Bass Lures by Seasons

[An Outdoor Guy]

I want to hear everyone's favorite bass lures for spring, summer, fall, winter (winter is optional)  mine are:

 

Spring: Lipless cranks, Chatter Baits, Jigs, Jerk baits, Square Bills

Summer: Jigs, Texas rigged worms/craws, Frogs, DT6 - DT10 (no XD's because I don't have a boat yet) 

Fall: Lipless cranks, Chatter Baits, Jigs, Jerk baits, Square Bills, Texas rigged worms/craws

Winter: I hibernate....

 

[A-Jay]

Spring:  Jerkbait & a Jig

Summer:  Drop Shot & a Jig

Fall: Blade Bait & a Jig

Winter: Buffalo Trace in a jigger

A-Jay

 

 

[Darren.]

25 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Spring:  Jerkbait & a Jig

Summer:  Drop Shot & a Jig

Fall: Blade Bait & a Jig

Winter: Buffalo Trace in a jigger

A-Jay

 

 

Hey A-Jay....

Waaaaiiiit for it....

WACKY year round!

Oh, and drop shot.

[Drew03cmc]

Spring: jerkbaits, lip less baits, swim jigs, soft swimbaits 

Summer: soft swimbaits, jigs, topwater 

Fall: topwater, jerkbaits, lip less baits, swim jigs

Winter, wacky rigs, jigs

[dsqui]

its dont matter what time of year my favorite lure is always a frog even in winter time with 2 feet of ice still the frog dont work worth a crap dont think the fish can see it through the ice

[crypt]

all year…...worm,frog,beaver,topwater plug,lipless crankbait,squarebill, not in that order…………..oh yeah spinnerbait,swim bait,hard jerk bait,soft jerk bait,  oh god make me stop…………..!!!!!!!!

[frosty]

8 minutes ago, dsqui said:

its dont matter what time of year my favorite lure is always a frog even in winter time with 2 feet of ice still the frog dont work worth a crap dont think the fish can see it through the ice

Oh they can see it, just listen for the faint thuds of fish heads against ice I bet a frog is a cake to walk on ice!

[gim]

Spring - spinner bait, crank bait, swim bait, jig

Summer - frog, buzz bait, soft plastics

Fall - hunting season

Winter - I don't ice drink

[WRB]

Winter; jigs, swimbaits, twin spins, spoons-ice jigs, drop shot and T-rigged 6" worms.

Post Spawn; jigs, swimbaits, deep crankbaits, T-rig big worms and creatures, jerk baits.

Spawn/Post Spawn; Jigs, T-rig worms/creatures, slip shot.

Summer; jigs, T-rig worms-craws, swimbaits/wake baits, surface lures (buzzers, poppers, chuggers), under spins, slip and drop shot, jerk baits, spinnerbaits and night fishing rats, jigs, big worms.

Fall, jigs, Tail and Underspins, spoons, spinnerbaits, swimbaits and spinnerbaits

Tom

[A-Jay]

1 hour ago, Darren. said:

Hey A-Jay....

Waaaaiiiit for it....

WACKY year round!

Oh, and drop shot.

LOL ~ Perfect

Here's a Darren Quote   "I don't always fish wacky rigs . . . .wait - who am I kidding ?  - Yes I do "

A-Jay

 

[Airman4754]

I run every technique I have year round. Some more than others, but you just never know until you toss it out there. 

[trick worms]

Spring- spinnerbait, senko, lipless crank, squarebill

fall- Texas rigged worm, spinnerbait, squarebill, lipless crank

winter- shakey head,jig, jerk bait 

summer- big worm, Carolina rig, shakey head, football jig

[BiteFiend]

Pre-spawn: Football jig, deep cranks (worked slowly), t-rig, swimbaits, jerk baits, slow-rolling spinnerbait, square bill crankbaits. 

Spawn/Post Spawn: Flipping and FB jigs, T-rig, wacky rigged senkos, C-rig, drop shot, shaky head. 

Summer: Flipping and FB jigs, DD cranks, frogs, punch rigs, T-rigged 7-12" worms and craw baits, drop shot, shaky head, spinnerbait, buzz bait, small swimbaits. 

Fall: See pre-spawn. Plus frogs, flipping jigs, and buzzbaits in early fall. 

Winter (if not iced): See pre-spawn. Minus square bills. Plus drop shot and shaky head. Once iced, I sit around dreaming of pre-spawn. 

[Outdoor Zack]

Spring: Weighted T-rig, small squarebills, spinnerbaits, and creature baits

Summer: Big worms, light jigs, weightless senkos, frogs, prop baits

Fall: Inline spinners, senkos, just about any plastics

Winter: Senkos, finesse worms, most slow techniques   

[Wprich]

Spring-spinnerbait, sof plastics, lipless/square bill cranks

Summer-frogs, deep diving cranks, soft plastics

Fall-same as spring + fish head spins and spoons

 

[scaleface]

Except for winter which I dont fish much I go shallow and deep all three seasons . So the lure pretty much overlap .I do fish more spinnerbaits in the spring than the rest of the year . 

[S. Sass]

Spring: 

Texas rigged worms

Texas rigged craws

Crankbaits

Spinnerbait

Summer: 

Texas rigged worms

Texas rigged craws

Crankbaits

Spinnerbait

Fall: 

Texas rigged worms

Texas rigged craws

Crankbaits

Spinnerbait

Winter:

Texas rigged worms

Texas rigged craws

Crankbaits

Spinnerbait

[Jon G]

Spring: Jig, Bladed Jig, jerkbait, Keitech, Texas Rig, Squarebill

Summer:  Jig, Bladed Jig, Keitech, Texas Rig, Squarebill

Fall: Jig, Bladed Jig, Keitech, Texas Rig, Squarebill, Lipless

Winter: lol

There's a lot of other baits I use but these are my favorites. Honestly I use the same baits almost year round but just change the speed and location

[Further North]

On 7/12/2016 at 6:26 PM, dsqui said:

its dont matter what time of year my favorite lure is always a frog even in winter time with 2 feet of ice still the frog dont work worth a crap dont think the fish can see it through the ice

The best part of fishing in the winter is that my treble hooks never get fouled by weeds.

[dsqui]

25 minutes ago, Further North said:

The best part of fishing in the winter is that my treble hooks never get fouled by weeds.

well thats because you are too far north and spoiled with all that thick ice lol  u wouldnt know what to do down here on skinny ice lol last year when it finally froze in january (3 inches)  i could walk out and still find the weed beds

[iiTzChunky]

Spring: havnt fished spring yet. 

Summer: senkos zman chatter baits 

Fall: havnt fished fall yet. 

Winter: I expect to be crying because I can't fish 

[Catt]

Winter spring, summer, & fall...I throw em all!

[frosty]

1 hour ago, iiTzChunky said:

Spring: havnt fished spring yet. 

Summer: senkos zman chatter baits 

Fall: havnt fished fall yet. 

Winter: I expect to be crying because I can't fish 

Winter around here is when you sit around dreaming up plans to catch the big ones and spending tons of cash on new tackle!

[fishindad]

2 hours ago, Catt said:

Winter spring, summer, & fall...I throw em all!

This, at least it would be if I lived someplace where lakes don't ice over in winter! Lately I'm with Catt in not limiting myself to any techniques based on seasons. Who am I kidding, we all have favorites!

The way I approach things here in the Great North is in Spring, the fish are generally shallower and our lakes don't have much grass so of course no froggin or punching. Jerkbaits and tubes are always in play. Summer, the grass is at it's peak so I tend not to throw the open hook stuff that I did in Spring. Spinnerbaits, T-rigs, Senkos, frogs, etc. see more time since I focus on grass = bass. Then in Fall (Oct, Nov) it's deep water stuff, generally. Always have a dropshot rod on deck. I'm trying a new approach of not having my lures pre-rigged and waiting to decide what to throw once I get on the water and observe the wind, water temp, boat traffic, etc. Rather than having a pre-conceived game plan the night before and 'force feeding' the fish. Of course there's two or three mainstays but that's top secret, lol.

[An Outdoor Guy]

Wow there are so many different answers here! I love it! I'm definitely going to be trying some different lures throughout the seasons now. Some I would have never even thought of. and really I'm more surprised that there are more people fishing in the winter than I would have thought!