Favorite lures for June

[lunkerboss923]

It's hard to get a good feel of what works. I've tried everything under the sun this week and I'm only catch them on dropshots. I don't fish super deep, the deepest is maybe 8ft. 

 

***Disclaimer...no hairjigs 

 

Here is my standard approach...

 

Morning/daybreak: 

 

Start off with a topwater...Buzztoad, whopper plopper, Spook...if they bite I'll fish those until it slows down. 

 

Then I'll try traps, vibrating jigs, spinnerbaits, squarebills. Moving baits. 

 

After this I'm lost and I'll go with dropshots.

 

I'd like to see how you guys do it .

[Bird]

Where do soft plastics come into play ?

Try weightless Senko's, Texas rigged worms, wacky rig worms and flukes.

[scaleface]

I like to hit deep points with cranks and worms . Then hit the shallow cover with the usual lures . Spinnerbaits , squares , buzzers , frogs , toads , worms... 

 

[Bankbeater]

I've been having good luck with spooks in the morning from first light until the sun hits the water.  After that the bite has been on t-rigs and weightless plastic worms on the bottom, usually around vegetation or structure.  

[Mbirdsley]

Usually June is when the t-rig and  wacky rig bite usually really starts heating up.

 

mid to end of June I’ll start throwing jigs 

 

always start if with cranks.  As long as the waters above 50 degrees it’s Never a bad time to throw a crank 

[gim]

No topwaters for me. They don’t work. Especially the whopper plopper.

 

If I’m out during cloudy or rainy conditions, I start with a more aggressive moving lure like a chatter, spinner, or similar. If it’s sunny, I go right into the plastics. No drop shots for this guy. It’s like watching paint dry.

 

Some of the bass are still in spawn mode here and some are just done.

[lunkerboss923]

2 hours ago, gimruis said:

 No drop shots for this guy. It’s like watching paint dry.

I used to think the same way until I wasn't getting any bites with T Rigs or floating worms, I generally hate finesse fishing, but I have a new found appreciation for it. Especially when you get shut out for most of the day and a dropshot is the last thing in your box. When you hammer them for 30 minutes straight...your mind changes quickly. I used to love wacky rigging, but I can't buy a bite. Same with T Rigs. The reliable lures for me are vibrating jigs, traps, squarebills, spinnerbaits, buzztoads and my trusty dropshot!  I'm primarily a bank fisherman, I don't have a boat and cannot tell where deep points, breaks, shallow edges etc are, but I have fished it long enough to know where the deep stuff is and where the grass is, especially if I fish cranks or worms  

[DitchPanda]

In the morning under low light conditions I like a buzz bait or a popper. For moving baits water clarity dictates what I throw...the past few years its mostly been a swim jig. Its always hard to beat a weightless fluke or senko style bait.

[bigbassin']

Jigs, worms, flukes, spooks, and swim baits just like the rest of the year. 
 

Only change up I’ll make is to put down a rattletrap (unless it rained hard and is overcast). It just gets too hot here for the fish to chase a fast, aggressive presentation.

[Basser2021]

7 hours ago, lunkerboss923 said:

It's hard to get a good feel of what works. I've tried everything under the sun this week and I'm only catch them on dropshots. I don't fish super deep, the deepest is maybe 8ft. 

 

***Disclaimer...no hairjigs 

 

Here is my standard approach...

 

Morning/daybreak: 

 

Start off with a topwater...Buzztoad, whopper plopper, Spook...if they bite I'll fish those until it slows down. 

 

Then I'll try traps, vibrating jigs, spinnerbaits, squarebills. Moving baits. 

 

After this I'm lost and I'll go with dropshots.

 

I'd like to see how you guys do it .

I use a frog in the morning and then when the sun starts beating down, I switch to a stickbait. Also the frog bite over pads or grass in the middle of the day is slept on. Caught some the other day doing this.

[Hammer 4]

One thing that works well for me, when not much else works, is to pick up my m/f 7'1" spinning rig loaded  with 8 lb mono, tie on a size 1 or 1/0 mosquito hook, and nose hook a 4" roboworm, most times the Hologram shad is what I use.

Toss it out, let hot bottom, the slowly work it so it stays about a foot or 2 off the bottom. Works in any weather, and time of year. 

I forgot to mention I do this with a split shot about 12 to 15 inches from the hook. Size of the split shot depends on water depth.

[Ski]

https://youtu.be/PfpwH99MFvU

 

 

[gim]

11 hours ago, lunkerboss923 said:

I used to think the same way until I wasn't getting any bites with T Rigs or floating worms, I generally hate finesse fishing, but I have a new found appreciation for it. Especially when you get shut out for most of the day and a dropshot is the last thing in your box.

 

Haha.  I haven't gotten to that point yet.  I am generally not a finesse angler either but I know I have to do it sometimes to get bit.

[scaleface]

Here June is post spawn . Follow the fish out to the points . They may be grouped up deep or shallow  and hungry. Hit all cover leading from spawning coves to the points with appropriate lures . I view June as the most consistent month to catch nice limits .

[schplurg]

 

 

In June I consult my Magic 8-Ball. In July I throw dice. First half of August is top secret. Second half I throw jigs and T-rigs and an occasional apple fritter or popper. September 1 - 5 is crankbaits, unless the 5th falls on a Saturday in which case I will throw a Beetle Spin, but I don't fish Saturdays in September so it's a moot point. The rest of September my neighbor's dog selects the baits (and I've paid for the poor pup's stitches a few times*). That dog has a high success rate (Sorry Skippy). Sometimes I bring a fish home for Skippy so it's all good.

 

 

* Don't worry I like dogs more than most people and I'd never hurt one. The rest is all true.

[lunkerboss923]

21 hours ago, Ski said:

https://youtu.be/PfpwH99MFvU

 

 

They don't sell prop baits anywhere close to me. 

[Panfish_In_A_Pan]

4 hours ago, lunkerboss923 said:

They don't sell prop baits anywhere close to me. 

Do you have an Academy near you? Their house brand’s whopper plopper knockoff is pretty darn good. 
 

https://www.academy.com/p/h2o-xpress-double-plop-bait?sku=american-bullfrog

[lunkerboss923]

4 hours ago, Panfish_In_A_Pan said:

Do you have an Academy near you? Their house brand’s whopper plopper knockoff is pretty darn good. 
 

https://www.academy.com/p/h2o-xpress-double-plop-bait?sku=american-bullfrog

Prop bait being like a Devil's Horse. Two different things. 

[BrianMDTX]

My favorite June bait is any that catch bass. And that can change daily. Three days ago it was a spinnerbait. Last two days it was a weightless Senko TR. 

 

I think the bass tell me more than I tell them! ?

[Ski]

 

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On 6/5/2022 at 3:47 PM, lunkerboss923 said:

Favorite lures for June

Fish don't have calendars..

[Boomstick]

Spinnerbaits, squarebills, poppers and drop shots are kind of my go to lures in earlier June.

 

In later June, I'll break out the jigs, frogs and deep divers.

[TriStateBassin106]

Chatterbait and a texas rigged creature/worm

[txchaser]

You are a bit south of me so deeper into summer, but in shallow waters goto would be:

 

Moving baits (that you haven't mentioned) - Keitech 3.8 or 4.3 on an owner flashy swimmer, or a swimjig. A silent squarebill fished slow has been really good to me over the last month. 

 

Bottom - texas rig or a bubba shot with a roboworm fat 6", z-man's bigger trick worm, etc. A lot of times I'm around sparse weed bottoms and I think I get better results with the bubba shot vs the t-rig.