One of the most deadly lure categories of all time - still, by the way, overlooked by the great majority of present-day anglers - has actually been around since the late 1970s. The Mister Twister Company was the first to introduce the revolutionary curly-tail plastic grub. A bit later, they introduced the Sassy Shad, a 4-inch plastic lure with a fish-like body profile and an unusual boot-shaped tail - the first "swimbait" style was born. Walleyes, smallmouths, pike, muskies, stripers, redfish. Anything that eats other fish can be fooled in the right situations by this lure category. Doug Stange calls the swimbait category one of the most remarkable options he"s ever fished and ranks it in the Top 10 and perhaps among the Top 5 lure categories of all time! Here we offer a variety of field experiences illustrating the versatility of the lure style and just how to fish it for a variety of fish.