Good Lures For Tough Conditions

[MIbassin]

What are some of your most productive lures when it's a bright sunny hot day and especially In the afternoon! Do you break out the jigs or stick with a moving bait?

[MCS]

I like the stick bait, or other weightless worms.

[Paul Roberts]

"Depends, of course!" I hate that... Depends on WHAT?!!

 

Conditions -water, sky, pressure, etc...

 

Here are some ideas: If the water's off-colored I may pitch a bulky jig or roll a slow SB really tight to, or under, cover. If it's clear water, where dense mats of vegetation develop, punching is a possibility. In more open clear water, a jigworm on light-ish line can often tempt those spooky, jaded, scrutinizers bright sun seems to create. In the clear water ponds I fish most, I usually have a M spinning rig rigged with a jigworm ( I think they call em shaky now -whether shaken or not) for when the sun pops out and the breezes die. Cloud rolls over and/or wind ripples the surface, I go back to the bigger noisier stuff. Another option in clear water is to go with a light, reflective, or translucent hard jerk, CB, or SB, and fish them fast and erratic. Yes, as MCS says, a stick worm can do it too.

 

Lotsa options. It just ... depends.

[Grizzn N Bassin]

Wacky.rigged.6. Inch dinger..

[aceman387]

A yamamoto shad shape worm texas rigged weightless or wacky rigged in shad or watermelon color,toss it in the shady spots.

[tbone1993]

Fish a jig different ways and you will probably catch fish. I switch up from fishing it normally to swimming it all the time. Nothing better than setting the hook on a fish with a jig. 

[buzzbait4me]

Its hard to beat a jig, wacky rigged senko, or a drop shot on tough day.

[Bluebasser86]

Wacky rigged senko or a shakyhead is what I'm usually going to fish in those conditions. Dragging a C-rig can be really good also. 

[BronzeChaser]

I'll either throw a 6 inch roboworm on a shakey head or a wacky rigged 4 inch senko. One or the other usually gets bit when the fishing's tough

[fstr385]

it was pretty hot here today. a little chop on the water.  thought I could burn some spinners through it. went deeper n deeper, slowed down, went to squarebills, changed to weighted t rigs, then about an hour and a half later got bit up with a good ole pumpkin senko, and zero dirt senko.

[floridabassman]

filp a texas rigged beaver bait by docks or trees

[BuckMaxx]

Gitzit baby!!