@sacpigbaitco

yellowpineplugs wrote:What's up fellas! Big Epp from Swimbait Underground here. I'm looking forward to figuring out this platform and getting connected.We are still actively building and adding features to it, thank you for joining and we promise to take care of ya!

4 weeks ago · July 12, 2026 at 7:43 PM

yellowpineplugs wrote:Right. When it functions as desired and does not have any features that irritate me.This is huge... I know this sounds strange, but i forge my baits from hatred. If i hate the feature, i try to find a fix. After 6-7 months of testing, I've worked out most of the things that ruin my experience.

4 weeks ago · July 11, 2026 at 11:07 PM

yellowpineplugs wrote:When I hear "swimbait" I go one of two ways depending on context, it's either a boot tailed soft plastic like a sassy shad or keitech, or I think of it as a hyper realistic unlipped, multi segmented hard bait. That's if I'm splitting hairs... On an average day I'll use the term in reference to anything boot tailed, hyper realistic, big, or generally awesome including but not limited to rats, crawlers, wakes, glides, wedge tailed, etc... I definitely fall into the big baits are swimbaits category though. I don't consider a 3" wakebait that looks like a crank bait a swimbait, but I do consider rats (and even small mice) swimbaits. I'm a generalist, and I apply that to fishing unless the situation necessitates otherwise...Despite this, I do NOT consider large top water walkers swimbaits. Maybe because they're not jointed, I don't know, but I do draw the line there. Punkers are not swimbaits.I tend to fall into this line of thinking also, but I do consider a plunker a swimbait because the weight. A regular spook no, but something about the size and wood qualifies for me

4 weeks ago · July 11, 2026 at 7:53 PM

lazybaitsco wrote:Couldn’t agree more, if I’m not having fun with the bait that’s a good indicator that something needs to be addressed. If I am having fun, the fish are biting, and it passes my durability tests… I chalk that up as a win 😁100%, the durability is always a nice factor to have. I remembered my first travel 2pc I poured, caught a 11lb catfish on it that night. I was excited to catch the catfish, but more excited of the prospect that it survived a fish that no bass could produced the same force on the bait.

4 weeks ago · July 10, 2026 at 7:38 AM

mossyback.angler wrote:Wakebaits to me, is some of the most fun and exciting baits to fish. The anticipation of a big blow up or the subtle slurp off the top of the water, leading to a big bass is always something special. It’s such a visual experience that is to be remembered . Rats, bluegills, even multi jointed trout wakebaits all produce. A couple tactics I employ are pretty straight forward. Most seasoned wakebait anglers will probably be familiar with them. But maybe there is something that might help others as the community here grows. That’s the goal of starting this topic. Let’s talk tactics and tips:I like to look for shallow flats that have submerged vegetation. I tend to favor baits that “knock” to draw fish up and out of the vegetation. These baits also work well when there is a little disturbance on the water. Another technique I started doing last season, was adding weight to almost make a wakebait suspend (or super slow rise) as I cranked it down. This particularly works well with bluegill style baits. Cast it out, crank it down, and slow retrieve. Throw in a couple of pauses or even a deadwalk and you can absolutely get bit. I found this to be effective over deeper vegetation, or favorably running it parallel along a weed line. My final tip is for fishing extremely calm, glass like water conditions, especially at night or low light. Use a 1pc rat with cord assist hooks. This is something I was clued in on when I purchased a 1pc that had cord assist hooks. Think about it: a rat really is silent when it swims. So eliminating a lot of the unnatural noise traditional split rings and hooks make, and replacing them with cord assist hooks really silences a bait. Not to mention it’s a 1pc bait, so there is no “knock” sound. To me, this makes a bait sound a bit more natural and subtle. What you end up with is the natural sounds the water makes, as the bait is swaying during the retrieve. Add that nice wake behind it and you have a super effective technique. So what are some tips or strategies you may have? Please share and see if we can all learn from each other.I still cant get enough of fishing the 1pc with some assist cords, it always produces. The more pressured the water, the better the 1pc/tail/assist cord works.Some of the things that I wanted to add and key in on. Shallow flats with vege is always a great area. The king for me is fishing parallel on drop off points, distance casts only. I know a lot of people approach to catch as many fish as possible, but i will blow out 4-5 viable casts to do 1 big one, then move to a new spot. This method works so good and produces so many fish for me and also RELIABLE! It's possible to reproduce these results on any body of water.

4 weeks ago · July 10, 2026 at 7:36 AM

We are adding private messaging and quoting on posts as we speak. I will give some updates on this thread as we go, if you have any features or suggestions , post them here!

last month · July 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM

/b/sacpig

last month · July 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM

Def a hot take, I just call everything home made or resin a swimbait haha, as long as its over like 1oz. Im lazy af tho and all worms are senkos too

last month · July 9, 2026 at 2:39 AM