Our bass expert list several of his favorite swimbaits, including the best for 2025. Here are his top picks from glide baits to small soft plastics.

The Bull Shad replicates common forage like shad and bluegill. Pete Robbins. Product Description. At $50-100, the Bull Shad is a good entry into the world of high-priced prestige baits. The Bull Shad ...

Three classic finesse bass fishing baits—Charlie Brewer's Slider Head, the Rapala Shad Rap, and Zoom’s Ultra Vibe Speed Craw—that still produce bites today.

Swim baits are great for covering large areas, and for getting the biggest trout to bite. Worms are great anywhere—under a bobber or on the bottom, in moving water or lakes and ponds.

The Leviathan Omega is one of the best glide bait rods. The Omega is light and well-balanced, which makes it a joy to cast big baits all day. I’ve found the ideal lure weight for this rod is 3 to 4 ...

Top 5 Winning Baits from the 2025 Bassmaster Elite on Lake Okeechobee. ... A key bait for Davis was this 1/4-ounce Davis Bait Co. Beast Swim Jig, with a Big Bite Baits Fighting Frog for a trailer.

A pack of 3.5-inch baits cost $1.50. The larger sizes cost $3. I invested. Like aircraft, swimbaits have stall speeds. Some must be retrieved quickly to their proper action.

They fished shad-colored swim baits made by True Bass and Scottsboro Tackle Company in 10 -15 feet of water. They also had the big bass of the event, at 5.97 pounds, and earned $12,500 for the event.