Most Productive Baits ~ A Seasonal Review

[jr231]

23 minutes ago, MassBassin508 said:

Try the Bruiser Baits Evil Twin tail on the back of a KVD Rattlin swim jig.That setup gets smashed consistently for me.

At 2.99. I will give them a try. Just threw em In the cart. June bug. 

8 minutes ago, cgolf said:

The kalins grubs are awesome, doesn't take much to get the tail moving and they are both soft and durable. The 5" seems to be the right length for a lot of swim jigs.

I have luck with em just on a jighead too! It's one of my "panic baits" 

[CTBassin860]

TW or do you get better deals elsewhere?

[jr231]

@MassBassin508 I already have a 175$ order I'm about to pull the trigger on so I figured whats 3 more dollars. They have alot of baits that I can't find locally. Like the fat ika. 

[CTBassin860]

I read the "Magic Lure" post earlier.The fat ika is in my cart as well.Now I can't find that post

[iceintheveins]

Reaction Baits, Early Spring Season (Water below 60) 

1. Jerkbaits (LC Pointer, Dynamic Lures J Spec, Rapala X Rap)

2. Spinnerbaits (Nichols Pulsator, Pepper Custom Baits Spinnerbait, Terminators)

3. Lipless Cranks (Strike King RedEye Shad, Savage Gear Fat Vibe, Rat L Trap)

4. Cranks (Livetarget Bluegill, Shad Raps)

Jigs/Plastics, Early Spring

1. Pepper Custom Baits Jig, with Zoom Super Chunk or Culprit Dw2 chunk, Also Rage or Paca Chunks

2. Ned Rig 1/15 oz (Finesse TRD and HulaStix)

3. Senkos

4. Drop Shot (Roboworms, Reaction Innovations Flirt)

5. Carolina Rigs and Finesse Carolina Rigs (Zoom Centipede, Zoom Finesse Worm, Roboworms, Reaction Innovations Flirt)

 

LATER SPRING (Spawn and Postspawn)

1. Spinnerbaits (same as above)

2. Squarebills/Shallow Runners (SK 1.5, Norman Fat Boy, Norman Mad N)

3. Medium Runners (Bomber Model 6A, Rapala DT6, Norman Middle N)

4. Deep Runners (SK 3xd, SK 5xd, Spro Baby Little John DD, Bomber Fat A 6A and 7A)

5. Topwaters (Skitterpops, Booyah Boss Pops, Heddon Poppin' image Jr, Heddon Spook, Spook Jr, Zara Puppy, Cavitron Buzzbaits, Rage Shads

 

Jigs/Plastics

1. Jigs (same as above)

2. Senkos

3. Soft Jerkbaits (Super Flukes, Castaic Super Jerky Js, Sluggos, Lake Fork Tackle Live Swimmin' Slug)

4. Lizards (Zoom Lizards, Luck E Strike Lizards)

5. Various Creaturebaits (Brush Hog, Pit Boss, Rage Space Monkey

6. Worms (Zoom U tail, Lucky Strike 6" Curl tail worm, Berkley 7" Power Worm

7. Ned Rig 

 

Summer Through Early Fall

1. Jigs (same as above)

2. Senkos 

3. Soft Jerks (same as above)

4. Lizards (carolina and finesse carolina rigs)

5. Creatures (same as above)

6. Worms (same as above)

7. Ned Rig

8. Carolina Rigs and Finesse Carolina Rigs (centipedes, ring fries)

9. Drop Shot (Same as usual)

 

Reaction baits

1. Spinnerbaits

2. Squarebills/Shallow Runners

3. Medium Runners (same as above)

4. Deep Runners (same as above)

5. Topwaters (same as above but add Hollow Bodied Frogs)

 

Mid Fall Through Late Fall

1. Lipless cranks (same as above)

2. Spinnerbaits

3. Squarebills/Shallow Runners

4. Topwaters minus hollow bodied frogs when water was in the low 60s

5. Medium Runners (same as above)

 

Jigs/Plastics

1. Jigs (same as above, primarily with Zoom Super Chunks

2. Ned Rig

3. Finesse and Regular Carolina Rigs (Centipedes, Ring Fries, Finesse Worms)

4. Senkos

5. Drop Shot

[PaBassMan13]

I would have to say that my number one bait for 2016 would have to be a Ned Rig. I used a BPS 3" Stik-O (California Craw) with a BPS 1/16 oz. Shroom Head. Fall of 2016 was PHENOMENAL with that rig. I plan to use it more in 2017 but the Berkley Havoc Flat Dawg on a Wacky Rig so far has been very good to me; could be my top bait for 2017.....we'll see.