valleyfisherman

Hope tied jigs counts, here's a few things I did over the winter with the intent to try and haven't used yet.

I find buzz baits work everywhere for me this time of the year. A lot of the grass I have does tend to clog them though, so I focus on the edges and holes, picking them apart. I did have a lot of misses, I carry improvised trailer hooks when that starts to happen. Catfish broke my favorite buzzbait last year, was a Walmart special and I forget the brand now. Haven't seen a 3 tip buzzbait in Walmart since lol. I need to get some blades and start testing out inline buzz baits for fun.

I love paddle tails as well and took to making my own underspins a few seasons ago and had real good success until this season. Actually, I didn't use them last year either due to the same issue. Due to water conditions the lakes I frequently would use the underspin just got too shallow to work one effectively without snagging. Felt like I had to retrieve too fast to stay out of the snag zone, I haven't found a good cheap 1/8 oz or smaller jig head with a decent hook yet to try to adjust. I have still had good success though with a weighted swimbait hook and a paddletail, though I have had to downsize (or rather cut down) the bait I use a little bit right now or rig it weightless and jig it off the bottom like a dying fish.