Most successful pattern this summer?

[Puggz]

Now that summer is over, what was you single most successful pattern.. Not interested in all the patterns that worked well, just what was your biggest producer??

 

Mine was the 3.8" Kaitech FAT Swing Impact in smallmouth magic on a Trokar Magnum Weighted Swimbait Hook fished exclusively on a DC 734C/Met HG/Sniper FC 14#.

 

 

 

 

[Mike L]

7" Fat Max ribbon tail worm 

Loomis MBR 843C GLX /Chronarch 100SF spooled with 14# Sniper

[N Florida Mike]

Almost exclusively ribbon tail worms- all sizes. Went back to fishing like I did in the 80s and it paid off.

[Russ E]

1/4 ounce Bagley Shakyhead with a 6 inch Zoom trick worm

[Dtrombly]

Booyah Poppin Pad Crasher. I fished almost exclusively in the evening this summer, so I was throwing frogs alot more than anything else. Best fish this summer was 6 1/2 

[DINK WHISPERER]

Knowing when to give up on the shallow cover and move out to deeper drop offs. Carolina rig with a 10" ribbon tail worm in junebug color. Phenix recon elite 796 with 65lb braid and a 20lb fluorocarbon leader. Garmin 9" SideVu and Lowrance hook 9 help a lot as well. 

[RB 77]

2 minutes ago, DINK WHISPERER said:

Knowing when to give up on the shallow cover and move out to deeper drop offs. Carolina rig with a 10" ribbon tail worm in junebug color. Phenix recon elite 796 with 65lb braid and a 20lb fluorocarbon leader. Garmin 9" SideVu and Lowrance hook 9 help a lot as well. 

Similar, but different... Knowing when to give up on shallow topwater and start fly-lining soft plastic jerk baits. That pattern was deadly for me early on and continued to produce deep into the summer.

[bchase44]

1 hour ago, RB 77 said:

Similar, but different... Knowing when to give up on shallow topwater and start fly-lining soft plastic jerk baits. That pattern was deadly for me early on and continued to produce deep into the summer.

What do you mean by "fly-lining" ?

 

[RB 77]

 

11 minutes ago, bchase44 said:

What do you mean by "fly-lining" ?

 

"Fly-lining" is usually a term where an angler present a live bait with little to no weight. In the case I was referring to it's a Texas rigged plastic without the bullet weight.

[bchase44]

ok never heard that term, thank you!

[RB 77]

2 minutes ago, bchase44 said:

ok never heard that term, thank you!

No problem. Glad to help. If haven't already, try it with a "fluke" or a "Senko". At times the results can be spectacular!

[scaleface]

 I was on a shallow bite all summer .Fishing   visible shoreline cover with 8 inch worms and buzzbaits was my best pattern . 

[MIbassyaker]

Weightless texas-rigged stick worm cast to visible cover. 

 

I know, I know...conventional and boring. What can i say? It works.

[RB 77]

9 minutes ago, MIbassyaker said:

Weightless texas-rigged stick worm cast to visible cover. 

 

I know, I know...conventional and boring. What can i say? It works.

 

Yup. It works and works well. Basically the same pattern I was fishing, except I substituted a soft plastic jerk bait for the soft plastic stik bait.

[Bluebasser86]

It's been a consistently inconsistent year for me. Several baits have had their moments. Only one that really has been pretty stable is my trusty homemade bladed jigs. 

[CroakHunter]

Strike King Magnum Rage Bug pitched to stick ups outside of the weed edge. 

[smalljaw67]

Finesse jigs for me. We had a lot of rain this year and I thought it would make for better fishing with the water being murkier but everything got muddy and there really was no solid bite. The best pattern that I had that was even close to consistent was to fish light 3/16oz and 1/4oz finesse style jigs to isolated cover. I guess I can say there really wasn't a consistent pattern that was present throughout the summer.

[Spankey]

Split shot, drop shot and T-rig Roboworms. But others as well. 

[nighthawk25]

8 hours ago, MIbassyaker said:

Weightless texas-rigged stick worm cast to visible cover. 

 

I know, I know...conventional and boring. What can i say? It works.

 

By far my biggest producer, but also a bigger percentage of my time on the water was dedicated to this technique. A week or two ago I caught a 19" walleye in 2-3 ft in some pads on a 5" senko. That freaked me out.

[Catt]

Did we not just play this  ?

 

Zoom Trick Worm watermelon neon with the tail dipped in Spike It Dip-N-Glo Chartreuse Garlic.

 

2/0 straight shank round bend hook & a 1/8 tungsten bullet weight.

 

Pitched to openings in grass & lily pads 

[Frisbie385]

Northland Tackle Fatty Tube, blk/blu color, texas rigged with a 1/4 oz tungsten bullet weight.

[Megastink]

1.5oz tungsten 

4/0 Hack Attack Flipping hook

Strike King Rage Menace

just a little bit of chartreuse JJ's

7'7" H White Ice

65lb Hi Seas Braid

8.0:1 Lews Super Duty

 

punchrd through heavy cheese mats (which I've never done before) wherever I could find them. It turned a local lake that notoriously stubborn into a big bass factory every trip this year. It worked in multiple lakes. This is now my grass mat go-to.

[IndianaFinesse]

1/8 ounce shaky head with a 4" finesse worm.  60% of the time fished offshore in 8-18 feet of water, and 40% up shallow on main lake points.  1/16 oz. mushroom head on half of a zinkerz or finesse wormz and a 3/16 ounce buzzbait get a close second.

[fishballer06]

The Neko rig...

[jtipton91]

Toss up between cavitron buzzbait (color of choice for the day) and bandit 200 through rip rap and laydowns.