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Glide Bait Fishing Bass: A Beginner’s Guide



This video is a must-watch to get up and running with this sophisticated yet simple and fun to fish lure category. Glide baits are …

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  1. ….ans some of these cost more than your rod and reel. Even the cheap ones cost 25-50 dollars. Yes, you read it right, 25-50 dollars and that's the low end.

  2. I just started using swim bait lures very similar to these and have had reasonable luck with them. My next swim bait lures Im going to try are the jbg00ds live strike fishing lures. Theyre damned natural, you can get them without or with Owner trebles.   

    If you want the their page, just google jbg00ds Live Strike Lures

  3. Great vid as always. I too never understood why people say when the bait does a 180, bass cant stand it. Thats the most ridiculous marketing pitch for these glide baits. You'll never see a shad or a bluegill do a 180 on a bass, unless it already got half eaten.

  4. Finally: someone who thinks like me about glide baits! 🙂 I only use the reel too. If you use the rod to twitch it's easy to twitch more than you should and the hooks will catch the line… The bait can move unnaturally too. I usually reel steadily and slow, specially in colder water, and then I do some quick 1/4 or 1/2 turns of the reel handle to make it change direction and glide. If I want it to glide more I'll give some slack by moving the rod/reel forward just a bit. In the summer I'm doing the quick reel handle turns almost all the time and do less steady retrieves. While I fish it I always have my rod in a horizontal position and pointed at the bait while holding the rod handle under my arm/armpit, so I have more power to set the hook. That way I'm always ready to set the hook with a sweeping motion to the side while I rotate my body to the side at the same time. About the fish turning to face the bass: I don't agree with that too! Prey don't do that. Bass strike a glide bait when it does that because it changes direction like a baitfish trying to escape! And that triggers a reaction from the bass because it doesn't want it to escape! It's like when you play with a cat: you're moving something away from the cat and he stares at it… When you suddenly move it quickly away he attacks it quickly! It's their instinct. So, with a nice and quick glide to the side you can have the same or better results than when you make the lure "face the bass".

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