king fisher

Thanks for the advice. What brand and size of hooks on your jig heads? Do you ever use weighted swim bait hooks?

Will be fishing a river with mostly rock bottom. Larger sections, with little or no current. Both small and large mouth bass, mostly small mouth. Late May with water temps. in the mid 60's. Stained to dirty water color. 0' to 10 ' deep. Have had good luck in the past with crayfish colored crank baits w red or orange being best. Inline spinners have also been productive. I have never fished soft plastics. Since Crayfish are the main forage I am going to give some soft craws a try. Will be fishing from the bank and limited to spinning gear. What soft craws do readers recommend, and what is the best way to rig them for spinning gear.

I fished for bass in Eastern WA growing up in the seventies, and early eighties. Moved to Alaska after high school. Im moving back to WA and plan on fishing for bass again. Still have some crank baits that worked well in the rocky lake I fished growing up. Mostly Rebel Deep WEER, Hedon sonics, and bomber model A's. I still have many of the sonics, and Deep WEER's. Will these older lures still work well for both small mouth and large mouth bass in rocky muddy water up to 10 feet deep. Primary forage cray fish. Would like recommendations on newer Crank baits. Have read mixed reviews on the Rapala DT line. What about Bandit? Very good price. How is the quality? Do they catch fish as well as expensive brands?