Most productive lures so far. Need suggestions.

[Kelvin]

Living in fishing mecca...South Florida...is a major advantage.  Fresh, salt, brackish, inshore, bank, offshore are all here.  As a noob to bass I went all in on a few suggestions listening to the members here and surprise surprise some lures were insanely good while others crapped the bed.   Best ones so far in no particular order.

 

Senko 4 or 5 in.  This one is obvious.  Green pumpkin, watermelon and black and blue.  Wacky or trig works like magic.  A much slower plodding version of fishing than I prefer but no doubt it works.

 

Ned rig weedless TRD and goby in green flash and black.  Best bed fishing by far--its not even close.  I will not debate this.

 

Megabass Ito vision (all versions of them) Shad pattern, gp blue, elegy, translucent green.  Was getting skunked mid day hotter than the 9th circle of hell, bluebird skies, no wind.  Tied a vision jr on and caught a peacock and a cichlid in 5 casts.  Whoa.  Then snagged it lost the lure bitched about the 25 bucks down the drain and bought like 10 more that day.  Baitmonkey on steroids ain't even close to the frenzy that gripped me.

 

Keitech madwag fat curly tail 7 in.  Green pumpkin and black and blue.  Works when the senko stops working.  That and it can be fished faster than a senko.

 

Megabass spark shad 4in.  Nose down tail action like a dark sleeper only more versatile bc it can be fished weedless.  Situational pseudo jig.  

 

Jackhammer in white gold blade with a Zako or a Hogfarmer trailer.   Mid column search bait that beats a spinner bait hands down in South FL.

 

Megabass Giant Dog X and Megabass Pop max.  White belly and the other chrome.  They came in from a Japan order as a throw in gift.  Hate topwater fishing.  If nothing happens in 10 casts I switch.  These are the only 2 that manage to make something happen if its going to happen in that said fishing window. 

 

Gancraft split tail fluke.  Durable, great action fished weedless over grassbeds. 

 

Yamamoto Fat ika.  Casts a mile like a bullet into a headwind.   Worked when all other kinds of fluke baits stop working.   Clear conditions when the fishing is tough it comes through. 

 

Do you have any suggestions that I'm missing? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[roadwarrior]

Rage Structure Bug

[KSanford33]

You may have missed the most important one: the jig. Either green pumpkin or black/blue. Especially for punching some of those S Florida mats.

[Mobasser]

Standard t rig plastic worm. Various sizes colors and models.

[Mike L]

Magnum UV Speed Worm (June Bug)

Rage Cut R, (Honey Candy)

Rage Bug/ Craw (June bug, white)

Fat Max ribbon tail (red shad)

Original Scum Frog (Green Pepper)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[DaubsNU1]

I like your list.  Recently I've circled back to my "old-school" presentation, and have had good luck...

 

Spinner bait

Jig-n-pig

T-rigged worms

[FishTank]

Punching bait..   Beavers.

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24 minutes ago, Mobasser said:

Standard t rig plastic worm. Various sizes colors and models.

Yup. I hardly fish one up here, but I always have one tied on in FL.

[Sphynx]

I can't imagine fishing in Florida without a frog.

[Kelvin]

Tried all kinds of frogs from zoom to Teckels, booyah, ribit, keitech and just hate it for some reason.  Maybe I'm missing something?  

 

And the speedworm to me is the most overrated FL presentation known.  A swimsenko or a Deps salty fluke or a paddletail softplastic like a fat Keitech shiner is better.  The Zoom trickworm also beats the speedworm. 

 

Never got bit on Rattle traps either.  Only one that worked was from Jackall. 

 

 

[LrgmouthShad]

You need a spinnerbait dangit!! 

I get that the jackhammer for you has turned out to be a better mid column bait but golly I regard a spinnerbait as absolutely essential. It is a must have. Part of the Holy Trinity of Texas rig, jig, and spinnerbait. I seriously think that regardless of cover, region, water temperature, season, whatever…. Those three need to be tied on. 

[casts_by_fly]

2 hours ago, KSanford33 said:

You may have missed the most important one: the jig. Either green pumpkin or black/blue. Especially for punching some of those S Florida mats.

 

This.  With all of the grass you're around, a swim jig with your choice of trailer should be the ticket a lot of days.

[king fisher]

Crankbaits.  Especially a chrome blue Rattle Trap.  I realize they may only catch grass in many places you fish in South Florida, but if for no other reason, a full box of crankbaits looks good.

[Bass Rutten]

3 hours ago, Kelvin said:

Hate topwater fishing. 

How is that humanly possible?

[Darth-Baiter]

some creature bait, and the Zoom Brush hog?

honestly, i would take on Florida with your original list.  i'd ditch the spark shad and replace with the Magdraft. 

[Ravox]

Florida man here.. been trying frogs like crazy this summer no luck so far… most productive Zoom Ol Monster

[Gorris317]

Rage Structure Bug

Zoom Z-Craw

Whopper Plopper - either black or bone colored

Jig - Black/blue 

Super Spook 

 

[Revival]

Who makes that Ned Rig in Goby in green flash and black?

[Kelvin]

Zman makes the Goby design for ned rigs.  Well worth the 3 bucks.  Never got into jig fishing but willing to give anything a shot. 

 

As for the Whopper Plopper it worked at first everywhere.  Then the bass got conditioned to it and ignored it.  The pressure is here is always high. 

 

Are there any hidden gems in the Megabass line I'm missing?  The Vision 110 and Jr have over delivered to the point where 25 a bait is starting to look reasonable.  

 

Forgot to mention:  Bait Fuel.  Best scent I've tried so far.  Very effective. 

[GetFishorDieTryin]

Gotta start pitching/flippin a T rig.  Fun way to fish.  You can t rig any bait really.  2 of my personal favs are the Grandebass Air Tail Rattler and Zman Palmetto Bug.

 

Swim jig with a swimmin super Fluke or X zone swammer, either 1 gives the jig a ton of roll. It's kind of like a finesse chatterbait that you can throw in cover without snagging up and spooking fish.

 

Take advantage of the size fish you have and throw a big swimbait.  Mag Draft, S Waver or even just a Keitech 7.8" Fat would be a great place to start.