Bait thrown for the first cast of the season

[juicebass]

Just curious as to what the first first bait you will throw at the beginning of a new season?

I think I'll go with the ol' trusty spinnerbait!

Or the jerk bait.

Or the jig.

Or the crankbait...

Decisions Decisions! :S

[SDoolittle]

I would imagine that a large majority of the folks here have already made their first cast of the season, but I have been deployed to Kuwait since October, so I have not. I'll be back in the States in a few weeks, and I pick up my new boat as soon as I get back. My first cast of the season should happen in the second week of May. 

I can't say for certain what bait it will be, but there's a high probability that it will be a Texas rigged Gene Larew Salt Craw in the Sooner Run color. I say that because it is my confidence bait that I have tied on at all times. 

Ordinarily, my season starts in Texas in January or February, and it's usually a safe bet that I'll start with a lipless crankbait in a red craw pattern. 

 

[Smokinal]

No decision here....Rapala HJ12 was my first cast of the year.

[Sam]

Threw a spinnerbait for the first and caught one on second cast.

So far, have caught them on spinnerbaits, crankbaits and a shaky head.

Will be trying a lot more next week.

["hamma"]

as my boat is being re-powered, i have yet to make a cast. and if the guy doing the repower doesnt display some urgency i may never get to cast this year!,...lol,...but im sure it will be a jerkbait

[LunkerFisher]

Mine was a zoom super fluke.

First fish was on a road runner.

[Outdoor Zack]

2 hours ago, S. Doolittle said:

I have been deployed to Kuwait since October 

Thank you for your service

[Wprich]

I knew this was going to be a good year, my first cast was a war eagle finesse in the mouse pattern and I caught a 12 inch largemouth on that first cast.  First time that has ever happened, usually I get skunked my first trip of the year lol.

[Hurricane]

I threw a booyah Spinnerbait..

[Jtrout]

Red eye shad in chili craw

[NJSalt]

My first cast this year was with a Blade Bait.

My first fish this year was on a flick shake worm.

A jig has taken more fish this year than any other bait.

[BaitMonkey1984]

I throw a lipless crank right after ice out just because I want to crank and wind after a long winter. Then, after having fun casting I drag a T rig craw or a jerk bait to actually catch fish. 

[Raul]

Normally I start my day with a spinnerbait.

[KLoell]

Very first cast of the year I threw a 1/2oz. Brown Chatterbait and landed the biggest bass I've ever caught on that first cast.  I'd say its gonna be a good year! 

Ive caught quite a few so far this year throwing that same chatterbait.

[Deleted account]

False premise really, there is no one bait that goes first. Would depend on when, where and conditions. In my case, I don't see this time of the year as a beginning, but a recurring progression. This year specially we had some very mild weather followed by cold weather followed by mild weather early on. On a given day I'll have 2 or 3 baits that experience tells me should be the thing, and usually are, sometimes fish have different ideas, and INAWF.

[buzzed bait]

Season? What's this season thing you speak of? Like spring, summer, fall and winter? Fish 365 in the dirty south!

[RB 77]

Well, for me personally it was a buzzbait and you guessed it... nada! Actually nada for the next 20 casts with the buzzbait. Haha. However, my first trip down to Baja this year resulted in a nice Yellowtail on the first drop of the year with a jig. That thing didn't even hit the bottom before it got slurped! So I got that going for me, which is nice... Haha.

[jbw252]

Strike King Red Eye Shad. Sexy shad or any of the chrome variants.

[tnbassfisher]

Rat-L-Trap or jerk bait

[C.Devereux]

I like to hook a live shiner on a jig head. Or use a floating jerkbait or shallow running crank baits. A lot of people retrieve too slowly, you should go slower but not so slow that no

action happens

[Jaderose]

My first cast this year was a wacky rigged bubblegum senko.

[Cole Richards]

Jerk bait , 3 casts later 1st fish 

[chubaka]

Lipless crank in a red craw color

[BassThumb]

It will almost certainly be a spinnerbait or a swim jig to cover some water. 

[Cgolf]

Rigged it up last night, swim jig with an anglers choice killshot, now I just have to wait till the first full weekend in May to throw it. 2nd will be a Bill Lewis echo that was kind to me on the last opener.