[#3] How Would You Fish It!?

[Weld's Largemouth]

How would you fish it!? #3

I thought this would be a interesting, fun idea:

I give you a photo of a spot and i give you the current conditions.

You are given five baits that you must pick from to use.

You may suggest a bait for this spot.

Some of the baits may be difficult to use during given conditions or new to you.

You must choose a bait from the five baits, explain your reasoning, and how would you work it (speed, etc.)

The spot:

Conditions: Sunny, clear sky, warm, shallow water (pond is quite shallow overall), late May, mid to high 70's ( degrees ), LOTS of weeds, plants and grass, clear water, midday. Lures with exposed hooks pick up lots of weeds

The baits : [images are not actual scale]

1. Gary Yamamoto Senko, 5" Bama Bug color

2. Booyah Poppin Pad Crasher Frog, Cricket Frog color

3. Booyah Boo Jig, Watermelon/Red flake color w/ Strike King KVD Perfect Plastic KVD Chunk

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4. Zoom 4" Fluke, Watermelon seed color

5. Johnson Silver Minnow Weedless Spoon

[Mccallister25]

Jig, because it's what I fish no matter the location, and Im sorta set in my ways.

[Weld's Largemouth]

Jig, because it's what I fish no matter the location, and Im sorta set in my ways.

You don't try other lures ever?!

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

Jig first flipped & pitched into the holes, spoon across the top and let fall into holes. If fish are less aggressive and won't hit the fast falling jig try the senko in the more open holes. I'd throw the frog later on when the weeds green up and thicken more.  

[Mccallister25]

You don't try other lures ever?!

Lol, yea I fish plenty of other things, I was just trying to be funny. A jig goes with me everywhere, and its my favorite lure, thats why I said that.

[river-rat]

I would start with a 1/2 oz. Johnson Silver Minnow in black nickle or gold with a trailer. After that it would be a toss up between a Spro Frog, Ribbit, or Senko.

[gripnrip]

The hollow body frog all day long.

[F14A-B]

Yea.. Sorry I am pitching a trig rage craw in there!

And... A GYCB Cut tale....shew!! Glad I can choose!

[Megastink]

The frog is the most practical choice. You can cover water quickly with it, it is snag less with little pickin grass off, and the entire pond is shallow, which means you're always in the strike zone; according to the conditions.

This senerio is BUILT for a frog!

[sparky241]

#3jig n trailer, then a frog then a senko

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

BAMA BUG senko is my favorite senko.

Id throw that with a weedless hook on top of those weeds drag/twitch it across and get better hook-up than with frog. If not getting bit on top of the weeds then let it fall just over the edge of the weeds and work the water column.  If it hits bottom I drag/hop it across bottom back to me.

[Jar11591]

I would have to go with the senko again. With an Owner 2/0 weedless wacky hook. With weeds that thick, it makes it hard to do much of anything. I would try the fluke and jig as well.

[crazyjoeclemens]

I'd go with the senko on a weedless wacky hook, too. The trick would be to flip it into the clear spots, between the weeds. I actually did that on a small local pond yesterday, with a Powerbait Shaky Worm, and had some success.

[CalBassin]

Honestly, the only practical thing you'd use in this situation is the frog. So much vegitation is perfect for that frog and all you have to do is launch it, and walk it back, venturing your bait through the open spots which are great for bass to ambush your frog.

Also I'd use the jig! You should get some SiebertOutdoors jigs, he has a wide variety of head and skirt colors that are the best in the business in my humble opinion. ANYWAYS.. I'd pick up one of Mike's from SiebertOutdoors, grass jig and just swim it through with a double tail grub. I'd also punch those mats with a heavy grass jig that Mike sells as well. So just use those tactics for your jig!!

Hope I helped somewhat!

[Montanaro]

Bass won't always want to hit topwater though.

[Tylertut]

Is go with the senko. Rigged with a 3/0 hook weedless you can run it over the weeds as a topwater and also work any cover that might be around the weed mats. You get the functionality of both the frog and the jig with one bait.

[Pepul]

I don't want to start a new topic, just one question.

im fishing tomorrow, it's going to be partly cluody, it rained this week almost every day, fish are in postspawn, what shoul i fish?? Baits, places,...

[lmbfisherman]

Those conditions I'd go jig.

[Megastink]

Bladed reaction baits. High water, bass guarding fry. Chatterbaits would be my number 1. Spinnerbait, and if the water weren't too stained, swim jig.

[Chris186]

That picture screams frog to me!

[PersicoTrotaVA]

Froggin!  I'd twitch that frog really slow on that slop and speed it up a little over the pockets.  Shallow water, the bass will ambush from all directions!