What Lure And Presentation Has Been Hot For You This Summer?

[papajoe222]

For me, it seems that every summer a different lure or presentation seems to stay hot.  Last year it was deep cranks fished shallow.  This year, it's been shallow cranks fished deep. I can only recall a couple of years in a row when the same lure/presentation was the hot one.

What has it been on your favorite lake?

[uncustered]

Senko, senko... Then we tried senko and it worked

[FishTank]

The Fat Ika and an old Lucky Craft Combat SSR in Ghost Minnow.

[gardnerjigman]

T rigged baby brush hog, slow rolled horny toads, 1/2 football jig, shaky head. Use these almost year round

[A-Jay]

For me, it seems that every summer a different lure or presentation seems to stay hot.  Last year it was deep cranks fished shallow.  This year, it's been shallow cranks fished deep. I can only recall a couple of years in a row when the same lure/presentation was the hot one.

What has it been on your favorite lake?

 

X2 ~ For me as well.

 

The 6th Sense Crush Flat X75 square bill has been the hot bait. 

 

It's been effective in both clear & off colored water.

 

Been fishing it shallow & a little deeper ( in 8-15 ft) and the bass have been chewing the paint off it.

 

A-Jay

[JeziHogg]

Year after year, can't beat a drop shot for SMB.

[Mike2841]

For me this year I've probably caught more on a drop shot than everything else I throw combined. My 3 biggest bass came off a chatterbait, frog, and swim jig in that order.

[gulfcaptain]

Consistantly grass jigs for me.  Unfortunately the county/city lakes I fish decide to spray them with Copper Sulfate to kill the grass which then kills my bite  because apparently the people walking aroud the parks think the grass looks ugly. 

[Catch and Grease]

Buzzbaits have been producing well this summer, Texas rigged craws have too, square bill cranks have been getting me alot...

[Hattrick7]

Red eye shad, purple zoom Ole monster, PBJ & army green jigs

[lmbfisherman]

Last year it was the super fluke, this year my go to has been a squarebill..shallow or deep. Other than my standard white/cht spinnerbait that I seem to always kill with. 

[Mike L]

The biggest bites for me have come on 10" red flake Anaconda, and a june bug Rage Craw.

Mike

[Brian6428]

In the beginning of summer the Ol Monster couldn't be beat. Midsummer was the jig, now it is the brush hawg. 

[Ginosocalbass]

Top water swimbaits, bb1 jr/ Jackall Mikey 6.4 have been dinomite all summer for me.      Also I fish an Old Devils Horse, that has been excellent on in small fish lakes.

[MarksHooked]

I bought all these d**n lures during my winter cabin fever, but all I ever seem to have tied on is a DS with various plastics, or a weightless 5" Senko...

[Jar11591]

This summer it's been all about big ribbon-tail worms. 10" Culprits and Zoom Ol Monsters.

[Darren.]

I took a fishing hiatus for a spell this summer, after vacation, came back to it this past week, and once again, soft plastics caught the bass.

 

Had some success this year branching out to hard lures, spinnerbaits, etc. Will continue to use them, but most fish I catch are on soft plastics. So I like to stick with what works.

 

Last summer, senko-style baits fished wacky (mostly). This summer, pretty much the same. It. Just. Works.

[MIbassin]

I have by far caught the most and biggest bass this summer on frogs and 13 inch ribbon tails Texas rigged with a 1/16oz tungsten sinker fished in weedbeds in 10-12 FOW

[warpath58]

Swimming a Keitech Swing Impact fat in baby bass and bluegill flash 4.8 and 5.8 inch on a owner 4.0 beast hook. D and H double hammer buzz bait white and chartreuse.  

[Cgrinder]

KVD Finesse Worm in Blue Fleck on a size 1 Gamakatsu with a Siebert 1/4 oz. tungsten weight. Drag + shake = Bass.

[iceintheveins]

Centipedes on a mojo rig, jigs, creatures, frogs, and various topwaters.

[Jay Ell Gee]

Bass:

Frogs, both hollow body and buzz style.

Wacky rigged BPS Stik-o

Zoom UV Speed Worm (1/8 oz weight)

On redfish in the marsh:

Livingston Lures Pro Sizzle Jr.

Jenny's Jigs redfish spinnerbait with a Lemonhead matrix shad plastic

[FirstnameLastname]

For me it's been shallow divers jerked like a jerkbait. Also poppers late afternoon, and small spoons.

[SirSnookalot]

Up until 2 weeks ago it was peacocks and I used marabou jigs about 90% of the time.  I'm only doing pond fishing for bass now (canals are infested with insects), only using a top water popper.  Fish have been busting bait like crazy, fishing the boil only produced tiny bass.  My tact has been to cast about 100 yds away from the boil which has resulted bigger fish but fewer of them.

[roadwarrior]

It's been the Rage Structure Bug for me at local ponds. Fishing on Pickwick has been

mostly Siebert Outdoors jig/ Rage Craw (PB&J).