How would you match this hatch?

[Thembones]

caught goofing around after some less than stellar bass catching results. 
 

[Catt]

Rage Bug ?

[Thembones]

4 minutes ago, Catt said:

Rage Bug ?

FALCON LAKE CRAW or maybe bama bug?

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Chatterbait in Bream no doubt.....and I have a swimbait that looks exactly like that lol.   

 

Something about the "pulsing" action really drives big fish crazy, and I imagine it has something to do with the vibrations larger sized Bream and Crappie put off.  

 

[Thembones]

Just now, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Chatterbait in Bream no doubt.....and I have a swimbait that looks exactly like that lol.   

 

Something about the "pulsing" action really drives big fish crazy, and I imagine it has something to do with the vibrations larger sized Bream and Crappie put off.  

 

Brand name Chatterbait?

I think I’ve seen some swim baits that are close. Do you know which one you have?

also what reel is that it’s shiny

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Just now, Thembones said:

Brand name Chatterbait?

I think I’ve seen some swim baits that are close. Do you know which one you have?

also what reel is that it’s shiny

I'll take a pic of the bait, it's some custom high dollar swimbait I'm too afraid to throw lol.

 

The Chatterbait is the 3/8th oz ZMan Weedless series in Breaking Bream.   I use a Lake Fork Magic Shad in Albino on the back, and then spike the tail chartreuse like a bream has.    It's dynamite for bigger fish. 

 

The reel is a JDM Daiwa Zillion SV TW 1000. 

[Catt]

Green Pumpkin Purple Swirl

[AlabamaSpothunter]

22 minutes ago, Thembones said:

Brand name Chatterbait?

I think I’ve seen some swim baits that are close. Do you know which one you have?

also what reel is that it’s shiny

Okay so I went down and found the bait I was talking about, along with a few others I think would be great as well depending on water color/clarity 

 

Mattlures is who makes this nice one.   Thing is huge, and unless somebody has DD fish swimming beneath them, kind of pointless to throw imo.   Ironically I have DD Bass in the main lake I fish, but just don't want to lose it haha. 

[GreenPig]

Jackall Gantarel Jr., Hudd Gill, or a Savage Gear Gill. 

[RHuff]

Swimjig, swimbait, bigger squarebill like a 2.5 

[Darth-Baiter]

I think the smaller one is a Deps?  I’ve caught fish on the Ganatrel. Not so much one Deps. 
 

 

[casts_by_fly]

All good choices so far but the ratltrap in the top right and a couple of these swim jigs/tremors would do it for me. 

[Columbia Craw]

One of these?

[TnRiver46]

2 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Okay so I went down and found the bait I was talking about, along with a few others I think would be great as well depending on water color/clarity 

 

Mattlures is who makes this nice one.   Thing is huge, and unless somebody has DD fish swimming beneath them, kind of pointless to throw imo.   Ironically I have DD Bass in the main lake I fish, but just don't want to lose it haha. 

I think I’ve filleted redears that size…….

 

To truly match the hatch, just fling that bluegill that you caught right back out there 

[Thembones]

Thank you all

I’m learning about what to use when and where 

I figured here this would be a decent start, the encouraging thing is that a lot of what you guys said is what I had been thinking

especially the swim jigs with trailers. 
 

and @TnRiver46 I considered it briefly.lol

[scaleface]

A tarnished gold and copper blade with a barred skirt resembles sun-fish . I've caught hundreds of bass on these blades . I just keep adding the old blades to new baits . This is my secret   never before revealed bait  . LOL , seriously , it catches , especially  around chara algae where bluegill beds are .

[Thembones]

45 minutes ago, scaleface said:

A tarnished gold and copper blade with a barred skirt resembles sun-fish . I've caught hundreds of bass on these blades . I just keep adding the old blades to new baits . This is my secret   never before revealed bait  . LOL , seriously , it catches , especially  around chara algae where bluegill beds are .

 

this looks really good

did you use heat to tarnish the blade?

thank you for revealing your secret!

i need to find one of these!

[scaleface]

Just now, Thembones said:

 

this looks really good

did you use heat to tarnish the blade?

thank you for revealing your secret!

i need to find one of these!

No , its a cheap blade that gets used a lot . 

[Thembones]

Just now, scaleface said:

No , its a cheap blade that gets used a lot . 

 

like of the ones sitting in the bottom shelf at walmart cheap?

[scaleface]

52 minutes ago, Thembones said:

 

like of the ones sitting in the bottom shelf at walmart cheap?

I pour my own and got these from Janns Netcraft . 4.5 size . They are the cheapest brass ones they sell .

 

When it got tarnished a little bit , I rubbed it down with Brasso . That shined it up    before taking  on this bluegill looking patina after a little use .

[Thembones]

4 hours ago, scaleface said:

I pour my own and got these from Janns Netcraft . 4.5 size . They are the cheapest brass ones they sell .

 

When it got tarnished a little bit , I rubbed it down with Brasso . That shined it up    before taking  on this bluegill looking patina after a little use .

 

It looks great.

I had this, I just got it on clearance at academy

lookin close!

 

 

[scaleface]

56 minutes ago, Thembones said:

 

It looks great.

I had this, I just got it on clearance at academy

lookin close!

 

 

That will work . I've used skirts very similar to that a  ton .

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Just saw the new Sleeper Gills at my local tackle shop......OP you should give these a good look.   Pricey but they looked fantastic, and the size seemed perfect on them to catch both big and regular fish.    

 

[galyonj]

Another swim jig option.

 

[Munkin]