Lure Suggestions

[Mikell]

Im here in north florida and a storm front moved through wednesday and thursday. Today is all blue skies but the morning temperature has dropped to about 55-60 now so i know the water temp overall will be effected and BP and all that good stuff.

 

Im going fishing after work today one lake is clear to about 6 feet with tons of hydrilla and unfortunately lake snot algae lol

The other place i may go is a retention pond that about 10 acres in all i guess, great fishing in this thing, its brown water and only visible to about 1-2 foot probably less now with that rain stirring things up! lol

 

Any lure suggestions for these type conditions? Post front, drop in temp, clearish green water  and brown water?

Ive taken 2 combos with me one for softplastics senkos and t-rigs and the other is a crankbait setup. this should cover just about anything you guys suggest!

 

[frogflogger]

trick worm

[Mikell]

Sweet i got tons of those and senkos wacky rig or t rigged?

[Catch and Grease]

You could try fishing some topwater frogs in and around the hydrilla, you'll fall in love with it when you get a strike!

Edit: BTW I would use the Texas rig first for the worms, I like wacky rigging senkos when im sight fishing but other than that id just texas rig, but do whatever you want man!

[Mikell]

Thanks for the suggestions!!! Can you suggest a good topwater lure?

[Sam]

Wacky rig the Senkos.

 

Pull Senko, unweighted trick worm, frog or a Bitsy Bug jig for topwater.

 

Try a Chatterbait or a Cavitron.

 

Shaky Head could also work.

 

If all fails, punch a beaver style bait or a heavy jig into the grass.

 

Texas rigged plastics could work, too.

 

Let the fish tell you what they want.

[Mikell]

Thanks what size weight would normally work good for punchin ive never really used that technique before

[Catch and Grease]

Based on the density of the cover, this is one technique where loading for bear is usually more productive than finesse tackle. Start with heavy 50 lb or larger braided line. Braid line cuts through dense weeds much better than other types of lines and affords you the power to handle big fish in the slop. To make your line less visible to the fish, simply use a black marker to darken the last 3’ or 4’. On the business end of the line, I’ll use either a heavy Texas rig or an outsized jig. Big ½ or 3/4 oz MPack jigs with Fork Craw trailers work very well for pitching small holes in patchier grass; however, heavy Texas rigs are more streamlined and often fall through the thickest of grass more consistently. For the Texas rig, I use a ¾ or 1 oz Mega Weight tungsten bullet sinker. The smaller size of tungsten provides a slimmer profile and the insert in the Mega Weights won’t cut your braided line like other unprotected tungsten weights will. I attach this to a 3/0 to 4/0 hook with a Lake Fork Tackle Flipper or Craw Tube and rig it weedless. The Craw Tube is especially effective for this rig, as evidenced by Kelly Jordon’s wins in the FLW Tour at Okeechobee and in the Bass Elite Series on the Potomac River using it to flip matted vegetation. Finally, the weight of a big 1 oz sinker and the impact of jarring hook sets at close range necessitate a stout rod. Although flipping sticks will work ok, I upgrade to the Dobyns Champion 805 FLIP/PUNCH rod. Broom handles like this rod allow you to quickly get control of big fish and get them coming towards you before they bury up and get off.

 

[Mikell]

Nice thanks for the advice i may need to invetst in a new heavy rod haha heavuest i have is mh

[Catch and Grease]

If you not fishing really thick stuff a MH rod should be fine, but id definatly pick up a Heavy rod for punching matted grass and pulling lunkers out of the slop.

[Mikell]

One area has tons of slop but it has nice gaps to let a soft plastic sink into great days fishing like that but right near shore is slop city lol so it could come in handy