02-23-2005, 09:38 PM
Hello everyone,
I thought I would share some of my most productive lures that I use for catching largemouth and smallmouth bass. These have worked in winter, spring, summer, and fall. I took these pictures myself[cool].
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This lure is a Rapala D-10 crankbait. I have caught over 20 largemouth bass on it alone this winter. I've been fishing a power plant lake that has alot of rocks in it. I've casting it into 3-4 feet of water and let it crawl around over the bottom and once it would hit a drop off, I would pause the bait and they would hit it everytime. Last Sunday I caught and released a 5 1/2 pound bass with that retrieve.
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One of my favorite lures to use is a jig. I use either a 1/4 ounce or a 3/8 ounce jig. My favorite colors are black and blue, black, and pumpkin seed. I always put a trailer on that resembles a crawfish, or something that looks crazy enough to work. Pitch this into holes in weed beds in the summer and hang on! Dont forget to try it around lay downs and standing timber. Usually (around here anyways) you will almost always catch a 2+ pound bass on a jig, it seems bass any smaller than that are scared off when a jig comes by. Techniques I use are swimming it and dragging it along the bottom with short hops. Most bass will hit it on the initial fall.
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The lures that I can count on the most are a tube and a worm. These will work wonders in the spring and also in the summer. In the spring try fishing them around old weed beds from year before and also around flats, where bass will be moving into to spawn. In the summer look for weed beds. I fish my tubes and worms with a 1/8 ounce UNPEGGED sinker with a 3/0 hook. I only peg the sinker if I'm planning on fishing it on the bottom. I like it unpegged for the simple fact that if I'm fishing around weedbeds and timber, it has a spiral like fall that will drive bass crazy.
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And the funnest lure to fish for bass is definetly any topwater lure. This lure is a Spit'n Image. You can "walk the dog" with this lure and it draws vicious strikes! I've found it to work better on cloudy days with a little chop on the water. I have actually caught bass on it just letting it sit in the water, not giving it any action. Another productive topwater lure is a Pop'R.
Thats all for now! Get out there and catch a big one!
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I thought I would share some of my most productive lures that I use for catching largemouth and smallmouth bass. These have worked in winter, spring, summer, and fall. I took these pictures myself[cool].
[inline srr.jpg]
This lure is a Rapala D-10 crankbait. I have caught over 20 largemouth bass on it alone this winter. I've been fishing a power plant lake that has alot of rocks in it. I've casting it into 3-4 feet of water and let it crawl around over the bottom and once it would hit a drop off, I would pause the bait and they would hit it everytime. Last Sunday I caught and released a 5 1/2 pound bass with that retrieve.
[inline sjig.jpg]
One of my favorite lures to use is a jig. I use either a 1/4 ounce or a 3/8 ounce jig. My favorite colors are black and blue, black, and pumpkin seed. I always put a trailer on that resembles a crawfish, or something that looks crazy enough to work. Pitch this into holes in weed beds in the summer and hang on! Dont forget to try it around lay downs and standing timber. Usually (around here anyways) you will almost always catch a 2+ pound bass on a jig, it seems bass any smaller than that are scared off when a jig comes by. Techniques I use are swimming it and dragging it along the bottom with short hops. Most bass will hit it on the initial fall.
[inline stube.jpg]
[inline sworm.jpg]
The lures that I can count on the most are a tube and a worm. These will work wonders in the spring and also in the summer. In the spring try fishing them around old weed beds from year before and also around flats, where bass will be moving into to spawn. In the summer look for weed beds. I fish my tubes and worms with a 1/8 ounce UNPEGGED sinker with a 3/0 hook. I only peg the sinker if I'm planning on fishing it on the bottom. I like it unpegged for the simple fact that if I'm fishing around weedbeds and timber, it has a spiral like fall that will drive bass crazy.
[inline stopwater.jpg]
And the funnest lure to fish for bass is definetly any topwater lure. This lure is a Spit'n Image. You can "walk the dog" with this lure and it draws vicious strikes! I've found it to work better on cloudy days with a little chop on the water. I have actually caught bass on it just letting it sit in the water, not giving it any action. Another productive topwater lure is a Pop'R.
Thats all for now! Get out there and catch a big one!
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