The Phat Paddle - Soft Plastic Paddle Tail Swimbait for Bass

What is The Phat Paddle? The Phat Paddle is a paddle tail swimbait hand-poured by WM Bayou in Houston, Texas. Its wide, thumping tail creates vibration that calls bass from distance — ideal for covering water, locating active fish, and triggering reaction strikes. American-made with premium plastisol, built for Southern shad-imitating presentations. How do you rig The Phat Paddle? Versatile swimbait setup options: Weighted swimbait hook (1/4–1/2 oz, 4/0–5/0 — most popular, weedless), jighead (1/4–1/2 oz open hook, for open water), scrounger head (buzzing action on faster retrieve), A-rig / Alabama rig (multiple Phat Paddles imitating a shad school — deadly in open water), and underspin (adds flash + vibration). Speed: steady medium retrieve, let the tail do the work. 7' medium-heavy rod, 15–17 lb fluorocarbon or braid for weedless. When is The Phat Paddle most effective? Prime windows: fall shad spawn and shad migrations (September–November), post-spawn summer when bass school and c