Rock Baits

[LrgmouthShad]

Let’s expand on @GoneFishingLTN’s rock thread and talk tackle. Do y’all have baits you prefer to use around rock? 

 

I rank crankbaits and jigs at the top but I am very partial to the jig

[Pat Brown]

Buzzbait/chatterbait/spinnerbait/Jerkbait/swim jig/crankbait/football jig/Shakey head/tube/wobble head/wacky rig/fluke.

 

I really like using Treble hooks when fishing around rocks because I can usually get away with it and the clearer water usually around rocks makes reaction baits work great.

 

A lot of times due to pressure, I do better with bladed jigs/spinnerbaits/jigs/plastics in general but windy days can yield some wild bites on treble hook presentations.

 

I love fishing rock in the early summer/post spawn and in the early pre spawn/late winter but any time of year can be dynamite around rock.

[crypt]

worms.     crank baits.     spinnerbaits. all depends on what kind of mood I'm in.......

[Team9nine]

What @Pat Brown said, ^^ especially the buzzbait/spinnerbait/Jerkbait/swim jig/crankbait/football jig/Shakeyhead/wacky rig/drape rig/popper/Spook/Spoonplug ?

[WRB]

Since it is very difficult to find any aquatic vegetation in our local lakes (fish it if you find it) you fish rocks or go home.

Every soft plastic works finesse rigged. If it’s a bass lure give it a try and let the bass tell if they will strike or not.

My favorites are jigs of all types, medium and deep diving crank baits, all types of surface lures including white frogs, big,medium, large swimbaits both hard and soft. Finesse drop shot, slip shot, nail weighted worms, Senko’s etc.

Tom

[Susky River Rat]

I will probably be the only one that says this.

 

Ned rigs.

Do you get snagged? 100%  will you get snagged often? Yes. It will produce and produce well. There is just something about getting down in those rocks. 
 

Now like most others will say spinners, tubes, jerks and cranks. They work good too.  

[FryDog62]

I truly enjoy scraping the bottom for rocks with a variety of lures including:

• Football Jig
• Carolina Rig
• Ned
• Poop baits
• Neko

[gim]

Rocks means smallmouth territory to me. I am using jerk baits, tubes, and a Ned rig.

[Bankbeater]

It depends on the size of the rocks I'm fishing around.  Fishing around gravel I will probably be using a little bit of everything.  Fishing around chunk rock like on a dam I will be using more weightless plastics, shallow running crankbaits, and spinnerbaits.  Baits that will not get hung up so easily.

[greentrout]

 

[king fisher]

Crankbaits all of the time, Spinnerbaits if it is windy.

[The Baron]

Depends on the time of year, water depth and what the fish are in the mood for.  Also depends on whether it's chunk rock or flat rock.  But, football jigs, Dark Sleepers, tubes, shaky heads, Neds, crankbaits and dropshot are all on the list of possibilities for me.  Of course jerkbaits and treble hooked topwater lures are always on the menu when I'm not fishing over thick weeds.

[WVU-SCPA]

A lot already mentioned above, but a little different method that has helped getting that bigger bite is fishing a over weight T-rig or shakey head in heavy rock.

 

You will 100% get hung up and lose tackle, but getting the bait hung up and popping it free has constantly produced a better class of fish for me.  If you do it long enough you can really build a feel for working the bait and when your going to get hung up.

[papajoe222]

I view rocks and rip rap the same as I do apples and tomatoes.  While I love jigs and tubes for fishing rock bottoms, I avoid them for rip rap. While my favorite for fishing either is a crankbait, when I want a slow presentation for rip rap, I break out my walleye sinkers to make a walking C-rig. A Rage tail craw on a short leader behind a needle weight produces when the bite is tough. 

[bp_fowler]

Another vote for the football jig here.  At least that’s gonna be my first choice.  

After that the shaky head/Neko rig, and mojo rig. 

[CM-fisher]

I like a shakey head in the rocks

[GreenPig]

6" Huddleston weedless because our rip rap gets fished to death, so I show them something different. 

[TnRiver46]

We don’t have anywhere without rocks so business as usual 

[Functional]

I use a shaky head head but throw a 10"+ ribbon tail on it. 

 

Only adding in addition to whats been said above. 

[Skunkmaster-k]

A purple worm for isolated boulders and a crankbait for long stretches of rimp ramp . In the spring it’s a red squarebill , fall it’s a white one. 

[Darth-Baiter]

tex rig worm,  crank bait.  jig.    okay..dropshot.

[GetFishorDieTryin]

Little to no rock locally, so when I get the chance I always take advantage of it and grind a swing head through.

[Fishlegs]

I can catch rocks with any lure. Nobody taught me how. It's just a natural skill I possess. ?