Small to medium sized paddle tail swimbaits are bass fishing staples, but inconsistent hooking and retention have Bill Lowen looking for solutions. Enter the world of line-through jig heads. Lowen goes deep into the design, benefits, and how to use line-through jig heads with paddle tail swimbaits to improve your hooking and landing percentages.
INNOVATIVE RIGGING FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE
Lowen features a unique approach to swimbait rigging with the Slip Shad Jig Head he helped design with Lure Parts Online. This innovative setup allows the swimbait to slide freely along the line while fighting — it reduces leverage and keeps your plastics in place at the same time. Lowen emphasizes the effectiveness of this technique in consistently hooking bass to the roof of the mouth, fish after fish. He also feels that single treble hook rigging allows swimbaits to swim more naturally than a hook shank down its spine.
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CHOOSING THE RIGHT GEAR
Frankly, Lowen isn’t a fan of fishing big swimbaits. His confidence rests on using swimbaits 4 inches down, perhaps a result of his upbringing fishing the notoriously challenging Ohio River. Lowen provides detailed recommendations on rod choices (casting and spinning), line weights, and the versatility of the Slip Shad head on a variety of swimbait sizes, from 1/8 to 1/2 ounces. From adjusting line weights to achieve the desired swimbait depth to selecting the perfect rod, Lowen’s advice helps you adapt this versatile system to any situation, whether fishing the Great Lakes or ledges target at TVA.
CASTING ROD SETUP
SPINNING ROD SETUP
FISH FINDER and BOAT SETUP
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