Super User FryDog62 Posted November 10, 2015 Super User Posted November 10, 2015 Water is cold here now in Minnesota - what are your go-to lures when it gets down below 50 degree water temps? Same or different lures for largemouth or smallmouth? 1 Quote
Super User Catt Posted November 10, 2015 Super User Posted November 10, 2015 When the waters down south get in the upper 40s to lower 50s (yes it gets that cold) my goto lures are... Jig-n-Craw Rat-L-Trap Texas rigged Craw Worm Quote
desmobob Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 The water was just a quarter of a degree over 48* today when I was out. I had limited success with a twin-tailed Hula Grub on a shaky head, the same grub on a swing jig, and an unweighted T-rigged Senko. I would have also (or maybe even primarily) thrown a 3/8 oz. jig with Pit Boss or D-Bomb trailer, but I was messing around with some new gear today and using a light rod. If I was fishing smallies, I'd have most likely done a lot of drop-shotting and also fished the shaky head/Hula Grub. Tight lines, Bob 1 Quote
Super User Montanaro Posted November 10, 2015 Super User Posted November 10, 2015 Ive success with slow rolled swimjigs. Quote
BaitMonkey1984 Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 Jigs. Storming hornet slow rolled. Or try that senile lipless that came in the MTB a few weeks ago. The name escapes me but I finally tied that thing on last month and it helped me whoop my buddy. Loud rattles that you can hear even on the beginning of a bomb cast. Great lure from Sebile, thanks for MTB to introducing me to it. Quote
Super User smalljaw67 Posted November 10, 2015 Super User Posted November 10, 2015 Jerkbait, Rapala #5 Shad Rap, hair jig, in that order! Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted November 10, 2015 Super User Posted November 10, 2015 A jig and craw fished slow. Quote
Super User FryDog62 Posted November 10, 2015 Author Super User Posted November 10, 2015 I used a Shadow Rap last week.. Second cast a 15 inch largemouth ... and then 150,000 1 pound snot-rocket pike after that. Ugh. Will try some of the others mentioned above if I get out one more time before ice up. Thx all -- -Fry 1 Quote
Super User J Francho Posted November 10, 2015 Super User Posted November 10, 2015 Crank baits, swimbaits, umbrella rigs, bucktail spinners. Quote
Super User WIGuide Posted November 10, 2015 Super User Posted November 10, 2015 Howdy there neighbor! I wasn't out very long this last weekend, but water temps were in that 47-50 degree range. I was having success with the same baits that have been producing in recent weeks which have been crankbaits and jerkbaits. I've caught a few on other baits as well, but those have been the two most productive. Quote
Super User scaleface Posted November 10, 2015 Super User Posted November 10, 2015 They can really be unpredictable and go on feeding sprees where you catch one after another . I have even caught them on buzzbaits while it was snowing but that was an exception . I will always try a t rig and/or jig . I would say my most consistent lure over the years in mid to late November has been a Bomber Model 6A crankbait in a baitfish pattern like Baby bass . Quote
Super User fishballer06 Posted November 10, 2015 Super User Posted November 10, 2015 Blade baits, jerkbaits, swimbaits, lipless cranks, jigs. 1 Quote
Turtle135 Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 smallmouth bass: suspending jerkbait and increasingly a ned rig largemouth bass: football jig with a craw trailer (full disclosure, I throw this presentation year round but when the water gets down into the forties in the late fall early winter it catches pigs) Quote
Super User FryDog62 Posted November 10, 2015 Author Super User Posted November 10, 2015 Wish we could throw an umbrella rig up here in Minnesota - at least for a week each year or something to see what it would catch. Maybe I'll try a Boo Rig ~ Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted November 10, 2015 Super User Posted November 10, 2015 1/4oz redeye shad in black&gold, and a finesse worm on a lightweight t rig fished slow. Quote
Super User FryDog62 Posted November 10, 2015 Author Super User Posted November 10, 2015 What do people think of a wacky worm thrown into high percentage spots? Quote
je1946 Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 Blades, lipless cranks, jerkbaits. In that order. Quote
papajoe222 Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 Hair jigs and blade baits. If they're still venturing to the shallows, a jerk bait or lipless crank. On the natural lakes around the Twin Cities, when that water temp gets to the mid 40's the majority of bass will have headed for their wintering spots, but you can still pick up some walleye from any green weeds close to a drop off. If you're into multi-species, a #3 Mepps. Quote
Super User buzzed bait Posted November 10, 2015 Super User Posted November 10, 2015 What do people think of a wacky worm thrown into high percentage spots? nope. won't work. seriously don't know of a time that i wouldn't throw a wacky worm with confidence. 1 Quote
desmobob Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 I used a Shadow Rap last week.. Second cast a 15 inch largemouth ... and then 150,000 1 pound snot-rocket pike after that. Ugh. Will try some of the others mentioned above if I get out one more time before ice up. Thx all -- -Fry That's what happens on southern L. Champlain when you throw a crank bait in the fall. It's a pike and pickerel magnet! Actually, any bait moving fast really sucks them in. I got my biggest fall largemouth on a squarebill this fall, but hesitate to throw them because of the pike and pickerel activity. Tight lines, Bob Quote
Super User FryDog62 Posted November 11, 2015 Author Super User Posted November 11, 2015 Hair jigs and blade baits. If they're still venturing to the shallows, a jerk bait or lipless crank. On the natural lakes around the Twin Cities, when that water temp gets to the mid 40's the majority of bass will have headed for their wintering spots, but you can still pick up some walleye from any green weeds close to a drop off. If you're into multi-species, a #3 Mepps. I think is true. I try to keep catching bass down to about 48 degrees. I have found if there are really BIG pike present, at about 45-47 degrees they can get extremely active. May have to start throwing BullDawgs and Buchertails Quote
Leonidas Posted November 11, 2015 Posted November 11, 2015 Slow rolled spinnerbait, football jig, jerk bait and float 'n' fly. A fat Smallie on light line float 'n' fly is a blast. Quote
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