what are your favorite lures for the post-spawn and summer patterns.

 

And when i say post-spawn i mean the time when the females go deep and recover, and also when they stop feeding (this behavior takes place after the recovery period) feeding (they only feed in the morning, and at night aroung 6-7 pm) and go deep.

 

I am guessing most of you like crankbaits for this time of year as they are a fish catcher right now!

6xd, jigs, and creature baits.

I also like to throw big worms deep on a c rig

Weightless rattlesnakes, senkos, flukes and trick worms.

My first lure in the early, early "AM" like at 4:00am in the channel along side the weedline is the rebel BIG claw crawfish crankbait that dives to 10'.   I swoop the rod back as soon as it hits the water to make it dive ight away then crank it  slow. Next is a bomber FAT A size 05 in redapplecraw. I work it topwater slowly or a crank it faster so its just under the surface. As it gets lighter i use a senko on a 1/8oz carolina .

not sure yet. last summer I had no clue what I was doing yet lol

A post spawn female isn't going to chase down a fast moving lure of any type.

You need to think recovering and not willing to go far to eat, make it easy for the post spawner.

Slow down and present lures that suspend at the depth the bass are holding. These bass are not roaming around, they,are usually suspended in or around wood cover like trees or brush. Soft plastic Flukes, Senkos, suspended hrd jerk bits, drop shot, slow falling nail weight worms, swimbaits are the type of lures that can trigger strikes.

Post spawn doesn't last very long, a week so for the females. What can prolong this period is several waves of spawner's where you have females in all 3 phases of the spawn...pre spawner's mixed with post spawner's. When this occurs some active feeders are in the same areas as the inactive post spawner's, faster moving lures can appeal to pre spawner's and for that reason you should try a range of lures.

Tom

Dragging a football jig and creeping a 6 inch swim bait like a bbz

I like to go back to some of the same areas they were staging on before they moved in to spawn. In the morning and evening I love a slowly worked topwater. During the day I like flukes, wacky rigs, shakey heads, maybe a finesse jig. Anything slow pretty much

My fish are far past post spawn in south Louisiana, so...

Early morning: Hollow body frogs, flukes, ribbits, spinnerbaits, paddle-tail swim baits, and frogs. Did I mention frogs!?!?!

When the bite slows down I try to force reaction bites. If that doesnt work... Weightless senkos or flick shakes.

I stick to the same plastics I use for pre spawn but just slow down and spend more time on finding them over casting and retrieving. 8inch magnum lizard on a 1/16 shakey head, if the waters shallow (5-8 feet) i'll just throw it weightless and take my time, cast out, dead stick it for 30 seconds, move it a bit, deadstick it again. I normally won't crawl it all the way back to the boat cause my patience level just isn't there. I'll fish slowly but target my cast, The slow fall of the bait gets the attention of the fish a good portion of the time so I'll try to cover as much water as i can while fishing as slow as I can. 

Wacky rigged senkos are the way to go

weightless wacky rigged senkos and  weightless flukes

Nine is quickly becoming the super fluke.

Mine is quickly becoming the super fluke.

I stick to the same plastics I use for pre spawn but just slow down and spend more time on finding them over casting and retrieving. 8inch magnum lizard on a 1/16 shakey head, if the waters shallow (5-8 feet) i'll just throw it weightless and take my time, cast out, dead stick it for 30 seconds, move it a bit, deadstick it again. I normally won't crawl it all the way back to the boat cause my patience level just isn't there. I'll fish slowly but target my cast, The slow fall of the bait gets the attention of the fish a good portion of the time so I'll try to cover as much water as i can while fishing as slow as I can. 

Great first post