What was you're best lure and set up last year?

[throttleplate]

Berkley Cherrywood rod which i bought on sale for around $15.00 which i now use exclusivly on every species except crappie, it is a blast to land bigger fish with the nimble Cherrywood, paired with a Pflueger President Xp size 25 reel. My lure of choice is a lipless crank and or a squarebill to find the depth first and to feel what the bottom is like.

When i figure all that out then i go to this with a bobber>

 

[Bankbeater]

A 6'6" m/f St. Croix Premier rod with a Pflueger 6735 President spooled with 8# Big Game. The bait was a toss up between a weightless 4" Yum Dinger, or a weightless Zoom Finesse Worm.

[Mike L]

8 hours ago, crypt said:

7'3" MHX casting rod  Abu reel, Culprit Fat Max worm. 75% of my fish last year on this rig.

That’s what I got my PB on!

Fat Max is always 1b for me no matter where. 
 

As always a Zoom Magnum UV Speed Worm.
This year a 10.2 using a MH/F Ark rod

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[DaveT63]

Black/Blue Christie Craw Texas rigged on a St Croix 7' MF Legend Xtreme with a TD-Z 103ML and Sunline Supernatural 12lb mono.

 

[Hulkster]

for me it was my IMX Pro 7'6 MH Mag Bass rod with my curado 200i, 12 pound text Sufix Siege and a #5 Mepps Black Fury in line spinner in red and black. Caught my first muskie with this rig oh yeah 

[Catt]

2 hours ago, OmegaDPW said:

I prefer the black body with a little bit of yellow and red.

 

Fishing a lot of tidal waters, the salinity levels are extremely high, & the bass were feeding on grass shrimp.

 

@bulldog1935 spinnerbait 😉

 

 

[DogBone_384]

My #1 for '23 was my 6'9" Kistler KLX with a 7.9:1 Abu Revo-MGX on top, with a perch Berkeley Stunna 112+1 tied on with #10 fluorocarbon on it.  

 

Spooled up, my jerk bait rig weighs in at 10.7 oz.

[keagbassr]

I'd have to go with the punch rig double wide beaver. Although this would probably be 3rd for numbers behind spinnerbaits and buzzbaits, maybe even 4th behind frogs, as it's only a primary option for 8-10 weeks it still produced almost half(24 of 62) of my 3lb.+ fish including my 2 biggest (6-3,6-4).

 

The setup: 7'6" h/xf Allstar lite flippin' rod, 8:2 slx, 40lb. 832, 6/0.ewg mustad grip pin, 3/4 or 1oz. Tungsten weight held with a jumbo peg it.

[txchaser]

7'6" st croix MH/ModF, 17lb tatsu, zillion

Deps 7+ meter deep crank

 

 

[thunderblack]

7'-6" ML XF SC avid

3" swim bait with 1/4 oz. head

close 2nd a 5" senko

 

[bulldog1935]

gotta tune you guys to gear-forum protocol - it's not sexy if you don't show the gear

 

       

[Gera]

I'm must say that I'm disappointed on last year's performance of every piece of tackle I own.  They are all aware that I expect much better this year. 

[JGD]

On 1/20/2024 at 9:01 PM, ol'crickety said:

7' 2" MH fast action spinning rod with a 2500 Shimano reel tossing a popper, Senko, Plopper, or underspin with 30 lb. braid. 

Pretty much what I use too. Seems to work.

 

John

[bowhunter63]

Carbon light 2.0 mxf 10 lb braid Carbon light 2000 size spinning reel. Wacky worm 

[Swamp Girl]

13 minutes ago, JGD said:

Pretty much what I use too. Seems to work.

 

John

 

Cool!

[Bass Rutten]

Best lure was a tie between a ned rigged xzone ned zone and 4.8 jackall flick shake worm. Both thrown on a 7’ med-light Kistler helium with Daiwa ss air.

[Functional]

7'2 MH Kage with Lews SpeedSpool LFS and 40lb braid. 

 

- 3/8oz Dirty Jigs pearl ghost shiner swim jig with FAT Impact 3.8 in Tennessee shad

- 1/4oz mini max chatterbait in spot remover with Zoom split tail trailer in glimmer blue

 

I'd say those 2 lures on that setup were responsible for the majority of my bass in 2023. 

[Robinhood21]

Trey Harpel 110 TR Jerkbait

Savage Gear Battletek 6'10" M

Curado 71 mgl

 

ZMan TRD

Phenix Feather 7'1" L

Curado BFS

 

These 2 Combos caught the most fish for me last year

[webertime]

NFC 807 blank spiral wrapped and carbon grips

Tatula 200

Seaguar Abrazx 20lb main line

Spro swivel, Ryugi TG sinker, 12lb YZH leader, 2/0 offset worm hook.

Zoom Speedcraw in Green Pumpkin Magic. 

 

Rod is specifically for Carolina Rigs.

[ATA]

 

 

Dobyns Dock Fishing 610

Metanium 15 DC 151

Varivas Absolute 14lb test Fluorocarbon

Rattle Trap 1/2oz Summer Sexy Shad

[Eric 26]

My 2 best setups were a 7’-0” med/fast action rod (Wright &McGill Insight) with a Favorite Soleus bait cast reel with 10 lb big game and a Strike King finesse jig(swim) from WalMart. My second best bass producer was a 6’-6” - 7’-2” light powered spinning rod with a 500-1000 size reel with 4 lb test and a blue fox 1/16 oz inline spinner. I fish a few retention ponds and the bass respond best to smaller lures which match their size 😉 

[Bodycamp13]

Dobyns Champ XP 735 Special with Burl cork...Tatula Elite...50lb P-Line TCBX brad...Sprinker Frog.

 

 

[Peacedivision]

LMB. 5" wacky senko, Zodias 7MF spinning + Vanford C3K

Striped. Hog Farmer mini flex 5 wire 4 blade A rig, Expride 76MHMF + Bantam MGL A HG

[papajoe222]

For most fish, mine was a Forecast SP841 blank and TD Alphas casting combo, 8lb. Invizx line and a 1/8oz. hair/feather jig.

For size, it was a Browning Boron/Graphite and TD Viento combo, 40lb. Sufix Performance braid and a 1/2oz. Arkie head jig/RageTail Craw.

[NorthernBasser]

On 1/21/2024 at 2:43 PM, Hulkster said:

for me it was my IMX Pro 7'6 MH Mag Bass rod with my curado 200i, 12 pound text Sufix Siege and a #5 Mepps Black Fury in line spinner in red and black. Caught my first muskie with this rig oh yeah 

You better hope the muskie guys don't see this. 😅