What are your favorite paddletail swimbaits? 2025
PatrickKnight reply :
Currently I really like the Keitech Easy Shiner in the Smallmouth Magic color but I hate how easy the tail tears off. What are you guys using? Specifically this is for a trailer on a jig head.
thebillsman reply :
Keitech Impact
flyfisher reply :
i have been using the stankxbaitco damzel here lately and like it a lot. That really is the only one i use on a jig head though.
RAMBLER reply :
Reaction Innovation Skinny Dipper and Little Dipper.
scaleface reply :
Paddle tail swimbaits have been around for a long time . The first ones I seen I bought from a sports magazine back in the 70,s. They were made in France and had a double hook coming out of the belly. I dont remember the name , something like Vivif .I never caught a fish on them . I have caught hundreds on the Mister Twister Sassy shad . This newest genertaion of baits I just havent used a whole lot . I had a good day with the Yum Money minnow. Another day I caught several bass on brand that I dont know the name of. I bought them on clearnace at Cabelas and they have rattling eyes .
primetime reply :
If you like the Keitech Shiner try to find the Bass Assassin Version on sale. It is identical to the USA Keitech Version as far as I can tell. SK makes one Dicks has on the clearance rack, same bait, size, just different colors and scents....
I buy most of my stuff in bulk so I have no idea who the manufacturer is but when I do by bags, I buy Gambler Ez swimbaits and now the Yum Pulse. Price is best and they are just good...But I have a box full of speed shad, Sizmic Shad, Keitechs, all the versions of that swimbait, same with skinny dipper.
However, the Zoom Swimming Fluke is really good and some days hard to beat....
A-Jay reply :
I have a few and they all seem to have a time & place where one may be preferred over another.
In no particular order, Lake Fork Boot Tail Live Magic Shad,Berkley Havoc Bobby Lane's Grass Pig Swimbait, Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper, Zoom Swimmin Super Fluke, and lately & because they are new to me this season so I've been throwing them quite a bit, is the SK Rage Swimmer both the 3.75 & the 4.75 inch.
A-Jay
MassYak85 reply :
Kietech swing impact fat and eco pro tungsten swing shad. The eco pro ones are relatively cheap and still have huge tail kick at slow speeds.
Wind Knot reply :
Storm Wildeye Live Sunfish
I take off the bottom treble hook and hop it off of the bottom or swim it along weedlines
Robert Riley reply :
I've been using the Keitech Fats and Lake Fork Magic Shads recently. I used to use Reaction's Skinny Dippers. I also use the big chartreuse Powerbait ones on a naked chatterbait.
doyle8218 reply :
Kietech swing impact fat
Mosster47 reply :
Fat Impact, Speed Shad, Cane Thumper, Grass Pig, and Seismic Shad.
KDW96 reply :
Keitech swing impact. Used the fat impact also, but never did any better with them.
WRB reply :
Scaleface is thinking about the Vivif lure that had a rubber paddle tail, and later came out with a soft plastic version. Worm King was one of the first paddle tail swimbaits that dates back to the 70's with swimmers from 5" to 16", getting a start with salt water calico bass anglers.
Big Hammer came out in the 90's with their square paddle tail now available in 3" to 10" swimmers and are a salt water plastisol popular for both fresh and salt water anglers. Basstrix invented the hollow body paddle tail, still a superb swimmer.
If you want a tough 3" to 4" swimmer look at Big Hammer.
Tom
Oklahoma Mike reply :
Keitech Swing Impact Fat
Jackall Rythm Wave
Strike King Rage Swimmer
Kicker Fish Tail Slapper
Yeajray231 reply :
On 10/9/2016 at 4:51 AM, Wind Knot said:Storm Wildeye Live Sunfish
I take off the bottom treble hook and hop it off of the bottom or swim it along weedlines
I had some of these. And couldn't buy a bite. Fishing a lake that the primary forage was bluegill . I actually gave them away.
riverbasser reply :
Lot of good ones mentioned. I'll add the swim senko and kvd swimming shiner
bigturtle reply :
Yum Money Minnow
Wind Knot reply :
On 10/9/2016 at 11:41 AM, Yeajray231 said:I had some of these. And couldn't buy a bite. Fishing a lake that the primary forage was bluegill . I actually gave them away.
That's a bummer, I've had pretty good luck with them
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 10/9/2016 at 1:03 PM, Wind Knot said:That's a bummer, I've had pretty good luck with them
Agreed, they're a killer little pond bait and swim well for a cheap bait.
If money isn't an object, Keitech of some variation and Rage Swimmer. If I'm trying to be cheap, then I'm using a BPS Speed Shad or Havoc Grass Pig.
smalljaw67 reply :
River Rock Baits Striker swimbait, it is kind of like an Keitech Easy Shiner but it is 3.75" and it seems to be the perfect size for smallmouth and works great on the back of a swim jig. After that I'd have to say the my second choice is the Gene Larew Sweet Swimmer, those are really underrated but slightly smaller than the Striker.
DrMarlboro92 reply :
I've been really liking the bass assassin boss shiners here recently. They have great colors and work pretty well. Another favorite when I'm looking for something in the 3" range would be culprit minnows.
ibobpeb reply :
I alternate between my top 3: Z-man MinnowZ and DieZel MinnowZ, Keitech's Impact FAT, and Kicker Fish Tail Slappers.
MickD reply :
KVD Perfect Plastics Caffeine Swim n Shad. Very soft, full of action. One usually lasts many fish. (4 and 5 inches, 4 for smallies behind a darter head jig).
fishballer06 reply :
Keitech Swing Fat
SK Rage Swimmer
Jackall Rhthym Wave
Doyle's Custom Zipper
bigfruits reply :
i havent tried many different brands but im happy with keitech swing impacts for swimjig/spinnerbait/chatterbait trailers and the fat version without a skirt or blade.
WIGuide reply :
I'm a big fan of the Big Bite Bait Cane Thumpers, Yum Money Minnows, and a local company's hand poured paddle tails. I'm also looking forward to trying the new Eco Pro Tungsten Swing Shad.
Mike L reply :
Skinny Dipper for fast action
Big EZ for thump
Mike
Kyle46N reply :
On 10/10/2016 at 6:08 AM, DrMarlboro92 said:I've been really liking the bass assassin boss shiners here recently. They have great colors and work pretty well. Another favorite when I'm looking for something in the 3" range would be culprit minnows.
This is what I use verses the Keitechs. They're great, and I've caught a lot of bass on the Potomac with them. They hold up really well too.
On 10/11/2016 at 10:50 AM, Kyle46N said:This is what I use verses the Keitechs. They're great, and I've caught a lot of bass on the Potomac with them. They hold up really well too.
If the fish are not hitting this, it seems more often than not I can switch to the KVD Swimmin Shiner, which has a more subtle, tight tail action, and I'll get bit.
Scarborough817 reply :
gambler little ez, keitech swing impact fat 3.8
hatrix reply :
Basstrix and for jigheads big hammer
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