>Ok, I'm being completely selfish here. I'm fishing a
>tournament in a few days in spotted bass land and prefishing
>with swimbaits hasn't been spectacular.
>
>So my question is, what makes a good spotted bass swimbait?
>
>It seems like the obvious answer would be "smaller". 6 inch
>huddlestons, 7 inch triple trouts, etc... Am I missing
>something?

Nico, Don't let the small mouths of a spot fool you. The big Magnums will hit anything a head will hit and probably harder LOL. Typically the less diameter and the less height a bait has the better the hookups but they will hit anything you throw in front of them and they will tease the #### out of you. You'll probably catch smaller dink spots on swimbaits than you will heads due to the aggressive nature of the spots. Triple Trouts are one of the best spot swimbaits around. They love anything with wicked action. Slammers are great choices as well. HUGE spots love the HUDDS if you can get them to eat it (trout lakes). They will hit those 6 inchers but it has the same effect that it has on the heads (smaller fish).

I would STRONLY reccomend you stinger your hudds and or any big swimbait you throw at them. You won't gill hook a spot atleast I haven't yet. Granted we don't grow them much over 7lbs here in GA but we do have some 5's and 6's. Here's my best spot (6.3lbs)caught on a hudd

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o314/TritonMike/SpotCountryMike/huddspot.jpg