There are many swimbait rigging methods, but bladed swimbait hooks are trending as an excellent choice anytime you want a forage-imitating profile and action around cover too heavy to fish with an exposed jig head. Major League Fishing pro Jacob Wheeler shows us his favorite weedless swimbait rigging method when fishing around grass and wood. He also provides several tips to trigger more bites and increase hooking percentages.
TACKLE USED
• PLASTIC – Storm Largo Shad, 4-inch: https://wired2.fish/3bthBPc
• HOOK – VMC HD Bladed Swimbait Hook, 5/0 1/4-ounce: https://wired2.fish/36y7VuP
• ROD – Duckett J. Wheeler Series Casting Rod 7’3″ Med Hvy: https://wired2.fish/2W16pyK
• REEL – Duckett Jacob Wheeler JWC 100 Paradigm Casting Reel, 7.5:1: https://wired2.fish/3OTU7kG
• LINE – Sufix Advance Fluorocarbon, 14- to 17-pound: https://wired2.fish/3jT4WGh
Wheeler views bladed weedless swimbait fishing as the perfect hybrid of ChatterBaits and spinnerbaits. You get flash and vibration with enhanced weedless performance around cover. He demonstrates how to rig the swimbait to improve hookups. The rod setup is essential, too, as penetrating a big hook through the plastic and into the mouth requires a lot of power.
And like most bass fishing tactics, some variation in retrieve can be an excellent trigger. Wheeler explains why you should experiment with periodically killing the bait and letting it fall to the bottom.
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What’s the color of this soft plastic?? Pearl or French Pearl?
Hi Jacob Wheeler, I am your fans subscriber. Thank you for you always provide a great/useful/helpful video for the watchers. I have a question for you. Can I buy the such brand Swimbaits outside USA from other country like Canada in Tackle Warehouse ? Please let me know, thank you for your advise. 🙏🙏
Fluorocarbon is definitely not invisible lol
Looks like it would be killer for week walleyes as well 🙂
That crappie though!
Can someone link me to wherre I can buy this setup at please?
Great video and a nice looking bait. Beautiful crappie!
If you could only have one…… would it be mega 360 or live scope.
Swimbaits landed me a new PB this year!! Been crushing smallmouth and largemouth with them!! My favorite heads are the VMC Swimbait Head 1/4 oz – 3/8 oz or for the smallies VMC Boxer Head Jig 1/4 oz!!
I caught a crappy about that size a week ago on a white chatterbait, I could barely get the bait out of his little mouth, LOL
Wheeler is the man. Met him a couple times, awesome dude, love his passion for fishing! Keep up the great videos
Hope to be able to tryouts some of these techniques. Sharron Harris NORTH CAROLINA
Caught my pd crappie 1.80lb on a 4.8 keitech on a Owner flashy swimmer. Now I'm throwing micro underspin swimbaits and cleaning up everything in the lake.
As soon as I got a crappie that big we done bass fishing 🤣 get the crappie rod out
Im really struggling to catch those bigger bass I need advice
Unrelated question: if I have two rods same power and action, but one is longer than the other. Which is suited better towards treble hooks vs single hooks?
I have really found how effective this technique is this year. I have found that the blade works best on sunny days and a non bladed one for the overcast days for how I fish. Especially effective when you are having issues throwing a crainkbait with all the grass and weeds up here in Wisconsin.
lispy googan 🤡