Wiggle warts in the summer?

[burrows]

I have a few wiggle warts and rock crawlers that I throw in the colder months or the winter I tried maybe once or twice in the summer but had no luck do any of you catch fish or use these wiggle warts style baits in the summer?

 

[Log Catcher]

I throw crankbaits in the summer. I usually start with a crankbait unless something about the conditions tell me that won't work. The depth determines which one I use. Unlike what all the pros tell you I don't like it to digging into the bottom. 

[burrows]

5 hours ago, Log Catcher said:

I throw crankbaits in the summer. I usually start with a crankbait unless something about the conditions tell me that won't work. The depth determines which one I use. Unlike what all the pros tell you I don't like it to digging into the bottom. 

I throw crankbaits a bunch also but I don’t use the wiggle wart style baits in the summer I just always thought of them as cold water baits? 

[evilcatfish]

If you fish for smallies in rivers then a wart will produce all summer long, at least in my experience that is

[WRB]

I tend to fish medium & deep running crankbaits during the summer in late afternoon to dusk.

Tom

PS, Major Craft Zoner Hunter is my go to medium (Wart) diver today.

[scaleface]

Yes , Wiggle Warts work in the summer .

[burrows]

Everything I’ve ever read or seen on YouTube has pretty much said these are mainly cold water water baits but I did throw them down the shore line of a rocky dam a few summers ago and had no luck so I figured these baits are just better in cold water so I just don’t throw them in the summer?

[fishballer06]

If the water is soft, the wiggle wart is in play. 

[greentrout]

Bass can be found in shallow water in the summer. George Cochran made a million doing so...Not a wiggle wart but close and caught me a few all in the hot hot summer in shallow water...Mann's Minus 1

 

[burrows]

12 minutes ago, greentrout said:

Bass can be found in shallow water in the summer. George Cochran made a million doing so...Not a wiggle wart but close and caught me a few all in the hot hot summer in shallow water...Mann's Minus 1

 

I agree one of my favorite 

[fishballer06]

Don't be telling everyone about the most effective shallow water crankbait ever, please? I need to win some money in these local tournaments somehow.

[rangerjockey]

I put the wart away once the water gets to be 60 degrees or so. There seems to be a time where they will get off the wart and on a deeper bulkier bait like a deep little N ,but it doesn't last long.

Post spawn, I either throw a squarebill if I can get them up shallow or a 5 or 6XD , DD22 ect. usually around mid June.

That's not to say they wouldn't chase a wart or RK but I think there are better options.

[burrows]

Yeah no doubt I was just curious if anyone used them in the summer.

 

[papajoe222]

They can produce almost anytime. I'll tie one on if I'm looking to show 'em something different. Kind of like a blade bait, they're not just for cold water. 

[J Francho]

Growing up, summertime was the only time I threw them, mainly because bass season didn't open until the 3rd Saturday in June.  What gave you the idea they were a cold water bait?

[burrows]

6 hours ago, J Francho said:

Growing up, summertime was the only time I threw them, mainly because bass season didn't open until the 3rd Saturday in June.  What gave you the idea they were a cold water bait?

The internet? you tube videos? I don’t know?

[J Francho]

Things people talk about to hear themselves.  Warts work, so long as the water is wet.