Post the Baits that Worked on your Outing

[The_Natural]

This can be an ongoing post/log.  Just list the date,  water temp, water clarity, and weather.   What baits did you start with?  What did you end up throwing or what worked?  I feel line size is important as well.  I'm heading out tomorrow, and will report.  This will be very good information for folks....

[iceintheveins]

Outing number one:

1. X - Rap, 8# Olive Minnow (Two Largemouth Bass, 19" and 14". Nineteen incher was over four pounds)

Outing number two -

1. 4" Creme White senko, rigged weightless/texposed with a 1/0 EWG Gammy

2. 3.5" Bluegill colored gitzit tube, rigged weedless with a 1/0 EWG Gammy and a Marty Stone Lockdown weight 3/16 ounce. Senko caught a a5 pounder, X - Rap caught a couple 10 - 11" dinks, tube caught a 15", 2 + pounder.

[Wayne P.]

Since I've fished 23 days so far this year mostly in a weedy timber filled lake, I'll summerize. I started with a Chatterbait and Trap when the water temps were in the 40's and just added a weedless wacky rigged Trick worm as the water warmed up into the 50's and low 60's. Those lures worked all thru the day with the Trick worm being better as the spawn gets closer. 333 bass so far this year, with 18 between 4# and 6#, and 1 over 7#.

I've been using the same line size as it makes no difference as far as water color-it's based on the cover and potential fish size.

[aarogb]

    Outing # 1 for me as well to my grandma's pond.

1.  Weightless Zoom Tickworm in Bruised Banana color

2.  Wacky rigged Senko in clear/gold/black  flake

    I was using a 6'6" medium heavy spinning rod with 10# Berkeley Trilene line.  The hook for number 1 was a Owner offset shank 3/0 hook.  The hook for number 2 was 1/0 EWG Gamakatsu.

[Primus]

Yesterday fished a weedy natural lake, water temp was app 54 degrees, water clearity clear. Caught app 25 bass, no lunkers only 6 keepers. As mentioned in another post used the Koppers Live Target Craw Trap in the Red Black, caught app 12 of the 25 including a couple between 3-4 lbs. The remaing fish came on a 1/4 oz Kietech jig/ Green Pumpkin with matching 2-3/4 " Yum Craw Papi trailer and also an Ima Flit jerkbait in the Chartreuse Shad color. The Ima Flit is another bait that I'm getting more impressed with as my Husky Jerks and the Pointers that I tried failed to get bit.

[scfirequacker]

Outing #1:  Culprit Original 7 1/2" worm, Fire and Ice color (Texas Rigged).  Fishing on 3/0 offset wide gap hook.  Water temp mid 50's and slightly stained.  Fishing in approx. 4 ft of water with thick cover.  Caught Large Mouth approx. 2 1/2 - 3 lbs.

Outing #2:  Culprit Original 7 1/2" worm, Grape Shad color (Texas rigged).  Fishing on 3/0 offset wide gap hook.  Water temp 56 degrees.  Very windy on this day.  Fishing in about 2 ft. of water with grassy bottom, retrieving from bank to boat, caught Large Mouth 1 lb 7 oz.

[Hooked_On_Bass]

Outing #1 (Private Pond)

Date: April 12th 2009

Water temp: Don't know for sure but,...........COLD.

Water clarity: Clear - lightly stained

Weather: 10-12°c

Baits that worked: 7/16 oz. Eakins jig with Paca Chunk trailer.

Baits that didn't: T-rigged 7" Powerworm (Camo)

Line: 12 lbs Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon

Outing #2 (Private Pond)

Date: April 18th 2009

Water temp: Don't know for sure but,...........COLD.

Water clarity: Clear - lightly stained

Weather: 19-20°c

Baits that worked: Rapala X-Rap (Perch) & Rattlin' Rapala (Fire Tiger)

Baits that didn't: Slow presentations (Jigs & T-rigs)

Line: 8 lbs Trilene XT

I better add this for the CO's: ;D http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Enforcement/2ColumnSubPage/198397.html

[njbasser]

Last night was the first successful outing of the year.

-Outkast jig (Brown and Green) with a GYCB Hula Grub trailer (Green Pumpkin)

-3" Watermelon Senko, rigged tex-posed weightless on a 1/0 hook

-Gulp Floating Nightcrawler (6", Black) on a 1/4 ounce shaky head

About 65 degrees out, water was cold (around 60?), slightly stained

Caught a ~2.5 lb largemouth in around 3 feet of water on the jig, a 12-13" largemouth on the shaky head in about 5 feet, and 3 dinks on the senko (and only 1 senko was used ;D) in 6 or 7 feet of water

[brgbassmaster]

18/19 april baits that worked: chatterbait, tube, crankbait

Line size: 12lb berkley vanish 100% fluoro

Colors: white, green pumpkin

Areas: rocky points, bushes

Water temp: 53-60

Clarity: stained

[Hatty]

Here is what is catching fish for me this season:

T-Rigged 5" Senko Watermelon with red & black flake with 4/0 EWG hook

T-Rigged 5" Senko Red Shad with 4/0 EWG hook

Strike King Burner Spinner in 3/8 oz Sexy Shad

Roboworm or Berkly finesse worm on Spot Remover

Cavitron White or Black buzz bait

White Zoom Super Fluke on 3/0 EWG hook

[Micro]

My last time out on my boat...

Friday, April 10

Chickahominy Reservoir, southeast Virginia.

Started out at about 8:30AM, finished to about 5:30PM.

Water temp about 59 in the morning, warming up to about 64 by mid afternoon.

Water is stained.

I fished crwdad and chart colored Bomber Fat As, brown craw colored T/N70 lipless, and X-Raps, without result (these had been productive earlier in the week).

Around 11:30 AM I started fishing edges of weeds that the wind was blowing into. I was using a a 7' mh/f rod with 12# Yo-Zuri Hybrid, green. I was using a Rage Tail Space Monkey in green pumpkin/black flakes on an Owner Twist Lock weighter 4/0 hook. Hooked up in most coves and pockets in the weed line. Caught a great many buck bass, but caught several bigger bas in the 2-3 lb range, with the biggest of the day a little over 5 lbs.

This was my best day for shear numbers ever, in my life. By 5:30 PM we had over 20 bass.

Biggest of the day...

[The_Natural]

4/19/09

New Pond

Water...Muddy and 61.  

Weather...very windy and 65.

Rig...Daiwa Steez 6'3" MH/ Quantum Tour PT/ 10lb Trilene 100%

I just went out on foot patrol for a couple of hours at a pond I saw while running errands yesterday.  I just grabbed a couple of baits and put them in my pocket.  I wasn't very optimistic when I got there and the water looked like chocolate milk, but figured I could at least practice casting  .  Most of the trip I worked a 'loud' spinnerbait (loud in color  ), and tried a bomber square-A for the last half hour.  I didn't even sniff a fish.  I'm not 100% sure there are any fish in there, but I will give it a second chance when the water doesn't look like diarrhea.  

What a great report, huh?  I'm not even sure why I typed it.  

[The_Natural]

Make sure you list the date you fished; it will help in the future.

[cart7t]

KY Lake road trip.

Sat 4/4: 11:30-6pm - SVSP53 Storm wiggle wart/ Blue back, chart side orange belly. 3/8 oz Titanium willow spinnerbait. Custom 3/8oz brown and chart jig with pumpkin chunk. Rat-L-Trap red back/Chart. Windy, ptly cloudy, 65 air temp, water - 59. 2 1/2 lb biggest fish.

Sunday 4/5 7am - 2pm. sv-sp53 storm wiggle wart, Rage Craw T-rigged/ okeechobee special 1/4oz lead. 3/8 oz custom jig with chunk trailer. Windy, ptly cloudy, 68 air temp, water - 59-60. 2 1/2 lb biggest fish.

Monday 4/6: 8am - 1pm. SV-SP53 storm wiggle wart. 3/8oz brown/chart custom jig with Rage craw trailer/ okeechobee special. very cold and windy. Rainy with int. snow and sleet showers. 38 high air temp. Water - 56 - 57. 2lb biggest fish.

Tuesday 4/7. 9am - 1pm. 75 series pointer in Table rock shad, 3/8oz Evolution jig with Rage Craw trailer in Okeechobee and summer craw. Cold, very windy. ptly cloudy. 45 high air temp, water temp - 54-56. 1 1/2lb biggest fish.

Wed. 4/8 - 8:30am - 3:30pm. 3/8 Evolution jig with rage craw trailer in okeechobee special. Windy, ptly cloudy. 58 high, water temp 53-55.

3lb biggest fish.

Thurs. 4-9 - 8am - 4pm. 3/8oz Custom jig with Rage craw trailer in Okeechobee special. 3/8oz Titanium spinnerbait. Windy, ptly cloudy. High 65, water temp 54 - 56. 4.5lb largest fish.

Fri 4/10 - 8am - 11am. 3/8oz custom jig with Rage Craw trailer in Okeechobee special. Windy, Ptly couldy with storms on the way. High 68, water temp 55-57. 2 1/2 lbs largest fish.

[Bankbeater]

Various ponds

Saturday 4-18-09. Air temp at start time about 59, at end around 68

Rain in the early morning ending around 8:30 AM. Low air pressure. Wind starting up out of the south around 10 AM

Pond 1:

1 on a Black t-rigged tube, around 9 AM, about 2 feet from the bank.

Pond 2:

2 on a 1/2 OZ. Chart/White spinner.

1 on a t-rigged tube, watermelon red.

3 on a Mann's 1-minus.

Largest was 2-2 and 1-12. The rest were dinks. All were caught in less that 5 feet of water, in a dead lily pad stretch that extended about 30 feet from the bank.

[jacker]

Lake Wisconsin 4/18

water temp-55-60

water-stained

We started off fishing way back in back bays in about 1-3 feet of water chucking lipless cranks and spinnerbaits to try to find fish.

We cought a couple legals that way but wasnt working great so we started flippin jigs in shoreline cover. we did manage one 3 pounder

we started searching for minnows, we found some on the south side of the lake where all the wind was blowing into.

we eneded up most succesful using lipless cranks on rocky shorelines about 2-4 feet on the south side of the lake with schools of minnows.  

in the middle of the trip i saw some muck on the water back in a bay, so i decided to throw a horney taod on it just for kicks, and a 4 pounder smashed it.  I was surprised he was that active in 58 degree water, but then again im surprised all the time in spring!

[kbkindle]

went last friday it was 61  air temp water temp was 52  used for the first time the spro  little john in spring craw color caught 3 keeper fish two smallmouth and one large  was real impresed  with that lure so i ordered two more  you (can)  cast it a mile and has a very tight wiggle .  

[Nitro-bass]

Just got back from a farm pond today (4/21/09) LMB were destroying a 5" Manns swim worm (grape)and 6" *** finesse worm (pumkinseed & purple)

I am not really sure what the temperature of the water was since I was fishing from the bank. If I were to make a guess it was probably 63-68 degrees.

[SoFlaBassAddict]

Although it was probably was stupid luck, caught my first few fish on some jigs.

Date: 21APR2009

Clarity: Fairly clear

Weather: Overcast w/moderate wind

Temp: Unknown

Strike King bitsy bug

1/4 oz

Color 11 (Pumpkin)

Netbait Baby Paca Craw trailer in Bama Bug

Darn shame that the trailer got destroyed by the peacocks..they ripped the claws right off of it, oh well..