Hard Body swimbaits are great lures for both finding and catching bass. Here are the basics of equipment and retrieves for this lure. Links to hard body swim baits are below.
Mach Shad 3 1/2″ Swim Bait (Used in video): https://bassproshops.vzck.net/DVYPd5
Bull Shad: https://omnia.direct/bullshad
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Baby Z Too for Damiki Rig: https://omnia.direct/BabyZToo
Strike King Thunder Cricket Bladed Jig: https://omnia.direct/ThunderCricket
Swim Jigs
KVD Tour Grade Swim Jig: https://omnia.direct/TourGradeSwimJig
Hack Attack Heavy Cover Swim Jig: https://omnia.direct/HackAttack
Crankbaits
KVD Squarebill 1.5: https://omnia.direct/KVD1.5
KVD Squarebill 2.5: https://omnia.direct/KVD2.5
KVD Squarebill Hard Knock: https://omnia.direct/KVD1.5HardKnock
3XD: https://omnia.direct/3XD
5XD: https://omnia.direct/5XD
6XD: https://omnia.direct/6XD
8XD: https://omnia.direct/8XD
10XD: https://omnia.direct/10XD
Soft Plastics
KVD Dream Shot: https://omnia.direct/DreamShot
KVD Half Shell: https://omnia.direct/HalfShell
KVD Perfect Plastics Rodent: https://omnia.direct/Rodent
Rage Tail Menace Grub: https://omnia.direct/MenaceGrub
Rage Bug: https://omnia.direct/RageBug
Topwaters
KVD Splash Popper: https://omnia.direct/Splash
Strike King Tri-Wind Buzzbait: https://omnia.direct/TriWingBuzzbait
KVD Sexy Frog: https://omnia.direct/SexyFrog
KVD Sexy Dawg: https://omnia.direct/SexyDawg
Rod and Reels:
Lew’s Pro SP Skipping/Pitching Reel: https://omnia.direct/ProSP
Lew’s Mach Crush Spinning: https://omnia.direct/MachCrushSpinning
Lew’s XD Crankbait Rods: https://omnia.direct/XDCrankbaitRods
Lew’s KVD Graphite Casting Rods: https://omnia.direct/KVDGraphiteCastingRods
Lew’s KVD Composite Cranking Rods: https://omnia.direct/KVDCrankingRods
Lew’s KVD Spinning Rods: https://omnia.direct/KVDSpinningRod
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I have used these types of lures with limited success. After watching this video, I think my retrieve and the places I fished them had all to do with my poor success! I'm going to dig them back out of my tackle box and give them a try again. Thanks for the great underwater footage of the lure Steve! Since I have found your channel, I have learned a lot from you. Keep it up!
Awsome Vid . Definatly going to add to my arsenal to throw in South Africa , Zimbabwe , Botswana etc
At fourteen bucks a pop? I don't think so. I just bought a similar hard bait off of the Temu site, along with a few other hard baits that will equal or better the performance of these more expensive baits.
The fish we're trying to catch could care less how much you pay for fishing lures. If money was no object for me, I'd just buy the lures you're trying to sell here. Unfortunately for me, I am budget conscious. Paying two dollars and seventy-five cents with free shipping for a similar hard bait makes a whole lot more sense to me than paying 14-bucks plus shipping.
In my central Florida lakes not many people will buy a 50 dollar bait and sling the heavy as can be lure out as far as they can and then watch it land like a 5gal bucket of concrete and do that repeatedly for a full session. I'm thinking those of us that do get fewer bites but man the bigs just keep falling for it. I can't put it down
I just discovered your channel, and I've got to tell you, I love your videos. You touch on so many things I have questions about. I subbed and will watch every one of your videos most likely multiple times!
I remember KVD said if he could have kept one secret it would have been the jointed lure he won a tournament on a very long time ago. If you know that article or tournament let me know.
Gotta try that Bucca Bull Shad, if you haven't. I like the slow sink model. You can keep it up in the water column, like a topwater, or let it sink down. Give it a twitch every now and then.
Great video!!! Thanks for sharing those tips!! Stay Safe & God Bless!!
Thank you Steve
That's sorta along the lines of how I feel whenever I head out to the lake – I'm pretty much junk fishing until I'm not. I might have a plan of attack, as it were, but I still have to adjust retrieves and sizes until I get it dialed in. So I always have this feeling that I'm kinda junk fishing.
Thank you sir for sharing!
Hey, Steve, hope you staying warm. I am gonna be using a hard swim bait this year. Be safe and have a great day
That's one lure I'm going to be fishing more this year.