Hook2Jaw Posted May 31, 2019 Posted May 31, 2019 12 hours ago, J.Vincent said: ask in a month and I’m certain the Berkley Choppo and Lucky Craft Sammy will be added to this list ! That Choppo gets bit. I've caught quite a few bass and lost a good redfish on the smaller one. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted May 31, 2019 Super User Posted May 31, 2019 On 5/30/2019 at 9:26 AM, Hook2Jaw said: Haha, I see that red hook in the center in an attempt to draw the fish! Good stuff. Do those baits suspend horizontal? My cheapie H2O Jerks have more of a nose up orientation, and I do not like it. Or should I? Can't say I believe that actually matters much. That IMO is a marketing deal. Fish don't care and so neither do I. I 'prefer' most all my jerkbaits to sink slowly and usually with a nose down posture. What they do out of the pack is usually inconsequential, because after a few A-Jay tweaks, they all eventually do what I want in the end; which is fill the Frabil. A-Jay 2 Quote
Super User NYWayfarer Posted May 31, 2019 Super User Posted May 31, 2019 4 hours ago, basskiller_man said: *FISHES ARE LOVIN IT* not IKA, it's cthulhu. I received this as an Instagram event. I am a nerd in my soul. I would buy this bait for the name alone. Interesting concept a "bleeding" smelly bait. Quote
Hook2Jaw Posted May 31, 2019 Posted May 31, 2019 4 hours ago, A-Jay said: Can't say I believe that actually matters much. That IMO is a marketing deal. Fish don't care and so neither do I. I 'prefer' most all my jerkbaits to sink slowly and usually with a nose down posture. What they do out of the pack is usually inconsequential, because after a few A-Jay tweaks, they all eventually do what I want in the end; which is fill the Frabil. A-Jay I think I just need to try upsizing my front hook to get a more horizontal presentation at rest before I give up on my 6 dollar specials. 2 Quote
papajoe222 Posted June 1, 2019 Posted June 1, 2019 Hands down, a 4in. paddle tail swim bait on a 1/4oz jig. Started producing just after ice out and didn't stop until the bass got on the beds this week. 1 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted June 1, 2019 Super User Posted June 1, 2019 With all the rain weve had creating high muddy water , I made two more spinnerbaits . The main willow on one is chartreuse and the other red . Back when I first started bass fishing in the 70's , the guys in the little club I joined loved to throw a white spinnerbait with red blades . I'm going to go old school and try the white/red combo next time . Quote
Super User MIbassyaker Posted June 1, 2019 Super User Posted June 1, 2019 Jerkbait: LC Slender Pointer (Ghost Sunfish) and KVD 200 (Bream) Bladed Jig: Jackhammer (bluegill) and Siebert Fogy (Green Pumpkin/Purple) with GYCB Zako and SK Blade minnow trailers Spinnerbait: 3/8oz Pepper double willow (gold/Bluegill) and 1/4oz War eagle Double Indiana (Copper/chartreuse) Paddletail Swimbait: 4" Keitech Swing impact (silver flash) + 1/8oz owner brush head, and 4" SK rage swimmer (Green Pumpkin)+ 1/8oz Mustad power lock hook Worms: Zoom Trick worm (Green Pumpkin/Green flake) + 1/8oz owner finesse ball head, and Strike King Ocho (Candy Craw) + owner weedless wacky #1 hook. Quote
Super User MIbassyaker Posted June 1, 2019 Super User Posted June 1, 2019 On 5/31/2019 at 4:14 AM, basskiller_man said: *FISHES ARE LOVIN IT* not IKA, it's cthulhu. I received this as an Instagram event. On 5/31/2019 at 8:27 AM, NYWayfarer said: I would buy this bait for the name alone. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! 1 1 Quote
Westcoast Posted June 1, 2019 Posted June 1, 2019 Started out the year with great success on a finesse jig, either a bitsy or a siebert. Then when the grass started to grow it’s been a great fluke bite with a t-rig creature as a close second. This warm weather now should get the frog bite turned on though! Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 2, 2019 Global Moderator Posted June 2, 2019 It's been an extremely mixed bag for me this season, probably largely due to the crazy weather. About the only bait I've had tied on since and has been productive January until now has been a Duo Realis Rozante 77. Quote
AlTheFisherman313 Posted June 2, 2019 Author Posted June 2, 2019 I’m liking this so far. I feel like this thread should have been started a while back. Due to heavy rains I have been fishing loud dark spinnerbaits this week, as well in the morning when the water is calm and not raining a 70 series whopper plopper in white crushed it for me the other day. 5 bass in about 45 minutes all on the plopper. If you haven’t seen the 70 whopper plopper it’s a great size and the tail is more similar to the 110 or 130 massive tail action out of the little whopper lol. 1 Quote
Super User bowhunter63 Posted June 3, 2019 Super User Posted June 3, 2019 Finally got out today high dirty water. Swim jig with a menace trailer bluegill colored. Think it helped the jig had rattle. Felt great putting the steel to some smallmouth. Quote
Manly Studson Posted June 3, 2019 Posted June 3, 2019 Quantity of LMB: a wacky rigged Senko. Largest LMB: a Bitsy Bug jig with a Z-Man TRD craw trailer. Largest smallmouth bass: a Rebel Teeny Wee craw (go figure!). 2 Quote
txchaser Posted June 3, 2019 Posted June 3, 2019 After today it's a tie between a buzzbait (it was ON today) and a magnum super fluke (strike king or zoom, both in baby bass). Quote
Super User Koz Posted June 3, 2019 Super User Posted June 3, 2019 With bank fishing here in my part of the south what works in one part of the season rarely carries through the rest of the year. Late winter (Jan-Feb): Jerkbaits and Beetle Spin Early Spring: White or chartreuse/white spinnerbaits with Keitech Swing Impact trailer. Mid-Spring: Bluegill colored chatterbait with Havoc Pit Boss trailer in Perfection color or white chatterbait with white paddletail trailer But right now my Strike King Banshee Buzzbait in Sexy Shad is just killing it almost every day. I can't even count how many fish I've landed with it lately. But it's completely beat up, bent everywhere, and most of the paint is missing but still landed four in about 45 minutes tonight. I might have to retire this one in the next week and buy an identical replacement. Here's hoping it has the same squeak as my current one! If the buzzbait isn't working then this time of year either a weighted or unweighted T-rigged Senko is next on my list. If that fails I'll just wacky rig it and give that a try. Quote
AlTheFisherman313 Posted June 3, 2019 Author Posted June 3, 2019 On 5/31/2019 at 7:31 AM, Hook2Jaw said: That Choppo gets bit. I've caught quite a few bass and lost a good redfish on the smaller one. I am very interested in the Choppo, looks like a affordable whopper plopper lol. If you guys are crushing it on these I may have to grab some. No one wants to loose a $25.00 whopper plopper, but those choppos are half the price lol I could live with loosing that. Quote
Hook2Jaw Posted June 3, 2019 Posted June 3, 2019 4 hours ago, AlTheFisherman313 said: I am very interested in the Choppo, looks like a affordable whopper plopper lol. If you guys are crushing it on these I may have to grab some. No one wants to loose a $25.00 whopper plopper, but those choppos are half the price lol I could live with loosing that. I have never thrown a Whopper Plopper, but as I said, I have thrown the Choppo and so far caught three or four in the middle of the day on it. I'm excited to see what it can do early in the morning. I don't think you'll regret it. Quote
Nolan Hunter Posted June 3, 2019 Posted June 3, 2019 My go to is flipping a black and blue jig. Weight varies from 3/8-3/4oz. Brand doesn’t matter to me. I will used all different trailers. But if I have a jig on I am confident I will find them. Quote
Super User king fisher Posted June 5, 2019 Super User Posted June 5, 2019 I fished almost every day for the last two weeks in Eastern WA. Caught fish on everything in my box. Best producers were. Lakes Spinner bait ( single Colorado, and War Eagle finesse) Black or Bluegill ( most fish) DT 10 any color with some red in it. Hula grub green pumpkin, or purple rattle trap orange (biggest large mouth 5-6 pounds Rebel minnow. Rainbow trout. ( biggest small mouth 4- 5 pound) 5 inch Senko color of purple Rivers #3 Vibrax any color ( largest small mouth 4 pounds) Hula grub green pumpkin ( largest rainbow trout 24 inches) Here in Mexico Any soft plastic, Texas rigged 1/4 ounce weight. Norman little N crankbait. Quote
AlTheFisherman313 Posted June 10, 2019 Author Posted June 10, 2019 On 6/3/2019 at 7:51 AM, Hook2Jaw said: I have never thrown a Whopper Plopper, but as I said, I have thrown the Choppo and so far caught three or four in the middle of the day on it. I'm excited to see what it can do early in the morning. I don't think you'll regret it. So I own both whopper ploppers and now 2 colors of choppos, and IMO the plopper isnt worth the extra money. I threw just the ghost choppo, its tail is larger like a 110 whopper, but on the 90 body, and caught 4 fish on 6 casts and one was because I had to thumb my line early because it cast so frickin far I almost hit the bridge I was tossing it under haha! So as for the update, on friday caught 4 on the choppo as the sun was going down ghost color, and than before that 6 in about 2 hours prior to sun down with a J-7 Silver jointed rapala. For some reason if your burn one of those things by the bass in my area im not sure if im getting reaction strikes or they look like the baitfish, but they crush that lure. Went Walleye fishing Saturday and hit limits and this is a bass forum! Quote
snake95 Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 Stars so far: 1) Neko rigged TRD and big TRD. (Prespawn in staging areas). VMC 1 and 2 Neko hooks. Zman Neko heads. Chicken rigged. 2) Kietch swing impact fats in the smaller sizes (2.8 and 3.8) on a jighead. Post spawn, dragged slowly. Quote
Armtx77 Posted June 11, 2019 Posted June 11, 2019 A black and blue flake 5" Senko, with a 4/0 offset EWG. Behind that, has been YUM Baby crawbug, in black and blue hooked with a 2/0 offset EWG. I usually have a 1/16oz bullet weight in them too. I have seen the T-rig as my seasonal, go to rig. I think I should learn the Red Rig though. Apparently, Im the only knuckle dragger not keen to it yet. Quote
AlTheFisherman313 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Posted June 11, 2019 4 hours ago, Armtx77 said: A black and blue flake 5" Senko, with a 4/0 offset EWG. Behind that, has been YUM Baby crawbug, in black and blue hooked with a 2/0 offset EWG. I usually have a 1/16oz bullet weight in them too. I have seen the T-rig as my seasonal, go to rig. I think I should learn the Red Rig though. Apparently, Im the only knuckle dragger not keen to it yet. Texas rig is really one of the most important bass presentations. I don’t ice fish, but that’s a season long producer for a slow bite. I actually tried shaky heads for the first time this season and I really really like them. The jig head really adds a nice wobbly fall and you could give it to someone whose new to t-rigs or bouncing worms and they will get bites. I basically just hop it around until a bass strikes. I love all aspects of bass fishing, but if I could choose my ideal fishing trip top water lures would be the only requirement. I do not know what it is with me and topwater fishing, but IMO it’s the most exhilarating way to fish. I love the strikes doesn’t matter if it’s violent or they just make my bait disappear, hands down my favorite way to fish. 1 Quote
Hillbilly Bennett Posted July 16, 2019 Posted July 16, 2019 On 5/30/2019 at 10:07 AM, BassNJake said: For me it's been the Keitech Crazy Flapper and the Shower Blows Shorty Two of my all time favorites right there! 1 Quote
Jweller Posted July 16, 2019 Posted July 16, 2019 1. Z-Man Custom Chatterbait/Rage Tail Menace trailer 2. Zoom Trick Worm on a shaky head Quote
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