95% Of All Anglers Have Never Fished A Swimbait Like THIS

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Intuitive Angling With Randy Blaukat

2 жыл бұрын

Randy shares with everybody one of his secret ways to fish a swim bait that most anglers have never considered…#swimbaitfishing #swimbait #bassfishing #fishing #fishthemoment #bass
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@marknaglreiter9330 8 ай бұрын

This day and time, it's refreshing to learn from a no bs professional, thanks Randy, keeper comin.

@zachgrube9861 2 жыл бұрын

As far as fishing for bass and learning new techniques about baits and gear Ive learned so much from Randy and its has increased my catch rate by 50%. Thanks for all the tips!

@rayemcgee883 Ай бұрын

I fish strictly from the bank here in South Louisiana, and I found out that Texas rigging swim baits was an easy way to run them weedless without ruining the action. I recently tried an ultralight version with only a 1/16 oz weight and it worked really well for me too

@JF71951 2 жыл бұрын

Happy Earth Day 2022 to everyone. Clean water and wooded shorelines with wildlife.

@randyblaukatintuitive 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@rythmicwarrior Жыл бұрын

Every day is Earth day

@sisleymichael Жыл бұрын

That takes me back to 1975. I was a kid in high school. I used to get salt water swim baits and fish them just as you described. There were some plastic worms and such, but not like today. I used to mix colors and pour my own worms too. I would take straight shank hooks and bend them like your hook example in a vise with pliers and a torch to heat the hook. I used a colored bead and pegged it at the knot to give it a tad bit of weight. I would use a 6'6" medium spinning rod and reel. I was fishing streams and creeks and ponds in Texas. Something old is new again. Nice.

@davidneal7937 2 жыл бұрын

Randy, I was sitting on our dock when I saw this video pop up. Tried it out with a smaller/lighter version with 2/0 hook and 1/16th oz. wt on spinning gear. I wanted to see how well it would skip…I can’t skip worth anything on a bait caster. I caught a nice little smallmouth on the second cast under the dock. Next time you fish a tournament on Pickwick and put in in Florence, let me know. You have a free place to stay!! What I’ve learned from you and Johnny are worth more than a week’s rent!!

@gregstabryla9945 2 жыл бұрын

Good man.

@jessehandlin7589 2 жыл бұрын

I have ringed that Texas style for years but never thought about flipping it thanks for the tip

@jordanguillory6864 Жыл бұрын

I throw a swimming fluke on a T rig a lot. Im an urban bank beater and I've come to enjoy a minimalist approach in terms of gear. My go to is the Texas rig if im only taking 1 rod. I can carry a single mixed bag of plastics with a top water toad, swimming flukes and a worm or creature with terminal and leader. It covers the whole column, I can switch presentations without re-tying and it all fits in my pocket.

@GilAcee 2 жыл бұрын

I came across you a couple of weeks ago and can't believe you don't have 500k subs. Already reaping benefits from your tips! Randy if you keep giving away these secrets you're gonna need a bodyguard 😂 Please keep 'em coming!👏👊

@randyblaukatintuitive 2 жыл бұрын

Thx man

@BobbyOfEarth Жыл бұрын

I know, haw, dudes a legend. I remember when Randy won a tournament by flooding his boat with water so he could fit under the bridge, where he slayed the bass.

@erichowell2386 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Randy and another great video! Thanks for sharing your swim bait set up!

@gunn89 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome advice. Thank you Randy!

@midwestfischerman 2 жыл бұрын

Randy buddy, in case you haven't tried it yet try the Jika Rig for the paddletail swimbaits! It goes through grass incredibly well, but also swims like a dream on the edges of the grass beds. It especially ROCKS in the ROCKS! The Jika Rig is cruising under the radar, but it's DYNAMITE!

@myriammorrison9840 2 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine, always flipped a fluke back in the day. Used a light weight and heavy hooks. A team tournament secret for us.. a baby bass fluke, front belly orange, back belly a bit of chartreuse and tail dipped blue. Not to much dye but a bit.. thanks for the tip.. it has to work!

@corkyvanderhaven3391 Жыл бұрын

Keep a few color sharpies in my fish bag. Good to mix it up quick. On a dry one obviously.

@prairiewolfoutdoors 2 жыл бұрын

Figured out last week fishing a weedless underspin in lower visibility the same way you just described nails fish as well. Thanks for the tips!

@randomschmo5778 Жыл бұрын

These are great tips RB. thanks!

@larrywigmore1243 2 жыл бұрын

Great info Randy. I'll be on the upper Bay a couple times this year. Definitely going to have to try it out 🙂

@markmatuszak4527 Жыл бұрын

Have fished it nearly 3 years now and have yet to catch a bass on a swim bait. No hope - will abandon it soon and go back to nothing but tried-and-true basics that always work. Crank baits, plastic worms, spinner baits, jigs. Will give up on it like I gave up on Carolina Rigs, many years ago after several years of failure...

@rogermendez7266 Ай бұрын

Same on my Carolina worm rig. No luck. Stupid smart fish.

@skateboardingjesus4006 2 жыл бұрын

I've been fishing the smaller pattern that exact way here in Ireland for years. With a sliding bullet lead, it gives the bait a shallower dive on the pause. Perch absolutely slaughter them here and Jack pike too. I use size 10 Gamakatsu hooks with a diy nichrome wire link for a better hold.

@peanutskustomz2466 Жыл бұрын

Going to try this. Thanks for the tip.

@mikesawyer6742 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Randy. I’m going in the morning I’ll try it Tommorow

@CougarClan 2 жыл бұрын

Great tip Randy!! :))

@thesteadfastangler6724 2 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna try throwing this in my local snaggy spillway for saugeye, thanks for the knowledge Randy!

@fishyaleks9257 2 жыл бұрын

Here in Sweden I have done a lot of flipping with swimbaits of the keitech style or Daiwa baitjunkie minnow on a free rig, not too unsimilar to the free sliding weight that you use Randy! Works wonders for perch when they hug the bank or brushes. Almost always get the bite almost instantly on the drop or after the first lift. Actually, your bass fishing tips have really influenced my perch fishing and for that I am very thankful!

@clownfish1337 Жыл бұрын

hur menar du

@fishyaleks9257 Жыл бұрын

@@clownfish1337 Fiskar en del i Malmö i kanalen och där trycker ofta fisken i växtlighet på den sida av kanalen som folk inte kan gå vid. Så att flippa dit en jigg och låta den falla rakt ner kn vara sjukt effektivt ibland och då kör jag ofta med just olika shadjiggar och inte creatures

@comfortablynumb9342 Жыл бұрын

Sweden is a beautiful country. I had an exchange student from the Gothenburg area for a school year. We got to be good friends. His parents paid for me to visit the next summer for 3 weeks. We caught a lot of cod from the island where they had a summer house (off grid) and in the boat. I tried freshwater for pike but no luck. I was 17 and Midsummer's Eve was in the middle of my trip. I have only great memories of Sweden and I'd love to go back, it's been over 30 years. I'm still in contact with my friend, he's a guide now and takes people on his boat to catch fish and whatever else they want to do.

@fishyaleks9257 Жыл бұрын

@@comfortablynumb9342 that sounds wonderful! Feel free to write me if you would ever end up in sweden again. I also live in the south of sweden and would happily show you some of the fishing we have here!

@comfortablynumb9342 Жыл бұрын

@@fishyaleks9257 I would love to! Unfortunately money is a problem. I have a son in Costa Rica and when I can travel I go see him. But if my situation gets better maybe I'll bring him with me to Sweden. My friend Nicklaus would sure like to meet him. And I'd love to go fishin' with you.

@philipekdahl4881 Жыл бұрын

Definitely a productive bait out here in the desert . Lake havasu AZ .Love your videos . Thanks!

@jabman549 Жыл бұрын

Keitech is by far....by far the best brand of paddle tail in my experience - the plastic is so much softer that the tail swims like a real bait - so real, I want to bite the thing. Problem is I go through a lot of them because they're so fragile; but by far I get way more bites with a Keitech.

@erk678 2 жыл бұрын

Are you getting better .You sound better.👍😎❤️🎣

@sterlHAsilva Жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff, I literally just posted a short tip video on my page yesterday about the exact same thing!!! Only difference is instead of an ewg I use a trokar tube flipping hook

@stevemize8039 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another good video. I have used a lot of ur tips and had success.

@bhmsupra 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome option for this bait.

@danielmckeen2465 2 жыл бұрын

Loving the hat!!!🤓Late night tips in the "Tackle Room"😁Let's see if we can get that hat signed for the 75k giveaway🤓Just one Randy!!!😁

@charlesnichols8119 2 жыл бұрын

I went to Sam Rayburn in Texas and I used the 4 inch Keitec. I used the wire screw that is in the eye of the wide gap hook. The bait runs really straight. Pull the bait through the grass and let fall when it gets to the edge. This technique really works. THANKS.

@Mr_Dopey Жыл бұрын

Where I'm at Water Chestnuts are choking the river. This rig works great for bass, perch, and pike. One mistake I made in the past was buying sinkers at Wal-Mart. The front of the sinkers are so flat they get caught up in the weeds still. A weedless hook also makes it so you don't have to reset the hook every three casts.

@Bk-qz3yk 2 жыл бұрын

Funny Randy because I haven't rigged a swim bait different since I learned that treble rig but my uncle's lake is loaded with cover so now Im gonna try this!

@michaelbowlman4652 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome gonna give it a try on some Lilly pads

@jonathangreen6088 2 жыл бұрын

Randy you just have away my biggest secret for flipping grass on Guntersville! It had to get out some time tho... I guess I still love ya lol!

@tred9951 2 жыл бұрын

I do something similar to this instead I use a 5 in paca craw with a swimbait hook and a 3/16 weight pegged to front works great in grass and falls claws up and still swims good and if reeled fast enough doubles as a topwater

@tonyblumenschein7218 Жыл бұрын

Great video today

@chrislafleur2163 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your information, I have to say, YOU think outta the ol box.

@dannyyork1142 Жыл бұрын

So Randy I have used same set up, same way for ten years, doing same thing, except I use spinning set up, with a long 7 foot fast action rod, flip let it sink , then slow steady retrive. Most time doing what u said fishing shallow, visible structure, flooded bushes, I use it whole spring.

@johneubanks8750 2 жыл бұрын

Randy, can you share some insight on fishing in 25-30 foot water clarity?

@davidvolpe5246 2 жыл бұрын

Lost 2- 4 lbers at the boat on ballhead jigs with swimbaits in a tournament before I found good enuf jig heads...so I threw Texas rigged swimbaits instead to make sure they stayed hooked...didn't make up for that day...but it worked great....didn't seem to get as many bites as the jighead...jighead prolly just fell better cuz I didn't peg it.....but still got good bites in my areas I was throwing it...great point and thought randy

@patrickcotter945 8 күн бұрын

You just got my subscription.

@SleeperBBQ Жыл бұрын

Thank You

@abtRS6 Жыл бұрын

I’m from Europe and I Started fishing bass about 17-18years ago and actually started with this exact technique…

@jeffrogers9312 2 жыл бұрын

I have been using that rig like crazy here in Naples Florida as you have and slaying them. 31 bass in last 4 weeks. Also works great with plastic craws

@corkyvanderhaven3391 Жыл бұрын

Jeff, hope family is well. Let us know, how you and friends are able to return to fishing. Stay strong and find your way back out as part of return to normality. 🌵🧀🎣

@RH-nc8uu 7 ай бұрын

Hi from Bonita. If you want to drastically increase your catch rate and don't need to worry about super weedless - turn the weight around so it's acting as a popper - you can add a small split shot up 2-12" from hook and fish weight above that to keep away from hook. This works for Snook, reds, and others in salt as well.

@williampatrick-ww2jo Жыл бұрын

2 people responded to my post earlier. LOL. I fished tournaments for 16 years and ALWAYS got a check! Still hate spinner baits and crank baits. Strike king and Yamamoto rule. My opinion.

@davidmarshall2297 2 жыл бұрын

I've been using this for the past couple of years and it's been money. Because the pond I fish in has smaller bait fish I use a smaller swim bait and a smaller weight, but it works...

@darindavis9904 Жыл бұрын

I have that mold from Fat Guys Bait Molds. It is a 3.8” Ripper Shad. I pour it in lots of different colors. It is my go to for jigging swimbaits for Walleye up here on the Columbia River in Oregon. I catch a ton of smallmouth on it too. I like it on a 5/8 ounce Erie jig head.

@jbob2852 2 жыл бұрын

Okeechobee native here, I been fishing around blue gill beds. Middle of the day the bass are in the thickest Kissimmee grass around, pretty sure I’m doing this this afternoon. Thanks a lot, any tips on heavy grass n reeds around the bream beds would be great!👍🏻👍🏻

@tomsanfilippo6333 2 жыл бұрын

I've done that for years , exact same rig but with the old reliable Zoom curl tail grub. Same smokey shad color.

@tonyblumenschein7218 Жыл бұрын

I used to use some kind of rig up like that when I was fishing in the Florida Keys had that slip sinker but except for live bait but I thought I had some of those type of worms in my box I'll have to try them with this rig up thank you

@robertsmith8359 2 жыл бұрын

Your right on the money randy I also like using a split shot to a little up the line and swim it just under the surface it keeps it down just enough I absolutely slay some bass that way especially around bushes and grass lines I use that bait a lot Texas rig too never a jig head unless I'm fishing open water but the Texas is the way to go with that bait

@AlexandertheGregfishing 2 жыл бұрын

Because I fish mostly tidal rivers with bank cover I started fishing this bait on a jig hook with a weedguard, but later I changed to Texas rig like in this video. When they are on it, it catches a better than average fish.

@barryhowell9 Жыл бұрын

Love your channel Randy, I appreciate all your knowledge. You’ve definitely helped increase my catch percentage! What ya ya think trying that rig with a 4” #megabasssparkshad ???!!!

@terrisecasy6568 2 жыл бұрын

Randy something will help. Is putting the tackle down below. In case we miss something. All these years I followed you on bass masters. I remember seeing all you guys in Florida 💯💯💯👍🏽

@markusgrub5839 2 жыл бұрын

Hey randy. The keitech is very good for zanders too. Light weight ig Headset.. slow Präsentation 🥰

@jasonholloway8499 2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir this works great on the bedding bass in the river down here in southeast Georgia, and if your out pond hopping you better have one of these rigged up it destroys the bass in the spring.

@romaloboda2280 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@BobbyOfEarth Жыл бұрын

We had a similar pattern back in the 90's flipping Ripper baits, which I think represents the same profile to entice the same bites. I think many of the old baits have the same 'new' attraction to bass, as the new baits.

@ha8300 Жыл бұрын

Keitech swimbaits are my go to spring walleye bait

@davidmccartney7577 2 жыл бұрын

I Texas rig a swim bait without the weight too and catch 3lbs and below throwing it in the Lilly pads. Your way works great for pitching too😎

@donjohnson6745 2 жыл бұрын

Unique!

@Jeeg_Quebec_CAN 2 жыл бұрын

Been using it this way for largies in the backwaters even weightless does the job well!

@skateboardingjesus4006 2 жыл бұрын

Instead of a weight, use a few wraps of soldering wire on the bend of the hook after it's swim-baited. Gives it a much better action in the water and more momentum on pauses.

@Jeeg_Quebec_CAN 2 жыл бұрын

@@skateboardingjesus4006 Takin note! That sounds genius instead of buying weighted EWG hooks

@WadeLife 2 жыл бұрын

Ok finally nice seeing someone else was out of any swimbait hooks but had a worm hook and had bullet weights so decided to rig it up and the smallies smacked it was quite surprise on the results...

@mmmbass6068 2 жыл бұрын

After putting your tungsten bullet weight on, thread the line back through the back of the weight then tie a uni knot in front of the weight. You can push everything hard-up against the bait/hook or leave a bit of a gap for some movement and sound. Dynamite set-up you can throw anywhere including heavy cover.

@rustyreidfishing3334 2 жыл бұрын

It’s about the only way I rig them here in Florida because of heavy grass. Throw them in the pads, swim it back and let it drop in hole in pads. Even fish them weightless like a top water in heavy stuff my #1 bait! Always have on tied on

@mattedwards4533 2 жыл бұрын

I rig worms similar. Large worms, usually brown, black or pumkinseed collored. Pitch the worm anywhere there is cover and if a bass is near it will hit it . It seems that that alway hit hard. Carolina rig!

@Ricolicous Жыл бұрын

The Kieteck was the first and only swimbait I buy.

@meikasroom851 Жыл бұрын

Honestly, I Texas rig these swimbaits all the time with a 2/0 and 3/0 hook and my hookup ratio is pretty spectacular

@adammarkley1019 2 жыл бұрын

i use this all the time in the clear lakes in the pocono mountains of pa. they slay, flip em in and swim em back

@scrubbybard380 Жыл бұрын

This guy is from an era where fishing was genuinely fishing, you were rewarded for thinking out the box and applying trial and error, nowadays most anglers are just another form of consumer doing what the big companies tell them to do on yt so the big companies can push there products, the fact is, people have caught fish for thousands of years, these big companies hold no secrets to the sport, all you need is a rod, a reel, some line, a hook and a bait, maybe some form of indication depending how you're fishing, people have used the basics for years and caught fish no different than today, learn to fool a wild creature Instead of being fooled by a big company, most stuff made today is to catch the attention of the angler and not the fish

@o_adrian_o9280 Жыл бұрын

I rig my hook the same way but I don’t use any sinker just the hook and lure weight is enough to let it sink or if you want you can even reel it faster and skim it across the top like a plopper. Bass will crush it! I fish flukes the same way and have caught many, many bass that way. Just another way to do it 👍🏽

@_md______ Жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on the most basic rigging techniques ever? Or maybe several of them? And then tell us about how new they are?

@frankhunt5018 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry I missed it, what size lure is that, 3.7"?

@Hunterslife315 2 жыл бұрын

I always put a bobber stop on the top to adjust how far I want the weight to slide.

@johnnymassengale6275 2 жыл бұрын

Solid

@MrSeanWesty 2 жыл бұрын

I like to use a swimming worm to flip into grass and wood. I’m gonna try this now.

@Patrick.J.Norman 2 ай бұрын

I fish a swim bait on a weedless shaky head most of the time. So many options.

@cole101010123 2 жыл бұрын

3 PB’s back to back using this on an EWG but haven’t tried the free bullet weight. Only on swim jig heads. Be at the secret hole in about ten mins to give this a shot!

@mauriciocampuzano6828 2 жыл бұрын

3.3 Electric Shad Keitech with a 3/16 tungsten weight on a 1/0 ewg i like the smaller hooks so the tail has enough paddle .

@jasonbeary8427 Жыл бұрын

I've ALWAYS fished my swimbaits this way, or many times I have. I fish it through milfoil and it has to be as snagless as a rubber worm. Plus when a fish takes it, it doesn't have the resistance of the weight.

@mr.k9935 2 жыл бұрын

what size hook are you using?

@arnoldfoote1925 2 жыл бұрын

Any special knot you use for this setup?

@tylerwalters9080 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! You didn't rough that swim bait up?!? Lol is that only certain soft plastics?

@Mattyp-cq8wv Жыл бұрын

I stumbled across this rig by accident after leaving my bag with rubber worms back in my car and I started Texas rigging the handful of swim baits I had mixed in my bag and started murdering them. A basic Texas rig with a Gama hook like he showed with a bullet slip sinker and go get ‘em! Just caught a 24 inch pickerel on one bass fishing yesterday up here in Pa! Great tip!

@Mattyp-cq8wv Жыл бұрын

Also works great without the sinker rigged up the same way.

@tristanl635 2 жыл бұрын

Tried that technique Without even knowing it,while bed fishing and landed some good ones

@billnails9471 2 жыл бұрын

Say Randy One of your subscribers, I have braid on my bass rods is it OK to have my braid connected to a barrel swivel and then my leader line Connected to the barrel swivel as well and fish that way. Thks Randy

@tonyblumenschein7218 Жыл бұрын

Can you do me a favor and show me the best rig up for Crappie my friend uses a slip bobber in about 12 ft of water but he's using live minnows and I'd like to use something different that I don't have to keep getting minnows thank you

@soonerfan1675 2 жыл бұрын

I flipped black Skinny Dippers around flooded timber for years. I didn’t know any better when they first came out. I

@williampatrick-ww2jo Жыл бұрын

I use this bait in summer on a nose hook weightless shallow and fish slow.

@comfortablynumb9342 Жыл бұрын

What's up with the ribs on those baits? Why is that better than smoother sided baits?

@FGQuinto 2 жыл бұрын

Isnt that a texas rig? I throw this way all spring long. I even have a texas jig from amazon. Same thing but the lead is built on the hook.

@bruceesterline3170 Жыл бұрын

It's like flipping a senko.

@christopherworks400 2 жыл бұрын

I have seen people use this rig for Walleye.

@scottmetzdorf9862 Жыл бұрын

Killer set up, but Lots of break offs with toothy critters. 😆 🤣 😂

@raymondforbes8355 2 жыл бұрын

Tips on lakes that's nothing but rock

@gregred78 2 жыл бұрын

I have done about the same thing, using a weighted hook the only thing that sucks about it is you have to rig the bait before you tie the hook on or it tears up the bait too much.

@leroymcdowell2178 2 жыл бұрын

Pinch a weight on a bare hook once you have rigged the swim sit. Take the weight off if you need to rig a new bait