Spring Baits

[GaterB]

What's everyone's favorite baits to throw throughout the spring?? Brands, bait type, etc.. from pre-spawn through post spawn!

[CPBassFishing]

That's a pretty wide spectrum of different times to cover.

Prespawn, spawn, and postspawn baits can be completely different and the variety of baits I throw would take be half an hour to type out on my phone.

Basically:

Prespawn: covering ground. (Cranks, spinnerbaits, soft jerkbaits, etc)

Spawn: brightly colored baits with lots of vibration (ex. Pearl rage craws)

I don't fish direct prespawn very often. The fish are so spooky and hard to catch. I usually wait a few weeks after the spawn for the bass to get into their summer haunts.

[Mr.Topwater]

During the prespawn i like to use smaller crankbaits usually 2" like a Bomber Square A (great crankbait), 1/4 oz. or 3/8 oz. jig with a mister twister grub or some kind of craw like a 4" berkley havoc craw fatty, and sometimes a suspending jerkbait like a rapala huskey jerk.

During the spawn i like to use a lizard like a 6" zoom lizard texas, or carolina rigged over beds, also like to use stick baits in the bed like a 5" senko or a 5" yum dinger weightless (they'll hit those like crazy), sometimes i'll go topwater (which i love) and use a zoom super fluke in the shallows over beds, and then i'll use a mister twister grub on a standard jighead, and also swimbaits like yums lil' suzee or a storm swimbait.

Now postspawn, the fish go through a weird stage at this time from deep to shallow and then they'll hide once again i dont know why but again i'll use a bomber square A crankbait, a smaller 3" swimbait like a storm swimbait, i'll wacky rig a 5" stickbait like a yum dinger, and then use a type of grub (mister twister)

[GaterB]

I know it's a very broad topic. Just wanted to see what the differences were in some angler's approaches to catching fish this time of year. Thanks guys!

[OmegaDPW]

I'm an odd one, I guess...I don't change too many things around for different types of seasons (I live near the Florida line and we don't have very cold seasons). Normally, I'll throw a swimbait or finesse worm- carolina or split shot rigged- or a jighead worm. Cast, wait, retrieve -over and over til it gets back to the shore. Depending on the size of the bait, I can target everything from panfish to bass this way.

 

 EricW.

[roadwarrior]

Jerkbaits, Red Eye Shad, The Rig and Rage Tail Baby Craw.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Jig and a swimbait for pre, spawn and post.

[Vinny Chase]

NorthStar new gill swim jig, wiggle wart, and LC Pointer in female bluegill pattern.

[ww2farmer]

^{With the exception of very early, like right after ice out, everything in my arsenal is in play from the pre-spawn till late fall.}

[BrettD]

I dont change much but I do go to a bass imititaion color during the post spawn.

[The Young Gun]

Most of the baits I fish are year round baits, but the retrieve varies at different times and temperatures.

[Grizzn N Bassin]

^{With the exception of very early, like right after ice out, everything in my arsenal is in play from the pre-spawn till late fall.}

X2 !!