Byron Velvick on BIG Swimbaits for BIG Bass

In this episode of The Big Bass Podcast, we are honored to have the angler who, without a doubt, introduced the swimbait to the competitive side of bass fishing on a national level. Byron Velvick grew up in Southern California and lived through the early days of the swimbait era, throwing the baits on the famed trophy bass waters. It didn’t take him long to realize their potential as a fish locator and a bed-fishing bait. But when he figured out he could use them in competition, that changed the game.

Velvick realized in the early 1990s that the swimbait, under certain conditions, could win tournaments, and not by catching just one big fish. The fish would eat the bait for hours some days. He just had to figure out the right conditions to know when to commit to them. By 2000, he’d figured out the puzzle pretty well.

Velvick tried to keep the secret under his hat and did well with it through March of 2000, when he won the Bassmaster Western Invitational on Clear Lake in wire-to-wire fashion. The cat was out of the bag. Ten years later, again on Clear Lake, in the Bassmaster Elite Golden State Shootout, Velvick threw the big bait and won again.

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