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Home Fishing Videos Target Walleye AND Bass With Paddle Tail Swimbaits

Target Walleye AND Bass With Paddle Tail Swimbaits

McKeon Roberts
Sep 13, 2018

Renowned Mille Lacs Lake guide and professional angler Tony Roach discusses how he fishes soft body swimbaits for walleye. A more aggressive jigging action typically outproduces the standard straight reel approach, with Tony digging into the details.

Tony emphasizes the importance of rigging the bait perfectly straight on a jig, and what characteristics make a jig a good one to pair with a swimbait. He tops off the content with a true Mille Lacs giant smallmouth, showcasing the multispecies effectiveness of a jig and soft body swimbait for all predator fish.

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McKeon Roberts

McKeon Roberts is a videographer specializing in multispecies angling and kayak fishing. He loves to teach and tell a story through film while exploring and pursuing his lifelong passion for catching fish. He served as a natural resource professional for six years, working with the limnological and biological aspects of lakes and wetlands across northern Minnesota. This subject matter is often woven into his how-to fishing content, and his love for tinkering with new angling techniques and gear. McKeon enjoys traveling to fishing destinations and playing music in his spare time.