So far this season what has been everyone’s most productive lures?

[Bankbeater]

Ever since the weather got hot the bass have been going after t-rigged craws or plastic worms either weightless or on a split shot rig. 

[NHBull]

Never thought I would be saying this....

Early season, Jerks only

Since post spawn the Neco and Ned has put the biggest fish in the boat

[Brett's_daddy]

my wallet! it's attracted MANY lures, rods and reels so far this season but it's looking pretty banged up now...time for a new one .

[AlTheFisherman313]

14 hours ago, Brett's_daddy said:

my wallet! it's attracted MANY lures, rods and reels so far this season but it's looking pretty banged up now...time for a new one .

I have spent 150-200 dollars on whopper ploppers alone, I am the fishing companies dream ?everytime I stop to look at lures or pass the gander outdoors near by i all of a sudden find my hands full of lures. I’m buying lures when I have lures that I haven’t even thrown yet. I think I have an issue haha. I buy colors of lures I already have that work, because I always think one day I’m gonna need it. I bet most of the guys on here have that problem?

 

Also, oddly enough this season I have had to not dig deep into the tackle box. I usually fish early or late and always start with the best part of the water, top and somehow smack a bunch and than call it a day ? I have an unreal amount of topwater catches this season. Way more than ever. 

 

Like if I have to move past spinners and cranks and start popping worms I’m either not on the fish or they aren’t hitting that day, I have only had to resort to softs 3,4 times this season of maybe 35-40 trips! Strangest fishing season I have had, although who can complain about heavy topwater action and obviously my time of day has a huge influence. 

[Chris at Tech]

I've spent this season fishing a new to me lake that is a bit different than the others I've fished.  My success has come on football head jigs, swing head jigs, carolina rigs and texas rigged paddle-tail worms.  It's odd -- normally I always get a few on topwaters but at this like, I'm going 90%+ of my damage fishing offshore structure once the sun is up.

[AlTheFisherman313]

19 hours ago, Chris at Tech said:

I've spent this season fishing a new to me lake that is a bit different than the others I've fished.  My success has come on football head jigs, swing head jigs, carolina rigs and texas rigged paddle-tail worms.  It's odd -- normally I always get a few on topwaters but at this like, I'm going 90%+ of my damage fishing offshore structure once the sun is up.

We had close to flood level rains, I think it increased the area of shallow water for the entire season from all the spring rain. Plus, we have had a lot of days with some cloud cover I’m not sure if that’s a contributing factor, more of an observation of my area. 

[Sphynx]

6th Sense Divine Hybrid Jig in the peanut butter and smoke color paired with a Netbait Paca Chunk trailer in the bronze color, second best producer for me has been a Ned Rig, doubt that's shocking anyone though.

[reelfast]

KVD 1.5 for reaction bite.

 

Havoc pit boss has been a great soft plastic search bait for me. 

 

Spinnerbait by docks. 

 

Senko or ribbontail when the bite is slow. 

 

 

[Gorris317]

T-rigged Zoom Z craw in watermelon color.

[Arobb2012]

Bps bomb craw and a rage menace grub.

[AlTheFisherman313]

On 7/28/2019 at 6:11 PM, reelfast said:

KVD 1.5 for reaction bite.

 

Havoc pit boss has been a great soft plastic search bait for me. 

 

Spinnerbait by docks. 

 

Senko or ribbontail when the bite is slow. 

 

 

The kvd square bills are the best lures with his name on it. I have tried a lot of his stuff, and the bluegill 1.5 squarebill is the only thing that has produced from the KVD stuff for me. Maybe the great one himself needs to use the others haha. 

[Black Hawk Basser]

The last month has been jig/chunk around and under docks and boats on lifts.  Haven't had many long outings lately but the docks are great for a quick few bites when I get the itch.

[scaleface]

Luck E Strike Jogger worms Texas rigged was my top bait in July , followed closely by Stanley Ribbits . My supply of Jogger worms has been  depleted .Senkos are too expensive .  Guess I'll give Yum Dingers a go .

[Kdizzle]

Texas rigged 3" Powerbait Pit Boss for flippin

4" Yum Dingers

BassPro Teaser and Tender Tubes

4" Big Bites Finesse Grubs

 

Kayak river fisherman fo life.

 

 

[IdahoAngler]

KVD 1.0 Square Bills in Black Back Chartreuse

TRD's in Coppertreuse, California Craw and Molting Craw dragging along the bottom.

 

I keep buying big baits/rods and spending countless hours with them, then I switch to something small and that's when I get the bites.

[Rpratt]

It started out all I could catch them on was a wacky worm. Then for a couple of months it went to a Rapala DT-6 and Rapala BX Brat. But now that bite is slowing down so for the next trip I am going to for the first time this year go all ned and see if that helps.

[Spankey]

Majority of bass on worms. The nicer bass on crankbaits. Still waiting for my fish of the season. Maybe it will come on Sunday. 

[Tizi]

The summer has been good, my top producer has been a Mann's Shadow in smokin shad.  Also caught my year's big fish at 4.22 lbs.

[Elkins45]

Between work and the heat I’ve done almost no fishing since June. I went a couple of days last week and caught most of my fish on a Texas rigged six inch worm.

 

For 2019 overall the Ned Rig has been the big winner for me

[Brad Reid]

Gosh, a great thread and an old one. I might have already posted a response . . . or even two! Ha!

 

For me? What works year round, all weather, all hours, all depths in the water column, catches the most bass, would be a Keitech Shad Impact, 4" on a 1/0 EWG Owner finesse hook (light wire) that come with a CPS pin already attached.

 

You can:

 

1) toss it beyond and drag it by schooling bass chasing chad at the surface;

2) toss it on top of lily pads and drag it through areas like that, or other areas with vegetation, or over and around limbs if it is weedless . . . fish often waiting below in the shade;

3) use it as a traditional jerk bait when fish are more active at various depths;

4) let it fall slowly through the water column like a dying minnow;

5) troll it behind a kayak;

6) fish it on the bottom like a T-Rigged or Ned Rigged worm.

 

On the latter, I often make a cast from my kayak, let it fall to the bottom, then using reverse on my Propel drive, I leave the line out (don't reel it in) and slowly, very slowly, pull back and away as slow as possible. Sometimes the wind or current will do the trick for me. I can drag a Keitech across 50 or 100 or more yards along the bottom and the odds are pretty good that I am going to put it in some fish's face.

 

I live on a lake, suppose I have been out 50 times since January 1, likely caught 200+ bass using it. It'd be my go to if I were limited to one presentation. And, about 75% of the time, I don't even carry out a second rod with a second presentation.

 

Brad

 

[fishwizzard]

12 minutes ago, Brad Reid said:

Gosh, a great thread and an old one. I might have already posted a response . . . or even two! Ha!

 

For me? What works year round, all weather, all hours, all depths in the water column, catches the most bass, would be a Keitech Shad Impact, 4" on a 1/0 EWG Owner finesse hook (light wire) that come with a CPS pin already attached.

 

Do you get a lot of line-twist fishing them weightless?  I think I posted this already but the 4" ES on a small sled-head has been one of my standouts this year:

[mmayes]

In the last month or 2  I have had almost all my success on Creature Baits (Dbombs, and Trench Hogs, and Bandito's) texas rigged with a 3/8oz tungsten weight, dt 6's and dt 4's as well as weightless Flukes

 

Mayes

[FishinBuck07]

Absolutely nothing is working for me this year, I am really thinking about selling it all and just giving up.  I cant buy a bite this year!  The only big fish I caught this year was caught on a buzzbait, I need a fish soon before I lose all confidence!??