Super User Tennessee Boy Posted January 15, 2019 Super User Posted January 15, 2019 My top 3 personal best all on a 6 inch Zoom Lizzard in the Spring. So yeah I like um. 2 Quote
Super User Catt Posted January 15, 2019 Super User Posted January 15, 2019 During late pre-spawn & on into the spawn I like nose down tail up! I throw a 1/8 or 3/16 oz bullet weight pegged or a shaky head. To the bass it's gives the impression of something feeding around their nest... instant ticked off! Double Z lures float ? 5 Quote
Super User J Francho Posted January 15, 2019 Super User Posted January 15, 2019 January 15, 2019: @Catt admits to pegging, sometimes. Never forget! ? The shaky head lizard is a good presentation. So is a drop shot, but on beds as described in my article: https://www.bassresource.com/fishing/dropshot-bedding-bass.html 1 1 4 Quote
Super User Log Catcher Posted January 15, 2019 Super User Posted January 15, 2019 I haven't thrown a lizard in 2 or 3 years. I never had the luck with them other people have. The baby brush hog has been much better for me. I still have some packs of lizards around here somewhere but I don't know if they will ever be used. Quote
tander Posted January 15, 2019 Posted January 15, 2019 A 8" lizard in Junebug is the hot bait at Ross Barnett in the springtime. 2 1 Quote
Super User fishwizzard Posted January 15, 2019 Super User Posted January 15, 2019 I have replaced both 7” curly tail worms and bushhogs with 6” Zoom lizards. They are all about the same size and have close to enough action that I don’t feel the need to carry all three. This spring I am going to try larger weightless lizards in place of Trickworms and fished in the same emerging pads. I want a little more weight to make casting a bit easier. 1 Quote
BareHook Posted January 15, 2019 Posted January 15, 2019 Lizards... AKA "Baby Alligators" fished weightless on top Quote
Super User Spankey Posted January 15, 2019 Super User Posted January 15, 2019 I’m more into fishing lizards than picking up a creature type bait. Zoom in 4”, rarely a 6” version. Most of my plastics are on the finesse size. Light Texas rig or split shot them. My most productive colors are Watermelon candy and watermelon blue flash. I use to use a black w/dots that was very productive but can’t find it anymore. 1 Quote
Super User Columbia Craw Posted January 15, 2019 Super User Posted January 15, 2019 The only lizards I have now are the 5 inch skinny YUM Zellemanders with the twin tails and they are saved for light Carolina rigging when the smallmouth bite is slooooow. Brush Hogs Cristy Critters and the RI Man Bear Pig get the nod these days. Quote
Super User Catt Posted January 15, 2019 Super User Posted January 15, 2019 2 hours ago, J Francho said: January 15, 2019: @Catt admits to pegging, sometimes. Never forget That's two secrets revealed in one thread ? 3 Quote
Super User Mobasser Posted January 15, 2019 Author Super User Posted January 15, 2019 I think like any soft plastic, more versatile than we think. Texas rig, split shot, or shakey head. I've never used one weightless, or fishing over the top of weeds, but many fish them with success this way. Whatever it is, lizards work. Quote
Super User fishwizzard Posted January 15, 2019 Super User Posted January 15, 2019 I will say my favorite way to rig a 6” Zoom Lizard is on a 1/16-3/0 Slider Pro head. It has a nice “medium” fall rate, the hook is fine enough to give good hooksets with ML rods but is thick enough to use a MH rod and 12lb line in lite cover. The long shank of the jighead gives great plastic life and I can swim, drag, or hop it depending on what I am trying to do. The total package weighs in around 5/16oz and one of my favorite presentations for scouting a new spot. 4 Quote
lo n slo Posted January 15, 2019 Posted January 15, 2019 we have been catching fish with lizards for years, not only in the Spring either. they’ll hit em March thru December, 1’ down to 25’. we prefer the 5” Zoom lizards in green pumpkin (dipped in chartreuse Spike It) and june bug, texas rigged with a 3/16 bullet and 3.0 offset worm hook. why use the 5”? spotted bass, but we’ve caught some hefty largemouth on em too. i’ll order up to 30 bags at time. smh 3 Quote
Super User Mobasser Posted January 16, 2019 Author Super User Posted January 16, 2019 Well because of this thread, I'll be fishing lizards this season. And along with some other recent threads, bringing back the Beetle Spin, and the Culprit 7.5 in worm. Am I going backwards here? Nope. Going fishing with some killer bass baits! They all worked before, and I'm sure they'll work again. 5 Quote
deadadrift89 Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Buddy I worked with only and I mean only fished lizards for soft plastics he didn't have anything else. Me on other hand went thru a plastic addiction for years and have enough different plastic's to fill a truck. I like Zoom 8" magnum lizzards for bedding fish and only time I use them is during spawn 1 Quote
fin Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 19 hours ago, Mobasser said: Well because of this thread, I'll be fishing lizards this season. I was throwing a lizard yesterday because of this thread. I've always liked them, just never think about them much and was never 100% happy with my hook/weight combination, but I think I've come up with winner now. 2 Quote
RB 77 Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Always in the rotation. A classic plastic for sure. 2 Quote
Super User Paul Roberts Posted January 19, 2019 Super User Posted January 19, 2019 "Lizards" are one bait -despite their long-time popularity- that I don't own a single one of. I guess I just don't understand them. There are no lizards in the water, or even salamanders where I fish. I understand that imitation isn't at all necessary to get bass to bite. I just lump lizards in with "creature"-type baits: Bulky plastics that move water. That, apparently, is often enough to spell "food". Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted January 19, 2019 Super User Posted January 19, 2019 Give 'em a try, you might be surprised. Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted January 19, 2019 Super User Posted January 19, 2019 17 minutes ago, Paul Roberts said: "Lizards" are one bait -despite their long-time popularity- that I don't own a single one of. I guess I just don't understand them. There are no lizards in the water, or even salamanders where I fish. I understand that imitation isn't at all necessary to get bass to bite. I just lump lizards in with "creature"-type baits: Bulky plastics that move water. That, apparently, is often enough to spell "food". That's because in your mind the bass is like "Oh look! a yummy lizard" and that's not what's going on. I'm pretty sure there are no spinnerbaits or A-rigs swimming around in your lake either... Quote
Super User Paul Roberts Posted January 19, 2019 Super User Posted January 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, reason said: That's because in your mind the bass is like "Oh look! a yummy lizard" and that's not what's going on. I'm pretty sure there are no spinnerbaits or A-rigs swimming around in your lake either... Yeah, that's... pretty much what I said. But I don't agree at that spinnerbaits and A-Rigs are seen as "spinnerbaits and "A-Rigs" to bass. They can spell "baitfish" pretty well, at times. Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted January 19, 2019 Super User Posted January 19, 2019 1 minute ago, Paul Roberts said: Yeah, that's... pretty much what I said. But I don't agree at that spinnerbaits and A-Rigs are seen as "spinnerbaits and "A-Rigs" to bass. They can spell "baitfish" pretty well, at times. I'm pretty sure you can put a lizard on a spinnerbait as a trailer or pull a school of them on an A-rig and catch fish. As a matter of fact I used them as cod teasers one time and they worked as well as the grubs normally used. Fish don't reason. Quote
fin Posted January 19, 2019 Posted January 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Paul Roberts said: "Lizards" are one bait -despite their long-time popularity- that I don't own a single one of. I guess I just don't understand them. There are no lizards in the water, or even salamanders where I fish. I understand that imitation isn't at all necessary to get bass to bite. I just lump lizards in with "creature"-type baits: Bulky plastics that move water. That, apparently, is often enough to spell "food". Yeah, most lures, if simply dropped on the bottom, would never be bitten. It's all about the motion, and lizards have a lot of parts that wiggle. I actually caught a small bass on a lizard yesterday. Quote
Super User WRB Posted January 19, 2019 Super User Posted January 19, 2019 Water dogs (Tiger salamders) are illegal to use in California the past decade or so, phenomial bass live bait. I caught a 11 bass at Havasu, Roads End Camp, back in '55. The store owner gave me the water dog, don't think he thought I would fish it off his dock. We weighed the big bass on the stores scale and released it, then he was happy! That bass may still be a lake record. Plastic lizards were the 1st soft plastic creature baits, still work. Tom 1 Quote
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