Top 3 Lures for Late Winter/Early Spring

[cal9323]

I live in Kentucky and the weather is starting to reach a consistent 50-65 degrees (72 tomorrow). 
 

With that said, what are your top 3 lures to throw as we transition from winter to spring (where the water is still somewhat cold but getting warmer by the day)?

 

My three would be Jerkbait, Jig and Ned Rig. 
 

What is yours?

[A-Jay]

Jerkbait

Vibrating Jig

Jerkbait.

Wait, I already listed that one  . . . 

Oh well.

A-Jay

[WRB]

The transition is called pre spawn, the bass are transitioning to the spawn. Lures that imitate the primary prey source in and around staging areas outside the spawning areas work well.

Tom

[EWREX]

i'd have to narrow it down to a jerkbait, keitech, and a ned rig

[the reel ess]

Lipless crank, spinnerbait and jig have been my go-to's lately. Yesterday I only caught 3, all on a gold spinnerbait. I changed my T-rigged craw over to a lizard today and I'll give that a try tomorrow. I've already caught one on the Plopper though. 

[Catt]

Jig-n-Craw 

Texas Rig

Rat-L-Trap 

 

[Aaron_H]

Lipless crankbait, jerkbait, jig for me.

[Mobasser]

Rattletrap, jig, plastic worm( t rig).

[DitchPanda]

Jerk bait jig and Ned rig right after ice out..as the water warms into the mid to high 40s I mix in spinnerbait, bladed jig and lipless.

[Hook2Jaw]

1.  Jerkbait

2.  Deep Jerkbait

3.  Dropshot

[Bankbeater]

Rat-l-trap

Crankbait

Spinnerbait

 

[BigAngus752]

Lipless crank (Cotton Cordell if I want it high in the water column, Trap if I want it to drop faster)

Vibrating jig (specifically the Fogy from @Siebert Outdoors as it can be rolled so slooooowly it's almost magical)

Unpegged t-rig with a ZinkerZ twitched across the bottom

 

Gotta find 'em first though!

[Bird]

After water temps climb out of the 30's simply because I don't catch largemouth bass in the 30's.

 

(1) Jerkbaits

(2) Spinnerbaits

(3) Jigs 

 

I catch Crappie and Smallmouth every year well before I catch my 1st largemouth and this year has been no exception. 

 

 

[WRB]

Anywhere Anytime Hair jig w/pork trailer

9” hand pour black grape-blue neon soft plastic worm T-rigged w/3/16 oz brass n glass weight.

68 ROF Hudd trout.

No finesse needed during pre spawn big bass time in SoCal.

Tom

 

 

 

[Mat_ski]

4” soft swim bait

Jerkbait  

Finesse jig

 

honorable mention to 30 size spro bbz rat when it gets closer to spawn 

 

 

[PaulVE64]

At a water temp of 50 im throwing a craw jig of rabbit zonkers.

Browns and sculpin olive

 

[Basser2021]

7 hours ago, EWREX said:

i'd have to narrow it down to a jerkbait, keitech, and a ned rig

Same here

[scaleface]

med diving crankbait , 

Spinnerbait

jig

[MN Fisher]

Jerkbait

Lipless crankbait

Chatterbait

[Deleted account]

JB, square bill, and chatter bait are getting it done right now, I carry some lipless, and a few 3" paddle tails and jig heads too this time of year. I just started catching multiple fish when I find them. They are about to get bunched up, good times. Once the water warms up a tad more, jigs and t-rigs get mixed in. 

[papajoe222]

When water temps get that high up here, I'm throwing just about anything in my tackle box.   Then again, that's sometime around late April, or early May.