wytstang Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 I've lost all confidence in myself this year lol so therefore I have no new confidence baits. It's been a tough year for me. It should start turning very very soon, cause man it has been really hard for me to catch more then 1 bass in 5hrs and that 1 I was catching on it's best day was 1/2 lb. But today finally turned around for me (Two 2 or 3lbers and a nice 5.26lber made it to me today) so I think the fat girls are getting ready to start feeding aggressively. The only thing that worked was a swim jig with a MegaStrike 4' fat shad (very durable swimbait and great action fyi) swam slow. So yeah right now a swimbait with a paddle tail is my confident bait (especially with all the grass in the pond I fish) Quote
via Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 Crosstail shads have been my goto bait for a while now. I've gave up on them for a bit as I'm trying to learn how to fish a jig and crankbait more. Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted June 7, 2015 Super User Posted June 7, 2015 In the spring it was shallow running crankbaits, around the time of the spawn it was topwaters, and since Memorial Day it has been jig with a craw trailer. Quote
Super User FishTank Posted June 7, 2015 Super User Posted June 7, 2015 Keitech Fat Impact has worked great for me this year. I wish the held up better but man do they catch fish. Great bait. Quote
Big Swimbait Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 My preference is to throw big baits, but I hit a stretch where I couldn't get bit. So I decided to downsize & tried the Cabin Creek Spider Parts. Its a spider twin tail in which the skirts are separate. I bought about 5 different colors so I could mix/match. The skirt has one strand that is thicker to be used as the weed guard. Always have one tied on now. http://www.cabincreekbaits.com/spider-parts/ Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted June 7, 2015 Super User Posted June 7, 2015 GanCraft Claw has been incredible this year for me. The other, I wanted to hate this bait and have had terrible luck with other Savage Gear- the 8" bait has produced a ton of fish. Which Claw size? Quote
Sea NaCl Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 Fishing topwater a couple of inches off the bank has produced a ton of fish this year! Quote
TorqueConverter Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 Those stupid cigar worm things like the Senko, Stick O and Flat Dawg rigged wacky. They're a pain in the rear and I've avoided them for years but when I have to slow down and put fish in the boat bank beating then they are a proven winner. They're way too deadly under docks in clear water along with the BPS Flicker Worm on a shaky head for my own good. Havoc Money Makers and Powerteam Hammer Shads have been good to me on drop shots for smallies as well. Stupid worms. All I want to do is power fish. Quote
thehooligan Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 Pop-x Keitech Easy Shiner Wacky Robo's All my fish have come on these three so far this year Quote
punch Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 I've fallen head over heels in love with the Storm Chug Bug. i'm a big fan of poppers and I've had like a 98% hookup rate with the Chug Bug vs other poppers I've been using for years. I should have gotten on the Chug Bug bandwagon a long time ago. My other popping baits don't hold a candle to it. Quote
Super User Hooligan Posted June 9, 2015 Super User Posted June 9, 2015 Which Claw size?More on the 148, but the bruisers have put a hurting on the 178. I've caught 26 over five, with six fish over seven on the 178. I had a two day deal on Table Rock where everything just fell together right and caught close to 220 fish between the two of those baits. I was having to shuck loads of 13-15 inch fish off the 148, so I switched to the 178 and crushed em. I've never had a solid, solid swimbait bite on the Rock before this. I've always caught a few fish, and a few good ones but nothing like that. I really think that is never really mastered how to fish a glide bait up to that point so didn't have all that much confidence in them. My brother was smashing fish on Longs Creek from start to finish, and I was getting smoked. I started fishing a 148, and started matching him fish for fish. When I upped to the 178, I started pummeling him. We started hitting similar spots on the lake and found quality fish in every single location. I'm still not 100% confident of what put those fish there, outside of the structure, and temps. We always catch fish in those locations year round, but not usually stacked in like they were. Brother hooked up with a 10-2 green fish and a 6-15 spot. I caught a 9-5 and a 9-9. Even on local water those two baits have been extraordinary for me. I've been fishing them in tournaments when I'm already on five, and they've added quite a few kickers for me. When I asked Speedbead about the claw, I wasn't sure what to expect. There hasn't been a single time I've regretted them. I've caught more quality fish on them than any of the other glide baits I own. 2 Quote
Trek Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 I've been liking the Swing Jig or Biffle Bug some call it. Like it so much I ordered the mold to make them. For no more then those are they get a pretty penny for them. Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted June 9, 2015 Super User Posted June 9, 2015 More on the 148, but the bruisers have put a hurting on the 178. I've caught 26 over five, with six fish over seven on the 178. I had a two day deal on Table Rock where everything just fell together right and caught close to 220 fish between the two of those baits. I was having to shuck loads of 13-15 inch fish off the 148, so I switched to the 178 and crushed em. I've never had a solid, solid swimbait bite on the Rock before this. I've always caught a few fish, and a few good ones but nothing like that. I really think that is never really mastered how to fish a glide bait up to that point so didn't have all that much confidence in them. My brother was smashing fish on Longs Creek from start to finish, and I was getting smoked. I started fishing a 148, and started matching him fish for fish. When I upped to the 178, I started pummeling him. We started hitting similar spots on the lake and found quality fish in every single location. I'm still not 100% confident of what put those fish there, outside of the structure, and temps. We always catch fish in those locations year round, but not usually stacked in like they were. Brother hooked up with a 10-2 green fish and a 6-15 spot. I caught a 9-5 and a 9-9. Even on local water those two baits have been extraordinary for me. I've been fishing them in tournaments when I'm already on five, and they've added quite a few kickers for me. When I asked Speedbead about the claw, I wasn't sure what to expect. There hasn't been a single time I've regretted them. I've caught more quality fish on them than any of the other glide baits I own. That's a pretty good testimonial. Thanks Quote
McKinneyLonghorn Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 Fishing topwater a couple of inches off the bank has produced a ton of fish this year! This has been my experience this year as well. I fish mainly community park ponds so I am always dealing with tons of vegetation. Basically, the only things you can fish are soft plastics rigged weedless and moving baits that you are able to keep within one foot of the surface. Anything that runs deeper will get hung up badly. Anyway, last year I fished wakebaits a lot but I always fished them subsurface as a super-shallow crankbait. For the last month I have been fishing them as intended. Sometimes the fish want them waked fast over the surface and sometimes they want them moving so slow they are almost standing still, but the fish have been killing them. At four different ponds I have been able to catch loads of fish, most of them coming from within 5 feet of the bank. It is my first real topwater fishing experience. While most of the bass I catch are less than 1.5 pounds, the topwater blowups are addicting and make me want to find some bigger fish and see what they can do to my little wakebaits. I've been using the H2O XPRESS (Academy house brand) as my wakebait of choice. The only thing you need to change are the hooks, which are sharp out of the package but get dull and start to bend pretty quickly. I've swapped them out with size 6 Triple Grips and had better hook-up percentages. Quote
hookset on 3 Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 Norman Lures- Fat Boy squarebill crankbait. color- Apparition. This color is similar to the ghost minnow. I purposely try other sqaurebills and the Bass are like "meh". So it's back to the Apparition and they whack it. Neko rig- Z man lures Finesse worm 4 inch. Two colors have been working the best. 1. Coppertruese 2. Easy Money put a Eco Pro tungsten Nail weight in thru the top of the worm. Dragging and lightly shaking my rod tip as found the most success. Quote
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