Hollow-belly swimbait

A big, realistic swimbait whose hollow body collapses on the bite so the hook clears — the weedless big-fish swimbait for grass and shallow cover.

Soft plastics are the biggest family in bass fishing: 36 shapes, each designed for a rig, a depth and a mood.

• Shape = design purpose: fish, worm, craw, creature, tube, frog
• Finesse tier vs power tier: the same shape at 3.5 in and 7 in is two different techniques
• Tail type decides the action; body decides the fall
• Rig it the way it was designed to be rigged

1. What it is — A 5-8 in paddle-tail swimbait moulded hollow, with a slot for a weighted or screw-lock offset hook. The hollow body swims with a wide roll and squashes flat in a bass's…
2. Designed for — Big largemouth over submerged grass, around bait schools and on shallow cover in 1-3 m (3-10 ft), spring through fall. Weedless, so it goes where a treble-hook swimbait…
3. Trade-offs — Slow to fish, expensive to lose, and the hollow body tears. Not a numbers bait, and not a smallmouth bait.