Bluegill swimbaits...

BASSTUD · Post by **BASSTUD** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:19 am

Does anyone make a suspending bluegill swimbait hard or soft??

Greg_Cornish · Post by **Greg_Cornish** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:35 am

Tru-tungsten makes some weighted ones you can weight differently, however I don't know if they suspend.

ASD · Post by **ASD** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:19 am

I think STORM has some

Roboworm99 · Post by **Roboworm99** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:26 am

BASSTUD wrote:Does anyone make a suspending bluegill swimbait hard or soft??

To get one to suspend...you can take a floating bait and add some suspend dots or strips to it.

BassManDan · Post by **BassManDan** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:36 pm

The Jackall Giron is a very slow sink type of bait, but I don't know of any true suspending sunfish type baits.

TannerS · Post by **TannerS** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 7:19 am

My slow sink tylure bluegill sinks very slowly so it allows me to stop the bait and kill it if i have a follower. I also have a castiac hard head shad that suspends pretty well.

Ceaser · Post by **Ceaser** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:57 pm

Grab one of those injected shell crackers and buy some rubber core sinkers.. take the rubber out and crimp to the shank of the front treble. Play with the weights till u get it just right. This will work with just about any swimbait

nuocmam1222 · Post by **nuocmam1222** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:35 am

Mattlures Hard Bluegill

godzilla · Post by **godzilla** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:21 pm

nuocmam1222 wrote:Mattlures Hard Bluegill

yep i was also gonna recomend mattlures hard blue gill....my bro has one and sinks really slow..almost like its suspending...

jcanaday495 · Post by **jcanaday495** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 5:44 am

I too would recommend the Mattlures Hardgill. The slow sink sinks very slow and IMO the hardgills are the best bluegill bait on the market. They are just so realistic and just flat out catch fish.

mark poulson · Post by **mark poulson** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:01 am

It's tough to get a swimbait that suspends perfectly. It may suspend in colder water, but sink in warmer water. If it truly suspends in colder water, and doesn't have a bill to start it down, it will be a floater most of the time.
Big baits tend to rise on the retrieve (thank you Bill), unless you work them slowly, or they are fast sink.
I think a slow sink, like Ty's bait, is the closest to suspending you will find. Cast it, let it sit and sink a bit, and then reel back slowly, so it doesn't rise right back up to the surface.

Peacheater81 · Post by **Peacheater81** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:52 pm

Black Dog Shellcracker

Mattlures · Post by **Mattlures** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 5:36 pm

Mark is right. In a bait that small the sink rate can be effected by a lot of different things. Water temp, choice of line, and hooks. You can get most floaters to sink very slowly by going up 1 hook size or using a sinking line like fluoro. You can also make a slow sink sink even slower by going with smaller hooks and using a floating line.
The lead tape strips can also be added. Its not very hard to do.