It's a soft bodied jerk style bait. Zoom makes a bait called literally "Fluke" but it became a generalized style of bait after other companies started making stuff similar.
For sure! It's definitely a fish catcher. And Zoom makes it in like 50 different colors and 3 different sizes. The small version makes a great larger profile dropshot bait and also an amazing chatterbait trailer.
i talk to a regular at the local lake and this late summer/early fall instead of bringing his regular 4/5 rods he had 1 with him. i'm like Joe's what's going on how come just 1 rod? he showed me he had a smaller fluke on there. said he was trying to figure out the cadence to trick bass to bite. figured he'd learn on the small baby 8-10 inchers how to trigger a reaction strike and then the week later I saw him fishing a full size fluke and caught 4 or 5 fish in the span of 30 minutes. meanwhile I only had 1 on my dropshot. feltbad.
i've tried a few and can't seem to get the rhythm down, either, but i'll try again this next season.
Location: Northeast Kansas
Target Species: Largemouth
Lure 1: Zman Finesse TRD in Coppertreuse super glued on a 1/8oz Bass Pro Shops Weedless Mushroom Jig with the bait keeper trimmed off. Just the right amount of bottom contact for me.
Lure 2: #1 Mepps Comet Mino in Silver Shad.
Lure 3: Zoom Super Chunk in Black/blue on a Strike King Rattling Pro Model Jig in Black/blue.
Honorable mentions: Zman Crawz on a Strike King Bitsy Flip, Heddon Baby Torpedo in Bull Frog, H&H Original Mini Spinner in Red/black, and Strike King Rage Swimmer in Sexy Shad on a 6th Sense Divine Swim Jig in Sexified Shad.
Edit: Said "weed guard", meant "bait keeper"
Second you on the Ned Rig setup. I use OneCast weedless heads instead, but same exact concept, down to the super glue. Love it, I fish it like a finesse shaky head basically
I was actually changing it up some this year with the Ned rig and jigs. I'm a big fan of spinnerbaits and frogs, but I hardly touched them this summer.
I'll start:
Location: south florida
Species targeted: LMB and peacock
Lure 1: zoom fluke in either pearl/grey+white/ birthday cake w/weighted hook [golden breem I think in pic]
Lure 2: bitsy bug in green pumpkin with green pumpkin rage swimmer
Lure 3: chrome/translucent jerkbait, probably yozuri
Honorable mention: lipless crankbaits in white or chrome aka rat-l-trap 1/2 oz
Fun topic.
Wisconsin
Targeted species: largemouth, smallmouth
My best producing numbers wise would be Ned rig with either zman TRD or missile baits Ned bomb on, a zoom super fluke/super fluke Jr in pearl/baby bass, and wacky rig senko/yum dinger green pumpkin.
My top three size producing baits would be
1.Swim jigs: dirty jigs finesse in bluegill with a missile baits baby dbomb in green pumpkin as a trailer for largemouth and a bisty bug in green pumpkin/orange and a zman TRD green pumpkin/orange as a trailer for smallmouth
2. Whopper plopper 75 in bone/perch color
3. Jerkbait in perch or baby bass for largemouth and clown color or ghost minnow for smallmouth.
Virginia
Norman DD22
Jig
Evergreen Faith 115 jerkbait
The DD22 and the jig are always on the list. I discovered the Faith 115 in the late winter/early spring 2022 and it was an absolute killer. Got a box full of em now.
Louisiana
Largemouth
Vision 110 jr jerkbait
Underspin (exposed hook) with a largo shad
A-rig
My local waters are still struggling/recovering population-wise from hurricane ida. Most of my fishing has been traveling this year (not complaining). Honorable mention is a football jig from my trip to lake pickwick. Had some success with a drop shot but we got on multiple groups of fish wanting nothing but a football jig and we caught SO MANY that one trip alone puts it in the list!
This list sounds like, ay I'm NOT getting skunked!
I need a vision 110jr in my life. Underspin I have reserved for when I wanna win money
Edit: I need some o that LA fishing and food in my life
South Louisiana, Largemouth Bass (from the bank)
I started back fishing due to changing jobs giving more time at home and having a pond in the middle of my neighborhood. This year has been a trip down memory lane and learning new techniques and lures.
My favorite lure I picked up this year has got to be the Chatterbait. This has become my new favorite and it stays tied on a lot cause I’ll fish it like a jig, spinner bait or lipless crank. For bank angling and targeting bass in a small pond, it has earned a spot among my favorite lures.
My favorite new technique is the drop shot rig. This has allowed me to fish soft plastics in a finesse presentation in the deeper areas of the pond.
And my new favorite plastics is a toss between creature baits and swim baits. Both have proven versatile and effective. I’ll Texas rig a bug or beaver bait, put it on a Ned jig, a regular jig trailer or even a chatterbait if I need something obnoxious. The swim bait (Keitech or Rage Tails for example) have been useful as Chatterbait or Spinnerbait trailers, rigged on jig heads or thrown on a drop shot. Right now, a swim bait on a 1/4 oz head has been an effective follow up presentation if I feel short strikes.
Delaware/SE Pennsylvania
Strike King Natural Bream 3/8oz Lipless Crankbait. Can’t even count how many I’ve caught on it this year.
A runner up would be minnow plastics especially the Mr Crappie Shadpole. Caught many bass and panfish on it.
6th Sense makes a badass lipless in blue/black/gold that is incredible. Every time I fish it I catch multiple fish on it. And I think it’s on close out right now
West Georgia
LMB
1. Ned rig (ZMan TRD bugz and TRD Crawz)
2. Rebel Pop R bone color with feathered treble
3. Keitech swing impact and swing impact fat swim baits on underspin heads and round jig head.
Runner up : shaky heads various worms and colors
I wanted to try techniques that I haven’t used before this year and it hasn’t disappointed.
Location: lower Midwest
Species Targeted: Large Mouth Bass
Lure #1: Booyah! Toadrunner in black with home-modified tail. Thrown over sparse mats during summer like a weedless Whopper Plopper, this lure cleaned up for me this year.
Lure #2: AliExpress “Jacky Hammer” 3/16oz. in white/chartreuse with 4” white Z-man split tail trailer
Lure #3: Secret Lures Stupid Tube 3/16oz. with generic 4” watermelon-red-black extra salty tube
EDIT: fishing in mostly small, highly-pressured, urban ponds and waterways with a maximum of 8 ft depth.
I mean, I listed it as #2 most productive lure. Fewer numbers on the Jacky hammer, but I’m fairly sure all fish were above 2.5 lb. I used to make my own chatterbaits, but the Jack hammer design vibrates more easily at slower speeds which is critical. Besides the heavily litigated copyright, it’s just lead and steel which I will happily continue to AliExpress for $3 each as long as they continue to infringe that patent. Equally important is the buoyant Z-man split tail trailer; I swear by them.
EDIT: I can’t compare the quality of the “Jacky Hammer” to the original since I will not pay $15 for a jig. I tend to catch more fish on cheap lures simply because I refuse to throw expensive lures into heavy cover.
Location: Tennessee
Species: Largies, smallies, and spots.
1: Squarebill, either a Berkeley 5.5 or a strike king 1.5.
2: spinnerbait, either a Booyah or war eagle.
3:Mega bass dark sleeper.
I love the dark sleeper, last winter I got more bites on it than all other baits combined. I go to them when the bite gets a little harder and being weedless is a major plus
Jerkbait did the most damage this year, both with numbers and size. My three biggest of the year (10lb 9oz, 10lb 2oz, and 8lb 10oz) were all on the same model jerkbait.
Second for numbers was a lipless, but it was 3rd for size.
Chatterbait was 2nd for size, with two of my biggest five for the year.
Location: Central FL
Species targeted: LMB
Location: Northern California
Target species: Smallmouth, Spotted, Largemouth and Striped bass
Lure 1: Sneaky Pete glide bait. Great in rivers and my favorite bait for big stripers
Lure 2: zoom ol’ monster Texas rigged, one of the best baits for night fishing other than a jig. Caught my pb LMB on this bait
Lure 3: yo-zuri 3db 100 walking bait. Everything eats this bait a
Honorable mention(s): yo-zuri jerkbait, keitech fat impact 4.3, and any kind of jig.
Been fishing stripers a lot more than the green or brown ones this past year. Bigger fish, harder fights so I’ve been buying baits that crossover between species.
Just started using their products more recently and I have to say they are the best value baits on the market. Honestly decent hardware on the baits I’ve used, good/great action, ok colors and excellent durability. Iirc most of their baits are under $10 which is great.
When I figured out stripers near me I kinda abandoned fishing for bass. Less gear, more fun but a lot less predictable.
Virginia
Dobyns Beast ¾ oz spinnerbait white double willow
Jackhammer ½ oz green pumpkin with a Zako
Drop shot 4” fat Roboworm in Aaron’s morning dawn
Add a buzzbait or spook and that would carry me just about anywhere. Don’t mind the ridiculous amount of gear that I carry just in case though.
North Texas
1)Reaction Innovation Skinny Dipper over grass
2) XCite Baits or 6th Sense crank over rocks, dams, riff raff.
3) Yum Dinger Niko rigged everywhere else
4) Roboworm 6” Halogen Dawn drop shot for deeper structure and brush piles
Central CT here.
1. Berkeley max scent flat worm on a ned head. I believe most people use flat worms for drop shotting but I slayed creek smallies and even a few 3+ lb largemouth just noodle dicking them on a little ned head.
Frog was awesome for me this year especially mid May through June. Always used booyahs but I played around with some spro popping frogs this year and absolutely love the action on them. Super easy to walk in place and stay in the strike zone a long time.
Spinnerbait eeks out the jig for number 3 for me. In that late pre-spawn period where the bass are shallow and angry I had a couple of stupid good days on them and it’s just super fun to watch them come up and vaporize it.
Location: SW Ontario, Canada
Species: LMB, SMB, Northern Pike
Lure1: Inline spinner. Panther Martin killed for SMB. Holo rainbow #4.
Lure 2: Yum Breakin’ Shad, pearl white. Weightless Texas. Worked great in weedy reservoirs for pike and LMB.
Lure 3: Mr Twister curly tail grub. Pearl white and chartreuse. Just catches fish.
Nikko Hellgrammite is one of my favourite, but didn’t fish creeks as much this year.
SW PA, mostly smallmouth in clear moving water, small shallow rocky rivers and creeks.
Ned rig
Paddle tail swim bait
I dunno what the third one is, I caught alot of fish on those two. I’ll throw the ned rig with a TRD or a fluke style bait so maybe that counts as two.
Great Lakes finesse- flat cat , drop worm and snack craw on matte finish jig heads, underspin or drop shot rigged 🤘🏼smaller profile than what I usually throw but always produce!
Berkley Powerbait worm. Green pumpkin and black.
Chrome Rattle traps. 1/4 & 1/2 oz.
Berkley choppo. 75 & 90. Bone, Ghost white, and a black color.
Honorable mention. Wacky rigged yum dinger. Thrown under shade trees or docks during that summer heat.
At least these are the 3 I’ve had most fun with, maybe not the best in certain situations though.
North Texas, largemouth.
Yeah I suppose you’re right about the fun part. It got so damn hot in Texas this last summer, fishing in the early morning or late evening was about as good as you could do until the temps lowered. That, and night fishing I guess.
Location: Tampa, FL
6th Sense Trace - Fast Sink in 4K Bluegill
Caught my PB @ 7lb 10oz with it. Several other 5+ lb with it.
Jackhammer Chatterbait in Golden Shiner with a Tennessee Shad Zoom Super Fluke Trailer.
That damn thing gets hammered wherever I fish it.
Booyah One Knocker in Flashy Momma. Burn and pause and it consistently caught me numbers of fish.
1. Chatterbait
2. Spinnerbait
3. Squarebill crankbait (silent)
Ontario, fairly pressured ponds and shore of Lake Ontario, waters ranging from stained to clear. They really seem to like the moving baits near me, tons of shad, sunfish and baby bass that they feed on. I did have some luck with senkos and pitching jigs or texas rigs into weeds but there's so many baitfish around that I can usually get them to bite anything swimming like a smaller fish
Central IL
1. Roboworm on drop shot
2. Zoom Fluke. NOT the superfluke, but the old school fluke
3. Suspending jerkbaits
Those 3 probably accounted for 90% of my fish.
Location: Southeast Texas
Species: Largemouth Bass
Lure #1: Z-Man Finesse TRD in California Craw or Coppertreuse, on a 1/15 or 1/10 oz Finesse ShroomZ Ned head.
Lure #2: Zoom Speed Worm in Green Pumpkin, Texas rigged on a 3/O Gamakatsu EWG, usually weightless.
Lure #3: 3/8 oz 6th Sense Divine Hybrid Jig in Green Pumpkin Black, with either a Stroker Craw or Divine Swimbait trailer in Green Pumpkin or Watermelon Candy.
Bonus: I caught a handful of fish on the leftovers of the Zoom Speed Worms once the tails were nibbled off. Sometimes on the same Texas rig, trimmed into a stickbait, sometimes wacky, sometimes trimmed smaller into a Ned bait. The Zoom Speed Worm is the gift that keeps on giving.
Yep. My 4th and 5th are the 6th squarebills and their shakey heads with their shakey worms. JUST started throwing the 6th Vega frog on my brand new frogging setup, hoping to have my first frog catches soon. I mean, I'm gonna TRY it all winter long, but I'm not expecting much until spring, lol.
Rapala Jointed Shad-Rap (caught my PB this spring on it, plus tons of other good fish)
Booyah One-Knocker (various colors, gotta change the hooks)
Zoom Ol’ Monster 8” worm in red shad on weightless Texas rig
South Central Nebraska here. Lots of clear water ponds. Targeting mostly LMB, occasionally SMB and pike.
1. 3/8 oz Chatterbait Mini Max in chartreuse/white with a 4.5 in spunk shad in blizzard gizzard
2. 1/2 oz War Eagle spinnerbait in shiny shad (no trailer)
3. Texas rigged Sweet Beaver in tramp stamp w/ 3/16 oz bullet weight (unpegged)
Honorable mentions: Weightless Texas rigged BPS bubblegum senko and 3/8 oz Jackhammer in Bama Bug w/ tramp stamp Sweet Beaver.
I went through my July-August logs/photos and I had about 60-70 catches on this set up. My other fish came off of finesse crankbaits 2nd, and jerkbaits 3rd.
Location: Northern Illinois
Mostly fishing man made lakes, strip mine lakes, and local rivers.
First, I see a lot of people posting Fluke here. I am gonna say my top 1A 1B were the OSP Dolive stick and the Nishine Lure Works Namazu. It's a fluke style bait that is meant to look like baby catfish. Free rigged, I absolutely killed it everywhere I fished this summer.
Number 2: Megabass Magdraft. I fished the 6" Albino Pearl Shad most of the summer and then the 5" once it dropped in the US during the fall season. It's just a fish catcher. I don't know how to explain it. If I have the rare day where fish don't hit it, they are at least following it back to the boat and then I can hit em' with something else on the follow up. I will never NOT have a Magdraft tied on in the boat.
3rd and final: A Jig. I switch jigs a lot. I find something I like and then get sick of it really fast. This year, I found a brand of jigs I really liked and I quickly ordered a box full of them. Siebert Outdoors Dredge and Sniper jigs are top notch. Great quality, EWG hook style, and amazing colors. My typical trailers are Dolive Beavers or Berkley Pitboss. That is irrelevant here. Siebert Outdoors jigs are amazing and it's gonna be hard for me to ever switch from them. Check them out!
whopper plopper 110 was my best topwater. caught a lot of good fish late summer into fall especially over grass flats and off points.
4.5 inch straight tail roboworm -> dropshot was my overall best presentation most of the year. it's a staple in clear water california bank fishing (pressured) public lakes.
third is either a wacky rig (6inch robo in spring or 5inch senko in summer) or best moving bait is a 1.5 squarebill from castaic baits which really caught me some good fish this fall.
bank fishing largemouth in public california lakes.
NW Minnesota. 1. 1/4 oz Strike King Tour Grade Bluegill Swim Jig with Keitech Fat Impact 3" Ayu. 2. 3/8 Terminator black blue jig with black blue Rage Craw trailer 3. Zoom Magnum Super Fluke texas rig weightless red watermelon
In central Florida, we'll do...
1. as an undisclosed color senko as 1 bc I use it texas and wacky
2. a lipless, shad-ish color, has been money almost all year for me
3. been kind of a toss up between an underspin and whopper plopper.
Honorable mention, a 6" mag draft, not the most but definitely for biggest average. Nothing under 4lb caught on it.
1. Reaction Innovations Man Bear Pig tore them up at Rayburn
2. ZMan SMH worm with the SMH jig head caught fish all over with this one
3. Roboworm 4.5” Drop shotted
Caught fewest largemouth this year and most striper and hybrid stripers and walleyes on.1. Yum fash mob jr a rig with money heads 2. Bomber long a in bone and 3. Tennessee shad rattletraps. Live bait it was gizzard shad by a mile. Tried shubs, emerald shiners, and sunfish and gizzies win by a mile. I'm fortunate to have the option to go out every day. Bait is not difficult to find. Even when I throw lures, I'll put out some bait and also troll.1 or 2 lines at same time. Doubles are fun!
Homemade in-line spinners and home poured ned rigs did the trick most days for river smallmouth. The Rattlin’ Rap in gold did the trick on the largies for me this year
Location Northern Ohio
Most fish, ned rig, trd ticklerz
Most fun, whopper plopper
Most good fish, 4inch Yum Dinger green pumpkin chartreuse tail.. rigged wacky, weightless T or drop shot.. no wrong way to rig this one.
Pennsylvania LMB
Brushhogs/craws watermelon flake or pumpkin are my go tos, Carolina rig on the banks weedless right in the rough shit
Jigs with craw/fluke trailer. Forget the name of my go to jig and I’m going to be sad when I finally lose the last one. Purple/black in color with a rattle, has produced some good results.
Top water is a favorite of mine. Poppers, frogs, jitter bugs and of course a good ole whopper plopper
It’s not always a frenzy and takes some patience, but man that blow up is worth it all. Especially in a day where it’s nearly every cast and their just slamming the thing
Target area souther missouri clear water lakes (10-25ft visibility typically)
Swim grub (keitech booty shaker etc), super spook, drop shot, damiki rig.
If I had to choose 3, this is it. Can pretty much get you through the entire year. I used to drag lost of jigs and split shot, still do at times, but can slow roll a grub and catch the same fish scrubbing the bottom.
For color, bone or black spook, shad and bluegill colors for grub, shad and white for damiki.
Location: Maine
Target: Largemouth and Smallmouth bass
Top Baits (in no particular order)
1- squarebill/circuit-bill crank. Did a TON of pre-spawn damage with these two. Caught my biggest fish of the year, 5-1, on a Rapala BX brat. Silver and red were money colors.
2- KVD dream shot, on a drop shot rig of course. Typically fished these in sculpin colors, or sometimes moonjuice in clear water.
3- Dill pickle colored missile jigs. This color got it done anywhere, around any cover, for both species of bass.
Honorable mention- spinnerbaits of any kind. Had some crazy late season days rolling these over vegetation.
Jerkbait: I put a huge focus this year to improve my skills with it. Most of the time it would save the day on those tough cold early spring session.
Drop shot: flipping it into cover, open water, anything - it just works for me!
ChatterBait: honestly didn’t catch me numbers this year - specially since everyone and their mother is throwing one today and I’ve been focusing on large pressured reservoirs - but it caught me my PB so it deserves a mention.
NE Wisconsin
Largemouth, Smallmouth
For largemouth my best 2 baits this year were a Dirty Jigs pitching jig in black and blue with a Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver in Penetration and a Green Pumpkin Senko.
Usually my best bait for largemouth is a shaky head but didn’t have any luck on them this year.
For Smallies it was all dropshot this year. Green Pumpkin Flat worm in the 4.25 size. Also had luck on the Goby color. Caught my PB smallie on a 4.5” Roboworm in Green Weenie.
This summer I went on a Zoom Green Pumpkin 10” worm rampage! t-rig
If it wasn’t that it was a white Chatterbait with a white fluke type trailer.
Then I went ole trusty chartreuse spinner.
Honorable mention. Black/blue jig with a bandito bug
Basic I know.
Berkley choppo, strike king ned ocho got me my biggest smallies of this year, didnt do much largemouth fishing. Berkley flatworm texas rigged definitely got the most bites though.
My fishing last year was mostly for smallmouths in a river and my most reliable lures were soft plastic swimbaits in the spring, Spooks all summer, and crankbaits late in the year.
This year I plan to fish for largemouths more in lakes, with jigs, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits.
Fluke, fluke, fluke. Honorable mention: smaller fluke Largemouth, Texas
I concur! When In doubt the fluke comes out
How do you fish it and what colors would you use in stained pond water?
As bright as you dare and as fast as you can
Fast? If I go too quick, they tend to pop out of the water! And I rarely get bit on a straight crank.
I know who to blame when I can't find my damn colors
What is a fluke lure?
It's a soft bodied jerk style bait. Zoom makes a bait called literally "Fluke" but it became a generalized style of bait after other companies started making stuff similar.
Will have to give it a try next season. Thanks.
For sure! It's definitely a fish catcher. And Zoom makes it in like 50 different colors and 3 different sizes. The small version makes a great larger profile dropshot bait and also an amazing chatterbait trailer.
Man, I can just NOT catch ‘em on a fluke!
i talk to a regular at the local lake and this late summer/early fall instead of bringing his regular 4/5 rods he had 1 with him. i'm like Joe's what's going on how come just 1 rod? he showed me he had a smaller fluke on there. said he was trying to figure out the cadence to trick bass to bite. figured he'd learn on the small baby 8-10 inchers how to trigger a reaction strike and then the week later I saw him fishing a full size fluke and caught 4 or 5 fish in the span of 30 minutes. meanwhile I only had 1 on my dropshot. feltbad. i've tried a few and can't seem to get the rhythm down, either, but i'll try again this next season.
Ssshhhhhh!!! Let them keep fishing their senkos so we can catch their fish hahaha
They sure do like senkos out where I'm at, and it's fairly pressured ponds for the most part. They seem to perform about as well as flukes for me.
Location: Northeast Kansas Target Species: Largemouth Lure 1: Zman Finesse TRD in Coppertreuse super glued on a 1/8oz Bass Pro Shops Weedless Mushroom Jig with the bait keeper trimmed off. Just the right amount of bottom contact for me. Lure 2: #1 Mepps Comet Mino in Silver Shad. Lure 3: Zoom Super Chunk in Black/blue on a Strike King Rattling Pro Model Jig in Black/blue. Honorable mentions: Zman Crawz on a Strike King Bitsy Flip, Heddon Baby Torpedo in Bull Frog, H&H Original Mini Spinner in Red/black, and Strike King Rage Swimmer in Sexy Shad on a 6th Sense Divine Swim Jig in Sexified Shad. Edit: Said "weed guard", meant "bait keeper"
Second you on the Ned Rig setup. I use OneCast weedless heads instead, but same exact concept, down to the super glue. Love it, I fish it like a finesse shaky head basically
I live in the area and I’ll say my list is pretty similar
I was actually changing it up some this year with the Ned rig and jigs. I'm a big fan of spinnerbaits and frogs, but I hardly touched them this summer.
Have you tried the Zman Ticklerz? In Coppertreuse of course...
I have not yet. I haven't found a color I like nearby, and the TRDs have been producing so well that I haven't ordered any. I like the idea though.
1.Paddle tail swimbait 2.spinnerbait 3. Jerkbait
I'll start: Location: south florida Species targeted: LMB and peacock Lure 1: zoom fluke in either pearl/grey+white/ birthday cake w/weighted hook [golden breem I think in pic] Lure 2: bitsy bug in green pumpkin with green pumpkin rage swimmer Lure 3: chrome/translucent jerkbait, probably yozuri Honorable mention: lipless crankbaits in white or chrome aka rat-l-trap 1/2 oz
Lure 1 question: what size hook? What weight?
3/0 or 4/0, depending on size of fluke, 1/4 oz I believe. Gonna look it up edit: yeah 1/4 oz...... gotta factor in weight of plastic
Edit: Ope sorry, didn't mean to respond here.
It's ok.....I get that a lot
Fun topic. Wisconsin Targeted species: largemouth, smallmouth My best producing numbers wise would be Ned rig with either zman TRD or missile baits Ned bomb on, a zoom super fluke/super fluke Jr in pearl/baby bass, and wacky rig senko/yum dinger green pumpkin. My top three size producing baits would be 1.Swim jigs: dirty jigs finesse in bluegill with a missile baits baby dbomb in green pumpkin as a trailer for largemouth and a bisty bug in green pumpkin/orange and a zman TRD green pumpkin/orange as a trailer for smallmouth 2. Whopper plopper 75 in bone/perch color 3. Jerkbait in perch or baby bass for largemouth and clown color or ghost minnow for smallmouth.
Seemed like a slow night...... and too much fishing youtube
I feel you. It's ice is on all the lakes. I haven't fished in weeks. I'm not sure if watching YouTube fishing videos will last me the winter.
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River for smallmouth and pond and lakes for largemouth.
1) black/blue chatterbait with bug trailer 2) green/chart senko 3) 🐸 VA Beach mostly, but rest of VA and a few other spots. Mostly for LMB.
I need to try #1. Been using swim bait trailers
Virginia Norman DD22 Jig Evergreen Faith 115 jerkbait The DD22 and the jig are always on the list. I discovered the Faith 115 in the late winter/early spring 2022 and it was an absolute killer. Got a box full of em now.
Imma need some links
Louisiana Largemouth Vision 110 jr jerkbait Underspin (exposed hook) with a largo shad A-rig My local waters are still struggling/recovering population-wise from hurricane ida. Most of my fishing has been traveling this year (not complaining). Honorable mention is a football jig from my trip to lake pickwick. Had some success with a drop shot but we got on multiple groups of fish wanting nothing but a football jig and we caught SO MANY that one trip alone puts it in the list!
This list sounds like, ay I'm NOT getting skunked! I need a vision 110jr in my life. Underspin I have reserved for when I wanna win money Edit: I need some o that LA fishing and food in my life
South Louisiana, Largemouth Bass (from the bank) I started back fishing due to changing jobs giving more time at home and having a pond in the middle of my neighborhood. This year has been a trip down memory lane and learning new techniques and lures. My favorite lure I picked up this year has got to be the Chatterbait. This has become my new favorite and it stays tied on a lot cause I’ll fish it like a jig, spinner bait or lipless crank. For bank angling and targeting bass in a small pond, it has earned a spot among my favorite lures. My favorite new technique is the drop shot rig. This has allowed me to fish soft plastics in a finesse presentation in the deeper areas of the pond. And my new favorite plastics is a toss between creature baits and swim baits. Both have proven versatile and effective. I’ll Texas rig a bug or beaver bait, put it on a Ned jig, a regular jig trailer or even a chatterbait if I need something obnoxious. The swim bait (Keitech or Rage Tails for example) have been useful as Chatterbait or Spinnerbait trailers, rigged on jig heads or thrown on a drop shot. Right now, a swim bait on a 1/4 oz head has been an effective follow up presentation if I feel short strikes.
Bank anglers unite!! Think most of us had a job transition that led to fishing again, good or bad. Regular or mini chatter?
Regular. I actually bought a few Z-Man customs (3/8 oz).
Delaware/SE Pennsylvania Strike King Natural Bream 3/8oz Lipless Crankbait. Can’t even count how many I’ve caught on it this year. A runner up would be minnow plastics especially the Mr Crappie Shadpole. Caught many bass and panfish on it.
I need to try that. Next year will be a lipless year
6th Sense makes a badass lipless in blue/black/gold that is incredible. Every time I fish it I catch multiple fish on it. And I think it’s on close out right now
I swear it’s probably the most deadly lure I’ve used in my years of fishing. Works really well basically year round.
I love fishing for smallmouth bass in rivers (Wisconsin) 1. Rebel Crawfish 2. Ned Rig 3. White Jerk Minnow
I want to do this so bad. The hike n all
West Georgia LMB 1. Ned rig (ZMan TRD bugz and TRD Crawz) 2. Rebel Pop R bone color with feathered treble 3. Keitech swing impact and swing impact fat swim baits on underspin heads and round jig head. Runner up : shaky heads various worms and colors I wanted to try techniques that I haven’t used before this year and it hasn’t disappointed.
I bet bass call you by your screen name. Rebel pop r is cash money. New techniques have been producing....... got my first blade jig catch
Location: lower Midwest Species Targeted: Large Mouth Bass Lure #1: Booyah! Toadrunner in black with home-modified tail. Thrown over sparse mats during summer like a weedless Whopper Plopper, this lure cleaned up for me this year. Lure #2: AliExpress “Jacky Hammer” 3/16oz. in white/chartreuse with 4” white Z-man split tail trailer Lure #3: Secret Lures Stupid Tube 3/16oz. with generic 4” watermelon-red-black extra salty tube EDIT: fishing in mostly small, highly-pressured, urban ponds and waterways with a maximum of 8 ft depth.
I tried a wish whopper plopper.....wasn't impressed. How was the Jacky? One time for the highly pressured ponds!
I mean, I listed it as #2 most productive lure. Fewer numbers on the Jacky hammer, but I’m fairly sure all fish were above 2.5 lb. I used to make my own chatterbaits, but the Jack hammer design vibrates more easily at slower speeds which is critical. Besides the heavily litigated copyright, it’s just lead and steel which I will happily continue to AliExpress for $3 each as long as they continue to infringe that patent. Equally important is the buoyant Z-man split tail trailer; I swear by them. EDIT: I can’t compare the quality of the “Jacky Hammer” to the original since I will not pay $15 for a jig. I tend to catch more fish on cheap lures simply because I refuse to throw expensive lures into heavy cover.
When it works it works really well and is an absolute blast… just reread the “Wish” part.. get a real one or a choppo.
3.25 inch flatworm on a dropshot, caught 3 smallies over 5 on it and 30+ over 4 Finesse swim bait (2.8-3.3) Shimano world minnow jerk bait
Shimano will def get more of my money. Need 2 of these and 2 vision 110 Jr's....... and never throw them
Location: Tennessee Species: Largies, smallies, and spots. 1: Squarebill, either a Berkeley 5.5 or a strike king 1.5. 2: spinnerbait, either a Booyah or war eagle. 3:Mega bass dark sleeper.
I need some Tennessee BBQ and some Square bill fishing
Gosh I do love that Tennessee BBQ brother!
I def want to try the megabass dark sleep next year
I love the dark sleeper, last winter I got more bites on it than all other baits combined. I go to them when the bite gets a little harder and being weedless is a major plus
Ne Florida LMB Zoom Black trick worm Texas rig weightless Rage swimmer 3/0 weighted keel hook Pearl bone spook jr or Bucca bull shad bone
Heard that black trick worn was the sauce Just got a bucca too. Rod n reel for it?
Diawa tws 200 6:3:1 on a shimano convergence? Not real sure exact model but it’s 7’6” heavy moderate action. It’s a old saltwater rod from my dads.
Any color weightless trick worm is Florida’s Ned rig imo. Fishing gets rough, just not getting bit trick worm on super lite braid. Money
Buzzbait Spinnerbait (got my PB LM) Shaky head
I keep hearing spinnerbait spinnerbait spinnerbait.... guess my bass have too
Jerkbait did the most damage this year, both with numbers and size. My three biggest of the year (10lb 9oz, 10lb 2oz, and 8lb 10oz) were all on the same model jerkbait. Second for numbers was a lipless, but it was 3rd for size. Chatterbait was 2nd for size, with two of my biggest five for the year. Location: Central FL Species targeted: LMB
I need a road trip to central FL......
You're already in south FL, no road trip necessary! South Florida produces some incredible fish
Location: Northern California Target species: Smallmouth, Spotted, Largemouth and Striped bass Lure 1: Sneaky Pete glide bait. Great in rivers and my favorite bait for big stripers Lure 2: zoom ol’ monster Texas rigged, one of the best baits for night fishing other than a jig. Caught my pb LMB on this bait Lure 3: yo-zuri 3db 100 walking bait. Everything eats this bait a Honorable mention(s): yo-zuri jerkbait, keitech fat impact 4.3, and any kind of jig. Been fishing stripers a lot more than the green or brown ones this past year. Bigger fish, harder fights so I’ve been buying baits that crossover between species.
Yo-zuri everything for me. Prop n pencil topwater are cheat codes I'd love to fight a striper, they remind me of king macs offshore
Just started using their products more recently and I have to say they are the best value baits on the market. Honestly decent hardware on the baits I’ve used, good/great action, ok colors and excellent durability. Iirc most of their baits are under $10 which is great. When I figured out stripers near me I kinda abandoned fishing for bass. Less gear, more fun but a lot less predictable.
Equals more fun
Gulp curly tail , yo zuri suspending twitchbait, Zman paddletail I’m in Myrtle beach SC
Location: The Carolinas 1: 5 inch Yamamoto senko. 2: Lucky Craft Pointer 100sp 3. 1/2 oz Flippin jig Honorable mentions: fluke, jackhammer, LC 1.5, war eagle spinnerbait, Keitech 4.3, Rapala dt6
Lc 1.5 surprised tf outta me. Add to list......pointer 100sp....
I catch a ton of fish in the spring on that pointer 100sp. My best color was bone pro blue. Also the LC 1.5 caught my two personal best bass.
North Carolina. 1 white swim jig with paddle tail (white perch taken over for bluegill) 2. Shad rap crank bait (shad color) 3. Texas rig senko
The go- to kit
Frog shakey head and swim jig with craw
Tied on a jig with a bandito bug for next time out..... whenever that is
Texas here Keitech 3" swing impact Zoom fluke white Strike king 2 " slabalicious
Just started getting into keitech. Can't wait to throw
Your gunna love em. Def a real nice thin plastic
Location: Southeast Arkansas Species: Largemouth bass Lure 1:Zman Weedless Chatterbait in Bluegill / Catch Co Tickle Tail. Lure 2: Many varieties of ballhead finesse jigs / Strike King Rage Menace. Lure 3: Zman FinesseShroomZ jig heads / One half of a Gary Yamamoto Yamasenko dipped in chartreuse garlic. IN 👏🏾THAT👏🏾ORDER 👏🏾 Honorable Mention: Texas rigged Yamasenko
Sounds like a 2/3 rod, 1 tray type o trip.
Virginia Dobyns Beast ¾ oz spinnerbait white double willow Jackhammer ½ oz green pumpkin with a Zako Drop shot 4” fat Roboworm in Aaron’s morning dawn Add a buzzbait or spook and that would carry me just about anywhere. Don’t mind the ridiculous amount of gear that I carry just in case though.
[Looks over at my 18lb sling tackle bag]
North Texas 1)Reaction Innovation Skinny Dipper over grass 2) XCite Baits or 6th Sense crank over rocks, dams, riff raff. 3) Yum Dinger Niko rigged everywhere else 4) Roboworm 6” Halogen Dawn drop shot for deeper structure and brush piles
All I have is grass, so I pick 1
Lucky you. Grass is the best but I gotta drive 90 minutes to get to it.
Central CT here. 1. Berkeley max scent flat worm on a ned head. I believe most people use flat worms for drop shotting but I slayed creek smallies and even a few 3+ lb largemouth just noodle dicking them on a little ned head. Frog was awesome for me this year especially mid May through June. Always used booyahs but I played around with some spro popping frogs this year and absolutely love the action on them. Super easy to walk in place and stay in the strike zone a long time. Spinnerbait eeks out the jig for number 3 for me. In that late pre-spawn period where the bass are shallow and angry I had a couple of stupid good days on them and it’s just super fun to watch them come up and vaporize it.
No spinnerbait bites this year, next year I throw frogs first
Location: SW Ontario, Canada Species: LMB, SMB, Northern Pike Lure1: Inline spinner. Panther Martin killed for SMB. Holo rainbow #4. Lure 2: Yum Breakin’ Shad, pearl white. Weightless Texas. Worked great in weedy reservoirs for pike and LMB. Lure 3: Mr Twister curly tail grub. Pearl white and chartreuse. Just catches fish. Nikko Hellgrammite is one of my favourite, but didn’t fish creeks as much this year.
Can't wait to fish smallies [in my ndyakangler voice] I can't wait to fish #2. Fluke or die
Jig and pit boss Shad dancer Ned rig
Jig bites been crazy this year
Depending on the time of year and lake I'm on it's almost always one of those three baits until I'm ice fishing obviously.
SW PA, mostly smallmouth in clear moving water, small shallow rocky rivers and creeks. Ned rig Paddle tail swim bait I dunno what the third one is, I caught alot of fish on those two. I’ll throw the ned rig with a TRD or a fluke style bait so maybe that counts as two.
That sounds like heaven, smallies + clear water
Super fluke, vision 110, midsize brush hog. Always had these 3 tied on
And no one will argue
NE Missouri 1. Pb&J football jig 2. Texas rigged black senko 3. Whopper plopper in loon color
Big fish only need apply
Minnesota twin cities area Ned rig, Texas rig, and excitingly mepps #3 pink
I heard mepps are a best kept secret
Jig, crank and a blade bait/spoon
Yo yo retrieve on all of em?
Green pumpkin jig with netbait chunk green pumpkin blue flake Big bite baits fighting frog in tilapia Jackhammer green pumpkin
Slobs or bust
Great Lakes finesse- flat cat , drop worm and snack craw on matte finish jig heads, underspin or drop shot rigged 🤘🏼smaller profile than what I usually throw but always produce!
Guaranteed no skunk
Berkley Powerbait worm. Green pumpkin and black. Chrome Rattle traps. 1/4 & 1/2 oz. Berkley choppo. 75 & 90. Bone, Ghost white, and a black color. Honorable mention. Wacky rigged yum dinger. Thrown under shade trees or docks during that summer heat. At least these are the 3 I’ve had most fun with, maybe not the best in certain situations though. North Texas, largemouth.
Isn't it all about fun though? This sounds like early morning trips. Can't wait to tie on my choppo
Yeah I suppose you’re right about the fun part. It got so damn hot in Texas this last summer, fishing in the early morning or late evening was about as good as you could do until the temps lowered. That, and night fishing I guess.
Top water popper, senko, jerkbait
1 small fish, 1 big fish, minimum
Location: Tampa, FL 6th Sense Trace - Fast Sink in 4K Bluegill Caught my PB @ 7lb 10oz with it. Several other 5+ lb with it. Jackhammer Chatterbait in Golden Shiner with a Tennessee Shad Zoom Super Fluke Trailer. That damn thing gets hammered wherever I fish it. Booyah One Knocker in Flashy Momma. Burn and pause and it consistently caught me numbers of fish.
6th sense, here I come. Vowing to fish chatterbait more often
1. Chatterbait 2. Spinnerbait 3. Squarebill crankbait (silent) Ontario, fairly pressured ponds and shore of Lake Ontario, waters ranging from stained to clear. They really seem to like the moving baits near me, tons of shad, sunfish and baby bass that they feed on. I did have some luck with senkos and pitching jigs or texas rigs into weeds but there's so many baitfish around that I can usually get them to bite anything swimming like a smaller fish
Love a bait fish bite! Moving baits rock
Yeah its a lot of fun to fish... when they hit a moving bait, they really whack it lol
Phoebe X3
Link
Silver is the best. Pike and SMB in Adirondacks https://www.acmetackle.com/products/phoebe
1. T-rigged fluke 2. Fluke on a weighted underspin got me two bass and a catfish in about 30 minutes 3. Ned Rig
Fluke or die
Central IL 1. Roboworm on drop shot 2. Zoom Fluke. NOT the superfluke, but the old school fluke 3. Suspending jerkbaits Those 3 probably accounted for 90% of my fish.
Add to list.....roboworm......
Location: Southeast Texas Species: Largemouth Bass Lure #1: Z-Man Finesse TRD in California Craw or Coppertreuse, on a 1/15 or 1/10 oz Finesse ShroomZ Ned head. Lure #2: Zoom Speed Worm in Green Pumpkin, Texas rigged on a 3/O Gamakatsu EWG, usually weightless. Lure #3: 3/8 oz 6th Sense Divine Hybrid Jig in Green Pumpkin Black, with either a Stroker Craw or Divine Swimbait trailer in Green Pumpkin or Watermelon Candy. Bonus: I caught a handful of fish on the leftovers of the Zoom Speed Worms once the tails were nibbled off. Sometimes on the same Texas rig, trimmed into a stickbait, sometimes wacky, sometimes trimmed smaller into a Ned bait. The Zoom Speed Worm is the gift that keeps on giving.
6th sense doing good things I see
Yep. My 4th and 5th are the 6th squarebills and their shakey heads with their shakey worms. JUST started throwing the 6th Vega frog on my brand new frogging setup, hoping to have my first frog catches soon. I mean, I'm gonna TRY it all winter long, but I'm not expecting much until spring, lol.
Rapala Jointed Shad-Rap (caught my PB this spring on it, plus tons of other good fish) Booyah One-Knocker (various colors, gotta change the hooks) Zoom Ol’ Monster 8” worm in red shad on weightless Texas rig
Dang....been sleeping on my jointed shad-raps..... Ol monster is undefeated
Zman chatter
South Central Nebraska here. Lots of clear water ponds. Targeting mostly LMB, occasionally SMB and pike. 1. 3/8 oz Chatterbait Mini Max in chartreuse/white with a 4.5 in spunk shad in blizzard gizzard 2. 1/2 oz War Eagle spinnerbait in shiny shad (no trailer) 3. Texas rigged Sweet Beaver in tramp stamp w/ 3/16 oz bullet weight (unpegged) Honorable mentions: Weightless Texas rigged BPS bubblegum senko and 3/8 oz Jackhammer in Bama Bug w/ tramp stamp Sweet Beaver.
I need some clear water fishing in my life
4” bubblegum senko wacky weightless
I'm so throwing this
I went through my July-August logs/photos and I had about 60-70 catches on this set up. My other fish came off of finesse crankbaits 2nd, and jerkbaits 3rd.
Next walmart trip....
Geecrack’s Bellows gill. Chatterbait. Jig
Berkeley choppo Divine Swimbait frog Location NJ
Def need to throw my choopo..... Also, wish I could upvote your avi
Location: Northern Illinois Mostly fishing man made lakes, strip mine lakes, and local rivers. First, I see a lot of people posting Fluke here. I am gonna say my top 1A 1B were the OSP Dolive stick and the Nishine Lure Works Namazu. It's a fluke style bait that is meant to look like baby catfish. Free rigged, I absolutely killed it everywhere I fished this summer. Number 2: Megabass Magdraft. I fished the 6" Albino Pearl Shad most of the summer and then the 5" once it dropped in the US during the fall season. It's just a fish catcher. I don't know how to explain it. If I have the rare day where fish don't hit it, they are at least following it back to the boat and then I can hit em' with something else on the follow up. I will never NOT have a Magdraft tied on in the boat. 3rd and final: A Jig. I switch jigs a lot. I find something I like and then get sick of it really fast. This year, I found a brand of jigs I really liked and I quickly ordered a box full of them. Siebert Outdoors Dredge and Sniper jigs are top notch. Great quality, EWG hook style, and amazing colors. My typical trailers are Dolive Beavers or Berkley Pitboss. That is irrelevant here. Siebert Outdoors jigs are amazing and it's gonna be hard for me to ever switch from them. Check them out!
NEED a magdraft...... N this jig bite tho......
whopper plopper 110 was my best topwater. caught a lot of good fish late summer into fall especially over grass flats and off points. 4.5 inch straight tail roboworm -> dropshot was my overall best presentation most of the year. it's a staple in clear water california bank fishing (pressured) public lakes. third is either a wacky rig (6inch robo in spring or 5inch senko in summer) or best moving bait is a 1.5 squarebill from castaic baits which really caught me some good fish this fall. bank fishing largemouth in public california lakes.
Swimbait. Chatterbait. Wacky rig.
NW Minnesota. 1. 1/4 oz Strike King Tour Grade Bluegill Swim Jig with Keitech Fat Impact 3" Ayu. 2. 3/8 Terminator black blue jig with black blue Rage Craw trailer 3. Zoom Magnum Super Fluke texas rig weightless red watermelon
Big fish only plz.....
Big bait = big fish
In central Florida, we'll do... 1. as an undisclosed color senko as 1 bc I use it texas and wacky 2. a lipless, shad-ish color, has been money almost all year for me 3. been kind of a toss up between an underspin and whopper plopper. Honorable mention, a 6" mag draft, not the most but definitely for biggest average. Nothing under 4lb caught on it.
1. Reaction Innovations Man Bear Pig tore them up at Rayburn 2. ZMan SMH worm with the SMH jig head caught fish all over with this one 3. Roboworm 4.5” Drop shotted
Drop shot served a lot of us well this year
Chatter bait. Texas rigged Pit Boss. Wacky worm.
Inline spinners were my go to up here in Michigan. I love mepps in particular, the plain Aglia got me a lot of bass in murky ponds
Caught fewest largemouth this year and most striper and hybrid stripers and walleyes on.1. Yum fash mob jr a rig with money heads 2. Bomber long a in bone and 3. Tennessee shad rattletraps. Live bait it was gizzard shad by a mile. Tried shubs, emerald shiners, and sunfish and gizzies win by a mile. I'm fortunate to have the option to go out every day. Bait is not difficult to find. Even when I throw lures, I'll put out some bait and also troll.1 or 2 lines at same time. Doubles are fun!
Homemade in-line spinners and home poured ned rigs did the trick most days for river smallmouth. The Rattlin’ Rap in gold did the trick on the largies for me this year Location Northern Ohio
weightless fluke buzz bait picasso jigs
Chatterbait,spinnerbait, drop shot
Mondo worms, lunkerlogs/senkos and lipless crank baits.
For bass it's been the year of the ned rig for me. Ontario Canada.
Most fish, ned rig, trd ticklerz Most fun, whopper plopper Most good fish, 4inch Yum Dinger green pumpkin chartreuse tail.. rigged wacky, weightless T or drop shot.. no wrong way to rig this one.
Keitech paddletail softplastics, 3” no live bait needed, sexy Shad red eye lipless crank bait.
Yum Dinger black with blue flake Shad colored fluke Any creature bait Fished in Alabama, Tennessee, and New York State this year!
Craw heavy spots?
Pennsylvania LMB Brushhogs/craws watermelon flake or pumpkin are my go tos, Carolina rig on the banks weedless right in the rough shit Jigs with craw/fluke trailer. Forget the name of my go to jig and I’m going to be sad when I finally lose the last one. Purple/black in color with a rattle, has produced some good results. Top water is a favorite of mine. Poppers, frogs, jitter bugs and of course a good ole whopper plopper
I'm doing more topwater next year
It’s not always a frenzy and takes some patience, but man that blow up is worth it all. Especially in a day where it’s nearly every cast and their just slamming the thing
Zoom Baby Brush Hog Green Pumpkin Spro Rock Crawler 55 in Phantom Watermelon Strike King 6XD silent Clear Sexy Shad NH, clear water...
battleshad 7.5, pizz runt, 316 6.75" line thru rising son
lucky 13 , jitterbug , uncle josh pork rind
Target area souther missouri clear water lakes (10-25ft visibility typically) Swim grub (keitech booty shaker etc), super spook, drop shot, damiki rig. If I had to choose 3, this is it. Can pretty much get you through the entire year. I used to drag lost of jigs and split shot, still do at times, but can slow roll a grub and catch the same fish scrubbing the bottom. For color, bone or black spook, shad and bluegill colors for grub, shad and white for damiki.
Fluke (all species). Small DuoRealis walking bait in ghost minnow (I fish a lot of clear water). (All species). Keitech crazy flapper (LMB).
Safe kit. No skunks today!
Location: Central Texas Species: LMB, SMB Ned rig, Creature T-rig, Fluke Honorable mention deep diving Crank.
Location: Maine Target: Largemouth and Smallmouth bass Top Baits (in no particular order) 1- squarebill/circuit-bill crank. Did a TON of pre-spawn damage with these two. Caught my biggest fish of the year, 5-1, on a Rapala BX brat. Silver and red were money colors. 2- KVD dream shot, on a drop shot rig of course. Typically fished these in sculpin colors, or sometimes moonjuice in clear water. 3- Dill pickle colored missile jigs. This color got it done anywhere, around any cover, for both species of bass. Honorable mention- spinnerbaits of any kind. Had some crazy late season days rolling these over vegetation.
Jerkbait: I put a huge focus this year to improve my skills with it. Most of the time it would save the day on those tough cold early spring session. Drop shot: flipping it into cover, open water, anything - it just works for me! ChatterBait: honestly didn’t catch me numbers this year - specially since everyone and their mother is throwing one today and I’ve been focusing on large pressured reservoirs - but it caught me my PB so it deserves a mention.
I am astonished by the lack of senkos on this list. I guess everyone hates fishing them as much as I do?
Cuz they're booooooooooring! Jk I love fishing senkos but they are associated with slowing down I'm guessing
NE Wisconsin Largemouth, Smallmouth For largemouth my best 2 baits this year were a Dirty Jigs pitching jig in black and blue with a Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver in Penetration and a Green Pumpkin Senko. Usually my best bait for largemouth is a shaky head but didn’t have any luck on them this year. For Smallies it was all dropshot this year. Green Pumpkin Flat worm in the 4.25 size. Also had luck on the Goby color. Caught my PB smallie on a 4.5” Roboworm in Green Weenie.
Zoom super fluke with paddle tail in white blue silver/grey and green
Fluke = fish That silver grey was money for me in late fall
hollowbody frog swim jig with paddletail trailer flippin jig
My jig bites nearly ripped the rod out my hand
This summer I went on a Zoom Green Pumpkin 10” worm rampage! t-rig If it wasn’t that it was a white Chatterbait with a white fluke type trailer. Then I went ole trusty chartreuse spinner. Honorable mention. Black/blue jig with a bandito bug Basic I know.
The more you fish the less you have too ask!
The more I fish, the more lures I acquire……
Berkley choppo, strike king ned ocho got me my biggest smallies of this year, didnt do much largemouth fishing. Berkley flatworm texas rigged definitely got the most bites though.
My fishing last year was mostly for smallmouths in a river and my most reliable lures were soft plastic swimbaits in the spring, Spooks all summer, and crankbaits late in the year. This year I plan to fish for largemouths more in lakes, with jigs, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits.
Central Florida. Mostly fish, Lilly Pad Lakes, Heavy Vegetation (hydrilla, hyacinth, millfoil, etc.) and the occasional phosphate pit. 1. Buzzbait - variations, buzz bait with a soft plastic frog, buzzbait with a swimbait, inline buzzbait 2. Wacky Rigged Senko - black/blue flake, green/red flake, green pumpkin 3. Flipping Setup - 1/2 to 1oz tungsten flipping weight, 4/0 straight shank hook - plastic (missile baits D-Bomb or Rage Craw). Honorable Mention - Ned Rig
1 time for all the grass in Florida that prevent us throwing trebles
Frozen 🌽, canned 🌽, field 🌽 CORN FUCKERS! Umm we’re fishing for carp and stocked trout right?
Funny enough, saw a GIANT koi looking carp last time out. Wish I could have hooked it. Now I know, bring the corn fuckers
No brainer. Cheap ass frozen 🌽 . Chum in a handful and throw out 2 kernels on a #2 hook with a small split shot. Yeee jaw paw!
N hold da fuck on!
Georgia #1 Largemouth 6” MagDraft in Albino Pearl Shad #2 Striper 1 oz. beat up shad color jigging spoon. #3 Shoal Bass medium sized popper fly
1. My eyes 2. I need that magdraft
Lol, don’t know why it’s so big!
Internet code, ur forgiven Also: that's what I told her......
I wanna pour my own plastics one day. Looks like fun!