Smallmouth Swimbait Secrets Video: James and Troy Lindner head out on Leech Lake in central MN, searching for giant smallmouth bass on swimbaits. 

Today anglers have a wide array of lures at their fingertips. Everything from spinnerbaits, crankbaits, topwater, jerkbaits, jigs, rigs, and various plastics has seasonal windows when their the best choice depends on the depth conditions one happens to be fishing on the water.

In more recent years, swimbaits have taken on a far

more dramatic place in anglers arsenal across the country today’s swimmers are fish deep shallow in wood and weeds in both fresh and saltwater.

 From one-inch finesse baits for panfish to 12 inches for musky in every size in between, swimbaits are real fish catchers that highly resemble most predatory game fish’s favorite prey species.