fishing the stumps

[Bass XL]

whats your favorite lure to use when fishing stumps or stickups?

[jdw174]

shallow crankbait, spinnerbait, or jig....not necessarily in that order.

[wickyman]

Jigs are a good beginning for stumps and sticks...  Pretty much any worm, or other soft baits.    Mid to shallow cranks work well!

[.ghoti.]

Spinnerbait, square-billed crankbait, texas rigged worm, jig, senko, Ika

Not necessarily in that order.

Cheers,

GK

[CrazedL.IFisherman]

I would use shallow running crankbaits, plastic floating worms, and walk the dog lures for shallow stumps and for deeper ones lightly weighted texas rigged lures, and buzzbaits

[JigNBig]

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[phase5supply]

I have had good luck with worms and spinnerbaits.

[Catt]

Texas Rig, Jig-N-Craw, Spinner Bait, Crank Bait, Wacky Worm, Senko, Rat-L-Trap, Rattlin Rouge, Buzz Bait, or Drop Shot.

Did I leave any out  :-/

[The_Natural]

Springtime and stumps equal bass, and you could probably pick your poison and be successful with whatever you choose.  I'd go with a shallow crank without a doubt, and have been tearing them up with a BDS1 as of late.  It's hard to argue against a spinnerbait as well, but my passion lies in cranks.

[TrickyVT1887]

spinnerbait or shallow crank to work the stumps fast or many stumps at once, T-Rig worm or Jig if targeting specific stumps and slowing down your presentation, oh and almost forgot the senko T-rig weightless or wacky style

[flyphisher #]

I use a shakey head on a MH rod with 12 lb test when I cant get bit on anything else in that type of cover.

[Bass XL]

thanks guys, its gonna be staind/muddy water, so if that changes any thing....

[FisinCrazee]

I'll add another good bet.  A gold 3/8 oz Chatterbait style lure; a white/chart. skirt with 4 or 5 strands of light blue; a white Super Fluke trailer.  Retrieve medium slow; hit stumps.  Bad about hanging up but the results can be very rewarding.  Worth the effort of having to unhang a lure every once in a while.  Be good lure for your muddy/stained water.  That Super Fluke increases the body bulk nicely.

Bob

[Redlinerobert]

1/4 oz Speed Trap for me or a Terminator Spinnerbait.  

[senile1]

thanks guys, its gonna be staind/muddy water, so if that changes any thing....

Like Catt, I was going to name about everything, but now you've narrowed it down slightly.  If the fish are active spinnerbaits and rat'l'traps banging into stumps in muddy water are great.  I see you're in St Louis so you and I are at about the same temperature range for water.  I'd be looking for bedding bass soon, if not already in smaller bodies of water.  So if they're spawning in stumps, you may have more luck with a jig, tube, lizard, senko, or fat ika dragged into the bed.

[bassmaster8100]

Jigs, Soft Plastics, Spinnerbaits, Buzzbaits, Crankbaits

[bighed]

Senkos and T rigs till you said the M word.  That changes things to chatterbait or spinnerbait.

[MakhuluBass]

The river I fish has a lot of laydowns and the water is also stained.  I usually rig one rod with either a light or dark medium running crank and the other with a 1/4 ounce chart & black spinner bait with a single #4 brass colorado blade.

I would first target the stump with the medium crank.  The reason for the medium crank and not a shallow one is that I want the crank to hit into anything and everything with a slow retrieve.  If you feel the crank hanging up, just pause a second or two to let it float up past the obstruction.  

If after numerous casts to the same stump from different angles and no bites, I would then switch to the spinnerbait rod.  I would pitch ontop of, next to and inbetween any branches I locate and let the single bladed spinnerbait "helicopter" to the bottom.  If not hit on the fall, a steady retrieve back should do the trick.

This is great for targeting active fish.  If I land one or two using the techniques above and the bite stops, I would then pitch a T rigged fluke or senko and cover the whole area.  Atleast I know that when I leave the spot, I have reasonably fished the spot comprehensivley.  

[jomatty]

my favorite in this scenario is a lipless crank and also a jig.  just about everything else mentioned would also be a candidate, but this is what i would start throwing.

matt

[roadwarrior]

Hmm...

Interesting read, "Anything and everything!"

If there is a bass holding close to the stump, you have a pretty fair chance of getting bit, regardless of the lure.

[captaininsaneo]

spinnerbaits are always good in any sort of wood cover

[Bankbeater]

Jigs, tubes, and plastic worms.

[Bass XL]

thaks for all the info