If you could only have 3 baits for year round bass fishing what would they be??

[MickD]

Watermelon green tube, Ned rig, 4.5 inch paddle tail swim bait on a 3/16 oz darter head jig.

[Pkfish49]

I was lurking and found a thread I could participate in:

 

1 - 5 Inch Green Senko

2 - #5 Meeps Spinnerbait

3 - Cotton Cordell Wally Diver 

 

[J.Vincent]

1) The Banjo Minnow

2) Chuck Wollery's Moto Lure

3) The Budweiser Beer Can Crankbait 

 

or just a simple 1/2 oz Spinnerbait and Texas Rigged Tube 

 

 

[Raul]

2 hours ago, soflabasser said:

1. Topwater

2. Topwater

3. Topwater

 

Ok, we can see you like topwaters, the question is ..... which topwaters ? I like the Jitterbug.

 

I find these “ if you COULD HAVE” threads disconcerting, why ? “If you could”, dang kido, like if I’m not in the position that I have only one bait, I’ve got thousands ! The proper way to ask is: “if you are forced to”

 

So, if I’m forced to choose, out of the thousands baits I own, only three which ones would I pick :

 

1 1/2 lipless crank

2 3/8 oz single Tennessee blade spinnerbait

3 I might hate them but I recognize that they are extra productive, 4” stickbait ( “senko” )

[Bassun]

White Grub
Natural Colored Medium Diving Crank
Black and Blue Jig

 

Kind of plain, but covers what I would need if there were only 3.

[fishwizzard]

10 hours ago, J Francho said:

Yer so 2012.  We're Carolina rigging inline spinners up here.  That's where it's at!

 

When does spring start?

 If the lure body was made of cork or some kind of floating plastic I bet I could clear a pond of stocker trout in a single afternoon with a presentation like that.  

[Happybeerbuzz]

Senkos, Keitech Swing Impact FAT, Gunfish.

[wisconsin heat]

11 hours ago, riverbasser said:

didn't want to divulge this but take the blades off a spinnerbait and run tandem shad raps instead. crazy action!

I do this too, but replace the front treble hooks with more spinnerbaits.

[Bluebasser86]

Jig

Ned rig

bladed jig

 

But I'd probably quit fishing if I could only use 3 kinds of baits. 

[Mike L]

Spook

Fat Max ribbon tail

Rage Bug

 

 

 

Mike

[soflabasser]

9 hours ago, Raul said:

Ok, we can see you like topwaters, the question is ..... which topwaters ? I like the Jitterbug.

 

I find these “ if you COULD HAVE” threads disconcerting, why ? “If you could”, dang kido, like if I’m not in the position that I have only one bait, I’ve got thousands ! The proper way to ask is: “if you are forced to”

 

So, if I’m forced to choose, out of the thousands baits I own, only three which ones would I pick :

 

1 1/2 lipless crank

2 3/8 oz single Tennessee blade spinnerbait

3 I might hate them but I recognize that they are extra productive, 4” stickbait ( “senko” )

Good selection of lures, especially the lipless crankbait which is a very good multi species lure. The jitterbug is a very good topwater lure, especially at night. Yes I like fishing with topwaters to say the least and its the type of lure I have the most confidence in. I am also confident in using swimbaits,spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, crankbaits( both lipped and lipless), soft plastics, jigs, basically most general types of lures for bass. Maybe that is what's more important in bass fishing, having confidence in the lure you are using, that to me is much more important than what lure someone uses, since what works for me might not work for you and vice versa. Besides I would quickly get bored of chasing little green fish that barely weigh 10 pounds in most places if I could only fish with 3 lures for the rest of my life. Variety is the spice of life and I enjoy tricking bass to bite whatever lure I feel using on a particular day.

[Seth_7]

Hmm great answers yall

but,

1 5" senko green pumpkin

2 1/2 Lipless Crankbait in any crawfish pattern

3 Frog- booyah pad crasher cut skirt (:e

[J Francho]

8 hours ago, fishwizzard said:

 If the lure body was made of cork or some kind of floating plastic I bet I could clear a pond of stocker trout in a single afternoon with a presentation like that.  

What are these "stocker trout" you speak of?

 

[fishwizzard]

31 minutes ago, J Francho said:

What are these "stocker trout" you speak of?

 

We have this thing called “summer” down here and the poor little trouts self-poach in the streams and ponds, so we have to add more every winter. 

 

It would save a lot of trouble all around if the state would just set up little food trucks along the bank and sell us smoked trout on a stick. 

[ratherbfishin1]

11 hours ago, Andrew Wolf said:

I can't tell if this is a joke or it's something ppl actually do that can catch fish?.... ?

He's totally joking  But I kinda want to try it

[Andrew Wolf]

2 hours ago, ratherbfishin1 said:

He's totally joking  But I kinda want to try it

Same...  

[LonnieP]

Power worm

Ratl-trap 

Vision 110 

[Tizi]

Single Colorado blade white spinnerbait

Texas rigged Senko

Jig with a trailer

[wisconsin heat]

18 hours ago, Andrew Wolf said:

I can't tell if this is a joke or it's something ppl actually do that can catch fish?.... ?

For the record. I wasn't Joking. @riverbasser knows what I'm talking about.

 

[Brad in Texas]

1. Drop shot rigged with a Rebarb hook and a T-Rigged Roboworm or with a wacky presentation using an Owner hook;

2. A 3/0 60 degree bend hook with an Owner CPS (medium size) rigged with a 4 or 5" Keitech Swimbait, either a Shad Impact or Easy Shiner;

3. SPRO topwater frog.

[Bankbeater]

Jig and craw

Bladed Jig

1/2 oz lipless crankbait

[Andrew Wolf]

3 hours ago, wisconsin heat said:

For the record. I wasn't Joking. @riverbasser knows what I'm talking about.

 

Jeez.... ?

[BigAngus752]

Texas-rigged creature bait

Lipless crank

Zara Spook

(If I'm being honest these three are going to catch the most fish for me year round, but I would desperately want a 4th pick because I love tandem spinners.  They just aren't as adaptive as the lipless crank).  

[Andrew Wolf]

On 4/4/2018 at 10:18 PM, Bassun said:

White Grub
Natural Colored Medium Diving Crank
Black and Blue Jig

 

Kind of plain, but covers what I would need if there were only 3.

I've been actually using the 3" White Grub by Yum and it's Awesome! Really Good for muti-species too ?