Sufix 832 Braid on Petenwell Lake. Additional comments from this report: "The water was around 55 degrees and the walleye's were staged just off the deep parts of ledges that are next to shallow flats where they spawn. Dragging a small 3" soft tail swimbait on a 1/4oz head did the trick. I made long casts and waited for the bait to hit the bottom. Then I would reel slowly to keep the bait low with added pauses to make sure I was keeping contact with the bottom. "