$50 to spend on paddle tail swim baits.

[bass57348]

Fish both largemouth and smallmouth. Sometimes in the same lake. Shad/bluegill/perch/smelt forage
What brand, what color, what size?
Help.

Thanks

[NRXfever]

Keitech match the hatch. The rage swimmers are also good but I prefer the keitech

[EKYRanger]

Agreed on Keitech. I’d go with the 4.8 and 3.8 sizes. I also like the Owner weighted swim bait hooks. I think their CPS system helps. Hard to wrong with the bluegill flash color.

[basscat tyler]

Keitech Swing Impact Fat or the BPS Speed Shad is good too if you can catch them on sale. The Keitech Easy Shiners are money too for a finesse swimbait.

[kercha83]

I don't think you can beat the Keitechs

[Quillback]

Keitech Fat. I've been fishing them quite a bit lately, the little 2.8 on a 1/8 oz head has been working real well for smallies, spots, largemouth and random stripers and walleye. I slow roll it close to the bottom. My favorite colors are Sight Flash and Rainbow Shad. When you're fishing that 2.8, you want a smaller hook, 1/0. Leaves more room for the tail kick. Use super glue to put them on the jigheads.

[BigBass94]

Reaction Innovations Little Dipper

I highly recommend you start with one of these. It's a 3.5" bait. This is my favorite swimbait out of all. It has killer action! I throw them year round and consistently get bit on it. They're inexpensive, you get 10 per pack, and they'll catch perch, bluegill, crappie, bass, stripers, etc... I've even caught a 10 pounder on this bait. All I do is rig it on a 1/4-3/8oz swimbait head, cast it out, and reel it in slowly. Make sure the swimbait head has a 2/0 or 3/0 hook.