Most bass in 2023: Which lure?

[Swamp Girl]

It's fascinating how we use so many different lures to catch the same fish. 

[txchaser]

It'll be a Keitech Fat, on an owner flashy swimmer underspin. Probably bluegill flash color (which looks like a shad /shrug) or green pumpkin. I mostly use the 3/0 version with a 3.8", although I wish they'd make it in a heavier weight. 5/0 with a 4.3" made for some big fish last year when they were eating bluegill too. 

 

Good in weeds, good in brush, good on laydowns, good up to about 8' deep, doesn't get snagged, can grind on the bottom when the fish are feeling funky. Big fish are happy to bite it. 

 

 

[N Florida Mike]

On 2/8/2023 at 5:22 AM, scaleface said:

Texas rigged plastics

This is always mine.

Specifically, it’s a toss up between flukes ,yum dingers, UV Speed worms, and culprit worms…

Dingers probably accounted for the most last year…

[scaleface]

1 hour ago, N Florida Mike said:

Dingers probably accounted for the most last year…

Me too . I like the weight of them, easy to pitch and they get bit .

[N Florida Mike]

44 minutes ago, scaleface said:

Me too . I like the weight of them, easy to pitch and they get bit .

And they don’t tear up as easily or cost as much as senkos!

[leinad]

zman trd in gp or yoga pants on a 1/32 owner ned head ( kept a log this year , 532  river smallies ).

[TnRiver46]

On 2/11/2023 at 12:12 AM, Aaron_H said:

 

 

This year, I made a promise to throw a spinnerbait more.

If I had a nickel for every time………

 

 

[DaubsNU1]

On 2/10/2023 at 11:12 PM, Aaron_H said:

This year, I made a promise to throw a spinnerbait more...

 

@Aaron_H I did this last year, and the spinner bait produced big time.

 

I keep one tied on my 6' medium bait caster with 20lb green power pro straight braid. It just flat-out catches fish.

 

 

 

[Aaron_H]

59 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

If I had a nickel for every time………

 

 

47 minutes ago, DaubsNU1 said:

 

@Aaron_H I did this last year, and the spinner bait produced big time.

 

I keep one tied on my 6' medium bait caster with 20lb green power pro straight braid. It just flat-out catches fish.

 

We'll see! I'm still waiting on a Bass Pro giftcard that FWC owes me for a TrophyCatch submission, going to use it on a handful of spinnerbaits that were recommended to me by @LrgmouthShad and see what's what after the spawn. My biggest spinnerbait fish right now is 5lb 12oz that I caught in between weather bands during hurricane Ian last year so looking forward to breaking that this year.

[J._Bricker]

I’m gonna say a GYCB soft plastic stick bait or a Rage Bug. They worked pretty well for me in 2022

[roadwarrior]

1 hour ago, J._Bricker said:

I’m gonna say a GYCB soft plastic stick bait or a Rage Bug. They worked pretty well for me in 2022

I'm with you!

[bowhunter63]

T rigged Rage craw 

[RHuff]

I caught more fish in '22 on a stickworm than any other two baits combined I fully expect it to be the same this year.... It wasn't because that's all I fished either. It just turned out a lot of times at the end of the day that's what I get bit on when I couldn't get bit on anything else. 

[Bankc]

Every year it's something different.  And it always seems like last year's best producer doesn't catch me squat the next year.  

 

So if the trend holds, it'll be something that I either never fish, or only rarely fish.  So, probably an underspin swimbait?  

[Dogface]

1 hour ago, Bankc said:

Every year it's something different.  And it always seems like last year's best producer doesn't catch me squat the next year.  

 

 

For me, it is the exact opposite. It is usually the same, a plastic worm.  Without being too specific I am sure it will be a plastic worm, fished wacky, texas rigged or on a ned head.  

[Kelvin]

Megabass Vision jr.  Duo Realis Rozante 77 sp.   OSP Bent Minnow. 

 

Nothing really compares to a jerkbait for total immersion and complete absorption into the moment.  The cadence, the pace, the rhythm of a jerkbait locks your mind into the action and time stands still.  

[JediAmoeba]

Probably a 7" bgc glidebait. Only because I fish that more than anything else. A close second will be a jig.