As a kid I always threw a banjo minnow. Now this bait was basically a soft plastic lure with a thump er style tail. Back then they were about 4 inches and were a solid cream color bait that you put a jig head on. This bait imitated a small fish swimming and was great for creeks and small rivers. I caught both Large and Small mouth bass as well as bluegill and redeye. It was a great bait to throw when I waded the creeks or rivers around my family's house. The fish their didn't see much pressure from other fishermen due to private property. I can remember the bass would eventually get used to seeing this bait and would stop striking it so I eventually lost it and never replaced it.
Ten years later I began fishing crankbaits. This lure is the same concept as the banjo minnow except it floats because its made of wood and has a bill that allows it to dive to certain depths depending on the size of the bill. These baits work and you have a better chance of hooking a fish due to the two treble hooks located underneath body and at the rear end. When you real it in it vibraites and creates a swimming action but doesnt look like a baitfish like a swimbait. In the last 10 years swimbaits have been created to catch really big bass. They started on the West coast and were about ten inches long. These big shad or bluegill immitators would catch bass 3 pounds and up. The realistic look of these swimbaits makes it had for a large bass to pass up.
The last few years swimbaits have made their way to the west coast and now are used for all preditoral fish. Pike, Musky and other toothy fish have started a crease for their ability to fool a fish into striking. Bass Fisherman have now took it to the professional side showing its ability to catch big fish and alot of them. The lure industry has jumped all over the swimbait crease and now there are over a thousand different types,brands and colors of swimbaits. They now range from three inches for smallers waters or fish like the small mouth bass. To the big ten inch swimbaits for pike, musky and big large mouth bass. I still throw crankbaits and they will always be in my tackel box but by adding the swimbait to my collection I now have options of what bait fish i want to immatate. Kentucky fisherman are still slow to use these swimbaits but that means the ones who do have a greater chance of sucess.
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