I have reinvented myself, resurrected from the ashes of small lures and finesse offerings. Don't misunderstand me. I know, I know, I know that the Texas-rigged rubber worm has caught more bass and big bass that any other lure in history. I know that the pig and jig is consistently the best big bass producing lure, period. Ask guys like Denny or Greg on the Bassmaster Tour. All that taken in stride, I heard a wise man on a forum say "Swimbait fishermen catch giant bass on purpose, small bait fishermen catch giant bass on accident." Or something to that accord. I have always had a thing for California style swimbaits, West Coast swimbaits or whatever you want to term them. "Big bait" is the term I think fits best. I am dedicating myself to fishing with big baits from now on. Don't get me wrong, you will still find a spinnerbait, a jig, a rattle trap, and maybe a worm in my box, but big swimbaits are what really get me excited. The proof is in the "puddin" as my daddy says. I have been buying swimbaits this winter in preparation for 2012 bassin. My goal, which I have had for a while now, is to catch a double digit, a DD as they say, a 10 pound or greater large mouth bass from my kayak. To my logic, fishing with larger baits will help me in this quest. Now, I know that swimbaits are not by any means a magic bullet, easy button solution for catching a DD, but I firmly believe that a larger offering will attract a larger bass. To point, my second largest bass of 2011 weighed just under 7 pounds and came on my first swimbait, a 6" Spro BBZ Jr. This fish came on a dreary day with no anglers reporting any other fish. I had four other bass boats cruise by my anchored kayak and throw worms, jigs, and crankbaits along the treeline that I was working. They caught nothing and I caught two 4 pounders and one under 7. The proof is in the "puddin."
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