Best Producing Smallie Plastic?

[Steveo-1969]

10 hours ago, OperationEagle said:

I find it strange that it took to page four to mention the Ned.

Really? This thread was from 2011-12 and the Ned Rig wasn't called the Ned Rig yet.

[OperationEagle]

3 hours ago, Steveo-1969 said:

Really? This thread was from 2011-12 and the Ned Rig wasn't called the Ned Rig yet.

Lol. Good point. Didn’t pay attention to the dates of the entries. Thought it was just started. 

[NHBull]

a good resurrection......Fat Ika in the early season, for the win ; )

 

[Eric Matechak]

2.8 and 3.3 keitechs on 1/0 guppy heads. My go-to colors are blue chartreuse and pro blue red pearl. sexy shad is pretty effective too

[Mr.Jackson]

3.25-5 inch swimbaits in the big river.
TRD Crawz in the creeks.

[Bdnoble84]

Tossup between 4” grub, 5” hulagrub or smallie beaver in gp

[bowhunter63]

Zoom fluke or baby Rage craw.

[MGF]

So far this season the hands down winner for me has been a tube. I've caught fish on jigs with various trailers and on the ned using a zman trd but the hands down winner for numbers of fish has been a tube.

 

Earlier in the season when the river was high and fast I was t-rigging it. Now I'm fishing a 2 1/2 inch tube with an internal jig head and an exposed hook...those are the only jigs I have that fit the little tubes.

 

Going to try something different today. Going to try a t-rigged finesse worm. I'll pin a split shot on the line if I feel the need to get it down more. It's just something I've never tried in the river.

[DogBone_384]

For 2020, 3.8” Fat Swing Impact.

[Corey Buttram]

Green Pumpkin or Yabby Mud Big 5 in. Zoom Big Critter Craw on a Yum 3/16 oz Shaky head 3/0. They seem to absolutely destroy this craw in Northern Colorado. Hands down my favorite craw plastic and even for Largemouth they can't resist it hopped a couple of times then a slow drag.

[drakesndrum]

On 6/28/2020 at 7:13 AM, DogBone_384 said:

For 2020, 3.8” Fat Swing Impact.

+1.  They were climbing all over it yesterday in one of our local rivers here in VA.  Rigged on a 1/8oz Owner Flashy Swimmer.

[MGF]

The 2 1/2" green pumpkin tube is still the best performer of the season for me. 

 

Earlier I mentioned that I wanted to try the Zoom finesse worm on a split shot rig. Second time yesterday and I haven't had a bite yet. I started with the tube because the water was a bit stained...maybe 1 1/2 or 2 foot of vis. We come to a section of bank that we call "The Good Bank" and I catch some fish on the tube. I float it again (river) using the split shot/worm and nothing. I float it a third time using the tube again and I catch more fish. Not super scientific but it left me without confidence in the split shot under current conditions..

 

My wife fished the heck out of a ned rig and got nothing.

[waymont]

TRD and Yum Wooly Bug

[Tatsu Dave]

This summer its been grandebass 4.75" rattlesnakes in trophy hunter, last year my fav was 5" stickbait in rainbow trout or crimescene. I rig both baits on a 3/0 EWG swimbait hook with owner centering pin screwloc.    Dave

[Tizi]

Keitech Easy Shiner, tube (green pumpkin or gobie), blade bait (nailing them on the Megabass vibration x dyna), SK Cut R (ned rig size), SK Rocket Shad, curly tail grubs, fluke, underspin.  That's most of my top producers.

[DogBone_384]

See above. I see other members are successful with GYCB’s Hula Grub.  I’ve never done well with them. I might have to revisit them.

[MGF]

On 7/3/2020 at 11:46 AM, MGF said:

The 2 1/2" green pumpkin tube is still the best performer of the season for me. 

 

Earlier I mentioned that I wanted to try the Zoom finesse worm on a split shot rig. Second time yesterday and I haven't had a bite yet. I started with the tube because the water was a bit stained...maybe 1 1/2 or 2 foot of vis. We come to a section of bank that we call "The Good Bank" and I catch some fish on the tube. I float it again (river) using the split shot/worm and nothing. I float it a third time using the tube again and I catch more fish. Not super scientific but it left me without confidence in the split shot under current conditions..

 

My wife fished the heck out of a ned rig and got nothing.

I should update this. Since the river warmed, dropped and cleared that Zoom finesse worm on the split shot rig has been killing them.

[HookInMouth]

On 6/28/2020 at 7:13 AM, DogBone_384 said:

For 2020, 3.8” Fat Swing Impact.

Just picked up some 4.3 and some weighted 4/0 Owner Beast Hooks  to try. Figured I would give them a shot where I can't effectively throw my baby bull shads (my most successful lure overall this year). Just getting into smaller (3.5-5") swimbaits and the soft plastic ones look interesting. 

[shimanoangler]

My two favorites are 3.8 keitech paddle tail swimbait, fished on jig head (no underspin) in Ayu, Sight Flash and Pro Blue.

 

My other is a Bass Magnet Twitch in Smoke Purple Chartreuse and Clear Water Perch fished on a drop shot.

 

Honorable mention would be a GY Senko, 5" fished wacky or neko, green pumpkin, baby bass and natural shad.  This ALWAYS gets bites...

[Tatsu Dave]

Hafta revisit my earlier this summer answer, this week we did very well with junebug and rainbow trout color 5" stickbaits (GY Senko and BBB Trick Sticks) these accounted for some real nice size fish . I also tried 4" Char. pepper kalin grubs on an 1/8oz real deal shakey head tungsten jig rigged weedless, hadn't fished any grubs in that color in years........they couldn't get enough of them....smaller but big numbers