Lizards

[gbassman519]

Do you use them in the fall? like on a tex rig 

[Skunkmaster-k]

Lizards are mostly a springtime bait for me. 

[WRB]

The original creature soft plastic that has morphed into a entire category of it’s own.

Lizards were designed for the spawn cycle because they look  salamanders that eat eggs, a natural enemy to spawning bass.

If it look alive it’s prey to bass so anytime works.

Tom 

[gbassman519]

Thanks

 

[QED]

I've used opaque purplish/brown and black mister twister 4" lizards forever and they continue to be productive.  At the lake near my home (~4 miles), we have indigenous newts all around the adjacent areas so not surprising that they work.

[gbassman519]

tyvm

 

[scaleface]

Lizards work well all year . I use to fish with them more than any other soft plastic . Cousin and I won a 500 boat team tourney throwing nothing but lizards for two days . That was in September .

[Smells like fish]

When I think of using soft plastics I think first of the mighty lizard!!! 

[Bluebasser86]

I continue with my normal amount of use which is rarely if ever. 

[Smells like fish]

They are magic here. Zoom 6” lizard both weightless and or Texas rigged. If the color is greenish and or says watermelon in its description it will make you into the lizard king!!! ? @Bluebasser86 interesting that you don’t care for them, have you ever gave them a fair shake and no luck or just too many good lures already getting it done? 

[Bluebasser86]

5 minutes ago, Smells like fish said:

They are magic here. Zoom 6” lizard both weightless and or Texas rigged. If the color is greenish and or says watermelon in its description it will make you into the lizard king!!! ? @Bluebasser86 interesting that you don’t care for them, have you ever gave them a fair shake and no luck or just too many good lures already getting it done? 

I actually caught my PB on an 8" watermelon Zoom mag lizard, but that was in Mexico. 

 

I just don't see much difference between them and a creature bait like a baby brush hog and in an attempt to reduce the amount of gear I carry, I went with the creature baits that I prefer to fish over the lizards. I still have some, I know exactly which peg they're hanging on in my garage. 

[FishTank]

I fish them on occasion in specific spots where I know salamanders/newts are present.   Bass seem to eat them or at least want to attack them, year round.  

[the reel ess]

They'll work anytime of the year. But late winter through spring is fantastic. I used one last summer with some success on a light C-rig when the bite got incredibly slow. You can use them on a split shot rig as well. This spring I used them on a T-rig on bedding bass. They can't seem to ignore them. I caught the same male bass off a bed twice with one.

[HaydenS]

I love throwing a lizard, durability isn't the greatest, don't last more than one fish and don't come through heavy cover all that well, so I don't pick them up as much. 

My biggest lizard fish^

 

I don't see why they wouldn't work in the fall, compared to other creature baits.

[Catt]

Still my #1 Carolina Rig bait, well that & a French Fry

[scaleface]

59 minutes ago, HaydenS said:

don't come through heavy cover all that well

Why not ? Texas rig them just like any other soft plastic . 

 

    One reason I dont use them or creature baits much any more is I'm fishing a lot of thick brush . In that brush are big bass but also little bass , crappie and sunfish . Using lures with appendages give those little fish something to grab hold of . I dont use a bright, different colored tail either . In less heavy cover I'll use them .

[Captain Phil]

Lizards are great flipping baits too.  Those little legs and the tail make for a great presentation on the fall.  They're not just for spring.  I use them year round.  This bass ate a lizard in Big Lake Harris.  

 

[HaydenS]

1 hour ago, scaleface said:

Why not ? Texas rig them just like any other soft plastic . 

 

    One reason I dont use them or creature baits much any more is I'm fishing a lot of thick brush . In that brush are big bass but also little bass , crappie and sunfish . Using lures with appendages give those little fish something to grab hold of . I dont use a bright, different colored tail either . In less heavy cover I'll use them .

I mean they get torn up when they come through cover, and then the hook won't hold.  I throw them on a straight shank flippin hook, that might be my mistake, probably gonna have to change to EWG.  I love junebug everywhere.

[Mobasser]

Yes, you can use them all year. Zoom 6" lizard is one of my faves.

[Captain Phil]

2 hours ago, HaydenS said:

I mean they get torn up when they come through cover, and then the hook won't hold.  I throw them on a straight shank flippin hook, that might be my mistake, probably gonna have to change to EWG.  I love junebug everywhere.

 

Try pegging the bait with a tooth pick.  Bury the hook eye in the bait.  Stick a round tooth pick in the bait through the hook eye and clip off both ends of the tooth pick flush with the bait.  This will keep the lizard from sliding. 

[HaydenS]

7 minutes ago, Captain Phil said:

 

Try pegging the bait with a tooth pick.  Bury the hook eye in the bait.  Stick a round tooth pick in the bait through the hook eye and clip off both ends of the tooth pick flush with the bait.  This will keep the lizard from sliding. 

Thanks for the advice!

But, the lizard isn't sliding around the hook eye, but around the barb.  The lizards get torn up and they won't hold anymore, I think that I just need to switch from flippin hook to EWG.

[Bankc]

I fish them year round, though in the summer months I tend to use them more as jig trailers, by tearing off the head (to allow more meat for the hook keeper).  

[WRB]

Old bed fishing trick;

6”- 8” Black lizard and cut 1/2 way between the leg a 1”2 wide slot (knife blade) sideways through the body. 

Place a Alka- Seltzer tablet in the slot and cast on a bed. The bubbling lizard moving around on a bed is deadly.

Tom

[Hammer 4]

6 hours ago, WRB said:

Old bed fishing trick;

6”- 8” Black lizard and cut 1/2 way between the leg a 1”2 wide slot (knife blade) sideways through the body. 

Place a Alka- Seltzer tablet in the slot and cast on a bed. The bubbling lizard moving around on a bed is deadly.

Tom

I'll have to give a try on the next spawn. Thanks for the tip..

[Kyle S]

8 hours ago, WRB said:

Old bed fishing trick;

6”- 8” Black lizard and cut 1/2 way between the leg a 1”2 wide slot (knife blade) sideways through the body. 

Place a Alka- Seltzer tablet in the slot and cast on a bed. The bubbling lizard moving around on a bed is deadly.

Tom

Tom, that is one of the coolest tips i've ever heard of. Really appreciate you sharing!