Bass On Lizards?

[dakotawilson17]

What do I need to know about fishing with lizards.Color?Brand?Size?Rig?Rod?Retrieve?

[Tartan34]

I've found Zoom or Rage lizards in a watermelon, green pumpkin, or junebug color are deadly Texas rigged with a 1/8 or 3/16 weight.

[Naplock]

I've found Zoom or Rage lizards in a watermelon, green pumpkin, or junebug color are deadly Texas rigged with a 1/8 or 3/16 weight.

Do you prefer the weight pegged, or free sliding?

[Tartan34]

Free sliding for me, the lighter weight with less wind. I found the lizard gets hit on the fall a lot of the time and if it doesn't, I swim it back where I get strikes around cover.

I throw mine on a MH-XF rod with 12# Yozuri Hybrid.

[SpencerLittle]

I like the zoom lizards for what you can buy now. I have some old floating lizards that strike king made that are still my favorite. I run them normally on 1/4 or 3/8 ounce weight depending on how I'm fishing them. Unpegged so that they can kinda 'float' if you will.

[Catt]

Watermelon Red & Black- Blue Tail

Pick a name brand it don't matter!

[Bigbass37]

All you natural colors, PRO TEAM LURES MAKES AN EXCELLENT LIZARD look it up

[Fish'N Impossible]

Around my parts when I'm using a lizard its Green Pumpkin, Watermelon Candy, Black. My set up is a mojo rig set up over submerged grass, and a 1/2oz carolina rig set up on the rocks. (1/2oz because our water here is 4ft deep).

[SFL BassHunter]

I went to walmart and found a Luck E Stike Lizard Kit with 27 lizards (4 colors), and a few worm hooks for 5 bucks. I caught 3 bass with a slow jerk. 2 on a rootbeer color and 1 on a green pumpkin with a bright green tail.

 

Texas Rigged to get me through the heavy cover. With a nice bullet weight I was launching that thing a good distance.

[Joe Schmuckatelli]

Ive had to travel over an hour to a BPS for the Gourd Green color for the zoom lizard i was tearing them up this past summer 

[russe048]

It's tough to beat a 10 in. pumpkin chartruse lizard rigged weightless with a 5/0 hook during the spawn.

[War Eagle 44]

My favorite is the Zoom Magnum Lizard. In either Pumpkinseed or Green Pumpkin, both of which I dye the tail chartreuse. My favorite way to fish them is weightless but I've also caught tons of bass texas rigging them. About the heaviest weight I ever use is a 5/16 but in my experience the lighter the weight the better. The most common weight for me is a 3/16 and second is an 1/8.

 

I love to fish them around grass and sunken trees, that super slow fall of a weightless lizard can really get them going some days. I use both spinning and casting gear, both spooled with braid. 20# on spinning and 50# on casting. Sometimes I run a leader if the water is really clear but 80% of the time I go straight braid.

[river-rat]

Watermelon Red & Black- Blue Tail

Pick a name brand it don't matter!

 

X2. Don't need anything else.

[BobP]

Zoom 6" are my mainstay, watermelon pepper clear water, green pumpkin stained water.  Chartreuse dye on the tail if the mood hits you.  I throw them mostly on a C-rig, 3/4 oz weight, 7' MH worm rod, 20 lb superline, 3' fluoro leader, 5/0 offset Gamakatsu worm hook.  Pull, pause to take up slack, pull again.

[Hanover_Yakker]

There are plenty of good choices to play around with but give the PowerTeam Lures Gator a try - you won't be disappointed!

 

[msk]

Do you prefer the weight pegged, or free sliding?

Seconded! I use watermelon more than any other color.

[jerzeeD]

Zoom 8" magnum lizzards in pumpkinseed, black emerald, or junebug. A good portion of the time weightless

[Hyrule Bass]

weightless lizards are great, i fish them weightless most of the time. occasionally i will use a sliding bullet weight, usually just because i want extra casting distance. i like zoom and rage tail lizards. most any color green with specs will work great.

[Dr. Watson]

I've found Zoom or Rage lizards in a watermelon, green pumpkin, or junebug color are deadly Texas rigged with a 1/8 or 3/16 weight.

X2 on Rage Lizards, I like a 1/8, 3/16, or 1/4 weight.

 

Do you prefer the weight pegged, or free sliding?

I usually keep mine free sliding, unless fishing heavier cover; cover is always a factor in making this decision.

 

Also, a slow swimming retrieve works well too

[backcast88]

I fish 5" and 6" Zoom Lizards.  I stick to Watermelon seed or Pumpkinseed.  I will either throw them TX rigged with 1/4 weight and 2/0 hook or on a Carolina Rig.  Watermelon seed seems to do the best for me but I still keep Pumpkinseed in the boat for those rare occasions that the Watermelon isn't catching fish.

 

My setup for both applications is the same.  6'9" MH XF Carbonlite and a Shimano Curado 201G7 with 12 lb XPS Fluoro.

[Fishes in trees]

Last year I had some success fishing power bait lizards on my home made jika rigs.  Mostly green colors, green pumpkin & watermelon.  Secchi disc readings of 4 to 7. In murkier conditions I would go with something darker, like black & blue.

[fishinthedacks]

Last year I caught a ton on bass bustin baits pumpkin trolling in my kayak. One day I had three bass totaling 21 lbs. My four biggest bass last year were on those. This year I have loaded my box with different lizards. Got a pack in pumpkin color, got some from strike king in watermelon and they are salt impregnated. Seems like when skimmed across the top at a moderate pace the bass eat em up.