Soft Plastics

[AustinHellickson]

I am looking to getting more soft plastics because i have had best luck with them.

What do you recommend?

Also what rigs work well?

 

I am using or going to use the following so far:

Senkos

Single Tail Grubs

Ned Rig 

Gary Yamamoto Kreature

 

What is best to use and easy to switch to?

I can use either Spinning gear or Casting. 

 

As a side topic i am fishing right next to a bridge, also their is a point near it. What should i be doing to catch more fish?

I have used many baits but nothing.

Should i be moving to another place of the lake to fish or should i stick their and have faith?

 

 

 

 

Thanks so much everyone!

[IndianaFinesse]

Almost every soft plastic has its time and place, the same goes for the different rigging methods.  Do a little research (the br articles are a good place to start) on which soft plastics and rigging methods are best for each set of conditions.  Right now the bass are on steep dropping shorelines near deep water, so if possible this is where you should be fishing during the winter.  Fish slow with either blade baits, small hair jigs, jerkbaits if the water is clear, or the Ned rig.

[Sittin there reelin em in]

OK, so my favorite soft plastics are Zoom Super flukes or swimming Super flukes, Berkley havoc crawfish, Culprit Fire and Ice curley tails. For a Texas rig a prefer a baitcasting rod and reel but either will work for these rigs I'm gonna list. First try a Texas rig or Carolina, Drop shot, and last you could nose hook a worm. That's all that I can think of right now. About that point your fishing, try a Carolina rig and drag it across it a few times. Or drop shot (depends on how deep it is though). Good luck man and I hope I'm able to at least get you to catching fish. This is what works for me.

[hunterPRO1]

culprit 7.5 inch ribbontail in black shad. t-rig with an 1/8-1/4 oz weight| 10 inchers with a 1/4-1/2 weight

 

zoom super fluke or jr. t-rig weightless or drop shot

 

yum pulse swimbait in sexy shad and summer gill. belly wieghted t-rig or a 1/8-1/2oz worm weight

 

weightless t-rig trickworm, also works better on a jighead sometimes.

 

 

ive always disliked the swimmin flukes, the gutted design works great for the fluke but with a belly weighted hook a full body is better.

 

 

 

[Silver Lake]

GY Fat Ika 4/0 EWG hook. Can't go wrong.

[RoLo]

 

Single-tail Grub:  Kalin Lunker Grub

Ned Rig:              Z-man 4.0” Elaztech Hula Stickz

Senko?:               Hmph, that's a new one on me

 

 

[jr231]

I've caught bass on everything mentioned but the yum pulse minnow (I haven't tried it tho) 

 

I really think you can't pass.on the fat ika , double tail hula grub , and senko..

 

The kalins grub mentioned is awesome too. 

 

I think you should try the SK rage structure bug and a zoom trick worm. 

 

[AustinHellickson]

40 minutes ago, RoLo said:

 

Single-tail Grub:  Kalin Lunker Grub

Ned Rig:              Z-man 4.0” Elaztech Hula Stickz

Senko?:               Hmph, that's a new one on me

 

 

Very nice to use

[trick worms]

Trick worm

[bassh8er]

But seriously, grab a Zoom Trickworm, Zoom Finesse worm, Yum Vibraking Tube, craw imitation of your choice and stick bait of your choice and you'll be good.

 

Don't go crazy on colors either.  Black and Green Pumpkin do 99% of my work.

[IndianaFinesse]

As far as specific baits, my favorites other than the baits you mentioned are: senkos either weightless sack rigged or weightless Texas rigged, pit boss Texas rigged, trick worms and finesse worms on every soft plastic rig that I can think of, and the yum crawbug on a light jig head.

[roadwarrior]

 

[Darren.]

In addition to the other comments, Austin, you might

want to give the Yamamoto Shad Shape Worm a try on

a drop shot.

 

http://www.baits.com/?p=228

 

I've found it incredibly effective in the more natural 

colors and laminates like green pumpkin/watermelon and

so on. Fishing it by bridge pylons is prime for drop shotting.

 

Good luck!

[scaleface]

11 hours ago, AustinHellickson said:

 

 

 

As a side topic i am fishing right next to a bridge, also their is a point near it. What should i be doing to catch more fish?

I have used many baits but nothing.

Should i be moving to another place of the lake to fish or should i stick their and have faith?

 

 

 

 

Thanks so much everyone!

Points are classic bass structure . Are you fishing from a boat or bank and is this a long extended point or a short stubby point ?Bridges are good too . I wouldnt worry to much about the best soft plastics your favorites will work fine . Tell us more about the point and the bridge . 

[CTBassin860]

Beaver style baits like the Havoc Pit Boss,Missle Baits DBomb,Gambler Ugly Otter.

[lo n slo]

t rig, 3/16 oz bullet 3.0 offset shank hook and a 5-7" worm will get the job done. my favorite colors are green pumpkin and june bug. dont forget the megastrike and spike-it. good luck man

[roadwarrior]

Another suggestion

 

 

[AustinHellickson]

5 hours ago, scaleface said:

Points are classic bass structure . Are you fishing from a boat or bank and is this a long extended point or a short stubby point ?Bridges are good too . I wouldnt worry to much about the best soft plastics your favorites will work fine . Tell us more about the point and the bridge . 

bank fishing, water is about 16ft deep, slight murkey

[scaleface]

11 minutes ago, AustinHellickson said:

bank fishing, water is about 16ft deep, slight murkey

Is there rip rap along the bridge ?

 

[AustinHellickson]

37 minutes ago, scaleface said:

Is there rip rap along the bridge ?

 

No, not anymore they are taking it out and putting something else in

6 hours ago, Darren. said:

In addition to the other comments, Austin, you might

want to give the Yamamoto Shad Shape Worm a try on

a drop shot.

 

http://www.baits.com/?p=228

 

I've found it incredibly effective in the more natural 

colors and laminates like green pumpkin/watermelon and

so on. Fishing it by bridge pylons is prime for drop shotting.

 

Good luck!

Never used a drop shot before... Work well?

[Darren.]

49 minutes ago, AustinHellickson said:

Never used a drop shot before... Work well?

 

Extremely well  

[blckshirt98]

Drop shot times a bazillion.  Nose hook anything 3.5-5" with a thin tail.

[primetime]

Finesse worms like the Trick worm, Flukes, and lizards along with Tubes are all baits I use in spring along with the one's you mentioned. I like using a tube behind a split shot in the spring. You can fish a Tube so many ways & it comes through cover easily. 

 

I am a huge fan of using a split shot rig almost as much as a traditional Texas rig especially early in the spring. 

[Bankbeater]

If it were me I wouldn't break the bank on plastics right off. I would buy some flukes and craws, get confident with them, and then go back to buy more.

If the bridge has pilings, I would drop a bait straight down next to the pilings. 

[FishingTheNorth]

On January 28, 2017 at 8:56 PM, IndianaFinesse said:

Almost every soft plastic has its time and place, the same goes for the different rigging methods.  Do a little research (the br articles are a good place to start) on which soft plastics and rigging methods are best for each set of conditions.  Right now the bass are on steep dropping shorelines near deep water, so if possible this is where you should be fishing during the winter.  Fish slow with either blade baits, small hair jigs, jerkbaits if the water is clear, or the Ned rig.

 

I couldn't agree more...