Small Swimbait Shoutout 2025
stratoliner92 reply :
I picked up some Cabela's 3.5" Swimbaits last time out at Bass Pro and was truly impressed with the kicking action of tail on a very slow retrieve or just letting it fall on a slack line. Using a 1/8oz. darter style head.
What other "smaller size" swimbaits that take no effort to get tail kicking and heads do you guys like ?
jbmaine reply :
Strike King's swimm'n caffeine shad's are my go to in KVD magic color.
georgeyew reply :
On 5/26/2019 at 12:56 AM, stratoliner92 said:I picked up some Cabela's 3.5" Swimbaits last time out at Bass Pro and was truly impressed with the kicking action of tail on a very slow retrieve or just letting it fall on a slack line. Using a 1/8oz. darter style head.
What other "smaller size" swimbaits that take no effort to get tail kicking and heads do you guys like ?
Those look exactly like the Big Bite Baits. Glad that you like it so much.
stratoliner92 reply :
On 5/26/2019 at 5:25 AM, georgeyew said:Those look exactly like the Big Bite Baits. Glad that you like it so much.
How do you like their Suicide Shad? They have some nice colors in that lineup
FishinBuck07 reply :
I really like the Missile baits Shockwaves! In the fishalicous color.
Munkin reply :
RI Little dipper in bad shad and whatever they are calling their white color.
Allen
Bluebasser86 reply :
The smaller size YUM Pulse swimbait is great. I can literally watch my line "pulsing" from the tail thumping while the bait is sinking when it's calm out, a lot of times it will be interrupted by a sharp "jump" on the way down though 
I fish them on one of my 1/8oz heads from the Midwest Finesse mold with a 1/0 hook.
bowhunter63 reply :
Small Rage swimmers got a great thump. I rig it t rigged and peg the sinker.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
The best out there Keitech swing impact fats 2.8"
1201vilbig reply :
Dark Sleeper - slow roll on the bottom or fish it like a jig (I usually do both on a long cast).
DSTN reply :
I second the Yum Pulse 3.5. Haven't had a ton if time using it but has worked well by itself or as a spinnerbait trailer.
Berkley Grass Pig Jr on a small swim jig has been good to me in the past too.
Vilas15 reply :
Just tried some 3" keitech easy shiners and really like them so far. I like the shape and colors of them more so than the ribbed types like swing impacts.
microotter reply :
Gambler little ez
Munkin reply :
Another one that I have had great success with is the P-Line Kick-R minnow in 4". I would say as far as kick it is between the Keitech Easy Shad and Fat Impact. Caught a lot of fish in clear water using it as a swim jig trailer or on a Owner 5/32oz weighted swim jig head.
Allen
Pickle_Power reply :
B Fish'n Pulse-R has the best tail movement at slow speeds that I've seen. They get their tails bit off often, though. The Berkley Grass Pig Jr is a pretty good and inexpensive small paddle tail.
Crestliner2008 reply :
Another vote for the Fat Swing Impact.
ShenandoahAngler reply :
On 5/26/2019 at 10:13 AM, FishinBuck07 said:I really like the Missile baits Shockwaves! In the fishalicous color.
I just started experimenting with small swimbaits, and these have been great for me. Bonus is that they are a Virginia company, and I like to keep things local.
FishinBuck07 reply :
On 5/29/2019 at 3:14 AM, ShenandoahAngler said:I just started experimenting with small swimbaits, and these have been great for me. Bonus is that they are a Virginia company, and I like to keep things local.
I caught my PB largemouth a few summers ago on one under matted grass. I usually fish them weightless on a screwlock hook, swim them then kill it and let it fall they usually kill it on the fall. For some reason the places I fish I have better luck with the Missile baits than say a Keitech.
HeyCoach reply :
Y’all are gonna think I’m crazy, which I might be, but I enjoy using Swim Senkos and have had success with them.
I’ll put it on a jig head and swim it. When I met Gary Yamamoto he suggested to use it pitching and flipping.
papajoe222 reply :
I like a hand poured 4in. Keitech knock off from a guy out of OK. That section just before the boot is a little thinner than the Keitech and that thing really thumps on the retrieve. Every now and then, an overly aggressive bluegill will pull the tail off, but loosing a soft bait occasionally is part of the game.
Glaucus reply :
Were the tails on those jacked up being packaged like that? Trying to find quality paddle tails like these that don't come with a half pack of garbage due to out of place tails from packaging.
ChrisD46 reply :
On 5/26/2019 at 1:08 PM, Bluebasser86 said:The smaller size YUM Pulse swimbait is great. I can literally watch my line "pulsing" from the tail thumping while the bait is sinking when it's calm out, a lot of times it will be interrupted by a sharp "jump" on the way down though
I fish them on one of my 1/8oz heads from the Midwest Finesse mold with a 1/0 hook.
+1 ... The YUM 3.5" Pulse swim bait is very under rated ! I also found out that the SO (sponsor) standard or XL Midwest Finesse jig heads in 1/16th to 3/16h oz. with #1 or 1/0 Owner hooks are outstanding (great color selection too !) ... For the FAT Swing Impact 2.8" I like the standard size Midwest Finesse jig head in 1/16th oz. to 3/16th oz. and the #1 size Owner hook ... Best jig heads going for small size swim baits !
NYWayfarer reply :
2" Eurotackle B-Vibe in green pumpkin is my go to "smaller size" swimbait I fish them on a small darter jighead.
.ghoti. reply :
I keep two. Swim Senko and Rage Swimmer. Jighead, keel weighted hook, bare hook, T-rigged; there is no wrong way to fish them.
Armtx77 reply :
On 5/27/2019 at 1:47 PM, QUAKEnSHAKE said:The best out there Keitech swing impact fats 2.8"
^^^^uh,huh^^^
Hook2Jaw reply :
Another YUM Pulse fan here, my favorite thing about that bait is I can hang it beside the kayak running 4 or 5 mph and it'll stay down due to the ribs acting almost like a lip. They're my slow roll swimbait of choice for their price, thump, and their ability to stay down.
I'm also a huge fan of the Big Bite Baits Dean Rojas Cane Thumper.
microotter reply :
I keep reading this thread title as “small swimbait shootout” and it inspired me to order a few of the different ones mentioned in this thread that I haven’t tried yet. I am going to have my own small swimbait shootout.
waymont reply :
For me the Cabela's swimbaits are the best out there. You should also try the 5" version of the Cabelas swimbait with a Gamakatsu 5/0 EWG belly weighted hook. It's the best rig of this kind I've ever used.
stratoliner92 reply :
On 5/31/2019 at 9:09 PM, waymont said:For me the Cabela's swimbaits are the best out there. You should also try the 5" version of the Cabelas swimbait with a Gamakatsu 5/0 EWG belly weighted hook. It's the best rig of this kind I've ever used.
Yeah I'm going to definitely try out their 5" after using these.
On 5/29/2019 at 1:58 PM, Glaucus said:Were the tails on those jacked up being packaged like that? Trying to find quality paddle tails like these that don't come with a half pack of garbage due to out of place tails from packaging.
So far they've been good, I was worried also before purchasing
j bab reply :
On 5/26/2019 at 5:56 AM, stratoliner92 said:How do you like their Suicide Shad? They have some nice colors in that lineup
One of the most underrated baits out there. Amazing action, outstanding colors.
GrumpyOlPhartte reply :
Guess I have to chime in here. For some reason, I have had a lot of luck using the Reaction Innovations Little Dipper in the Sungill pattern around here. Second place goes to the Zoom fluke in Purple Flash (I think that’s the name of the pattern.) I can understand the RI working but the Zoom sparkly purple fluke looks like nothing in the lakes of western MA.
waymont reply :
On 6/2/2019 at 4:58 AM, stratoliner92 said:So far they've been good, I was worried also before purchasing
I’ve been using the Cabelas swim baits for years and I’ve never had one that doesn’t swim properly.
Ksam1234 reply :
On 5/26/2019 at 12:56 AM, stratoliner92 said:I picked up some Cabela's 3.5" Swimbaits last time out at Bass Pro and was truly impressed with the kicking action of tail on a very slow retrieve or just letting it fall on a slack line. Using a 1/8oz. darter style head.
What other "smaller size" swimbaits that take no effort to get tail kicking and heads do you guys like ?
Keitech fat impact !
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