How to Customize Cheap $3.50 AliExpress swimbait to work like Expensive Glide Baits Bluegill Jig

Well I've finally started working on my Custom Bluegill Color Skirts and also started diving into the Huge Rabbit Hole that is Swimbaiting ... not my first Rodeo with swimbaits but probably my longest and we'll see if it's my last...
first step is getting to better understand the swim bait mentality and no better way than watching KZbin big swimbait fishing videos right.. from Butch Brown to crazy Bass Fisher and everyone else in between... Tactical Bassin is probably the first place anyone should start with and Working Class Zero or Milliken Fishing are just a few that I've been looking at not to mention Ben from the Hookup Tackle at least showing us what's available as far as baits and tackle go...
so also shout-out to Milliken Fishing for giving me the idea to go ahead and chop a few of my High Dollar AliExpress $3.50 baits to see if they can actually work great instead of just good...
Let's Go...

[@susanludvigh4151]

I have had the best success with the EZ Swimmer, but if you want to try bigger, that would be the Big EZ. To get the best action with the EZ Swimmer be sure to use a 4 or 5/0 wide gap hook with a 1/16 or 3/32 oz belly weight. When you get it right it will have great tail action combined with a nice side to side wobble.

[@romaloboda2280]

Holy smokes, I have the same bro science understanding about why big fish bite in the middle of the day.

[@romaloboda2280]

In case your plastic lures are not soft enough you can just boil them in water for some time(time depends on how soft you want it) or just one part of it, like tail or whatever.

[@bassnbonsai]

Makes sense.. we used to boil plastic brittle rc parts to soften them up so they wouldn't be so fragile and have some give

[@brewtankoutdoors1432]

Tht beat up 1 eyed jack ya gave me still got sum chatter left in him..he'll get some action tomorrow..hopefully a big n will see his good eye and bite

[@raymondjohnson6496]

I go by Eugene now that 6th sense bait I got an reds orange and black and blue

[@romaloboda2280]

Dunno, maybe when you cast a chatterbait blade scratch its head in the air in that time.

[@EddieLindsay681]

Major craft atTackle Warehouse has bigbait rods that are under 7 foot

[@bassnbonsai]

I'll take a look

[@romaloboda2280]

Heard guys for swimbait fishing say longer rods, like 8 and up better, it helps cast easier and helps with hook set.

[@bassnbonsai]

Yeah but that's what bass guys say for jig rods . Says it gives ya more leverage.. furthest from the truth but ok.. longer rods do help with overall distance but if the action and power is right length of rod isn't as important... Usually a longer rod has more forgiveness just naturally built into it

[@frankoliveira189]

IMO glide Slide Swimmer 145 soft magdraft 6! This is the starting point of this 2 don’t work on your body give up !

[@bassnbonsai]

Yeah I shouldn't even have started 😂

[@markuskuebler9294]

I'm too stingy to throw a $300 swimbait in the bushes and rip it off. And you're throwing heavy, long rods all the time. not my thing