Most successful pattern this summer?

[bagofdonuts]

zoom ol monster. candy bug & green pumpkin magic, 1/4 oz tungsten. straight shank 5/0 flippin hook.

fished on sand bar drops near main river channel. btw it's the same every summer.

[scaleface]

10 minutes ago, bagofdonuts said:

zoom ol monster. candy bug & green pumpkin magic, 1/4 oz tungsten. straight shank 5/0 flippin hook.

fished on sand bar drops near main river channel. btw it's the same every summer.

Question   . Do you ever do this on the downstream side of islands ?

[Scarborough817]

definitely a frog i think i caught more fish on a frog this year than in my entire life and it was all because i didn't wait to set the hook 

[BassNJake]

From about March until a couple of weeks ago it was a Keitech Noisy Flapper on top

I'd follow missed strikes with a weightless senko

Or making a second pass of the area pitching/flipping/jerking a bottom weighted senko

 

Last couple of weeks as the water in my lake is being dropped, I've had to abandon the shoreline and fish deeper points and break lines with a crankbait, jig and a shakey head.

 

I'm drooling at the thought of following the fish as they migrate towards the backs of the creek channels

This is usually my best topwater action for the year

[SummertimeCarl]

I think "productive" is an extreme word really but texas rigged 10" ribbon-tail worms flipped into grass edges.  

[sully420]

3/4oz slither rig with a boss jigs bluegill skirt and a strike king menace.

Flipping heavy cover

[riverbasser]

1-4 oz shakyhead with black zoom trick worm

 

 

anybody notice a pattern with this thread?

 

 

 

 

 

(fish worms in the summer)

[Catt]

I've been asked since I've firmly established #1 what's my #2 pattern 

[ohboyitsrobby]

During the day a sk 4" finesse worm( candy craw )on a drop shot with a 3/16 weight on humps. At night a cranberry colored yum 10.5" ribbontail with a 5/16 weight fished around docks and brush and sometimes randomly in the water while picking a backlash lol

[crypt]

gambler 7 inch ribbon tail, texas rigged.weight depended on conditions,3/0 hook. best producer this summer,hands down.

[38 Super Fan]

Buzzbait by a pretty wide margin. Which has been great because I love to throw buzzbaits.

[scaleface]

3 hours ago, riverbasser said:

fish worms in the summer

I'm surprised that with all the soft plastic choices the old plastic worm smoked em all , combined . 

[MichaelCopeland]

Didn't exactly catch a gang of bass during any outing or all of my outings put together for that matter. Didn't do super bad either. When I did start catching on regular outings, I'd have to say that a Zoom 10.5" Ol' Monster junebug red or red bug color on a 6'6" MF Lew's Carbon Speed Stick IM7 6.2:1 SSG300 Lew's Speed Spin reel with 50lb Power Pro Spectra braid and 5/O H2O Express heavy wire EWG offset hooks, Z-Man original chatter baits 3/8oz white or black and blue with Reaction Innovations sprayed grass sweet beavers or Zoom bait fish Salty Super Flukes as trailers and Z-Man Project Z chatter bait 1/2oz breaking bream with SK Rage Tail Structure Bugs watermelon red flake as trailer on a 6'10" MHF Lew's American Hero Speed Stick IM6 7.1:1 Lew's American Hero Laser AH1SHG Speed Spool reel with 40lb Sufix 832 with Gore performance braid. Here lately those have slowed big time. Now I'm searching for a new and hopefully even better pattern.

6 hours ago, scaleface said:

I'm surprised that with all the soft plastic choices the old plastic worm smoked em all , combined . 

You're right about that. Most of the time, not quite all the time pretty close though, a plastic worm of any kind just about will at least get you bit if not hauling in a few. That suites me just fine too...lol. ?

[N Florida Mike]

On 9/28/2017 at 8:29 PM, Dtrombly said:

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 

Got my biggest this summer on the jr. booyah ( 7.3 ) Only caught 3-4 fish on it though. Just didnt seem to want it much this summer.

[JustJames]

I'm always on shallow all year round no matter bank fishing kayak or boat, so the most productive for me is soft plastic jerkbait. 

[bagofdonuts]

On 9/29/2017 at 8:40 AM, scaleface said:

Question   . Do you ever do this on the downstream side of islands ?

All the time.

[RHuff]

Boyd Duckett Topwater while Walking the Dog. I've caught dozens of bass in the 2-3lb range which is big for around here. Also nearly caught my biggest bass of the year (a solid 6-8lbs) that broke my line off right at the boat. 

[lbriggs]

Dropshot roboworm in bold bluegill.

[GreenGhostMan]

I had two that were just about even.

 

1a)  Weightless senko  (I know a lot of you probably think this is lame, but I just started fishing last year and when I'm not getting bites, I default back to this.)

2a)  Texas rigged SK structure bug in green pumpkin

[Primus]

Most of my 5 plus Bass came on topwater baits of some kind. The 3 top producers were a 7" MS Slammer, Matt lures Floating Hard Gill and Whopper Ploppers which accounted for most of my bigger fish .

[Bankbeater]

A majority of the bass I have caught this year have been around vegetation or lily pads. There has been no single bait that has out performed the others.  I just keep casting until I find what the bass want.

[Burtonxj]

White Ice Super Flukes. Had a lot of fun fishing them various ways.

[thinkingredneck]

Zoom trick worm in Candy Bug weightless to 1/4oz weight.  Braid with fluro hybrid leader on BC reel and MH rod.  Slow, aroung pads and other thick stuff.  Some days Junebug was better.

[Attila]

Rapala Shadow Rap and Shadow Rap Shads in yellow perch pattern for smallmouth along shallow weed edges on rock flats in about 5-6' of water. Spro Bronzeye 65 in midnight walker pattern for largemouth related to shallow docks, lily pads, and stumps.

[GeekOutdoors]

On 9/29/2017 at 8:51 AM, Frisbie385 said:

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

I am looking to try their new 3.5" fatty tubes