Senko 5" and T-rig Powerworms. It was a new techniques for me this summer. Before I mostly used crankbaits and spinnerbaits and thought that fishing worms is so boring. I tried it and was surprised how it is efficient. I caught a lot of bass including my PB 6.5 LB.

right not it's gotta be a senko or jig/ spinner bait..

Shut yo mouth!

 

That's my finesse rig.

 

You should try a weedless hudd on a split shot rig.  LOL.

we have caught alot of good bass this year 2 3 and 4 pounders even a few 5's on dingers wacky and sticked, my buddy likes smokey shad cause where we fish theres alot of big shad. i lke the red shad and the june bug dingers too. i have missed about 3 good bass on frogs this year, just last night i missed a monster on a spro bonzeye popper frog in killer gill color. had my drag set too lose and he came off under a patch of grass. i still love the frog but im getting tired of missing big fish with them. seems like you have wait a second then pull up very hard idk.

Hollow body frog!

Weekend before last:  Rage Tail Toad

 

For the past four days: North Star Original Swim Jig, Rage tail Menace, Shellcracker

and GYCB Swimming Senko trailers;  Mizmo tube, black w/ red flake and a watermelon

5" Senko.

Buzzbaits and ribbits

Really depends on where I am ... I don't really always stick to one hot lure regardless of where I go.  At one lake I walk poppers over bream beds on flats, on another I set up on a rocky bank with wind blowing parallel or slightly towards the bank and let the wind push my down it as I make long cast with the wind and burn lipless cranks back to the boat, and on the river since it changes so much ill flip grass, squarebill jetties, or walk poppers over submerged cover depending on the flow and water level.

 

But this year my go to has been a fluke most of the year when I really need that bite and within the last couple outings ive resulted to deep cranking ... but normally its walking baits (for me that includes poppers) or lipless cranks.

  Crankbaits are what I feel is the bait class that is my strongest suit, though swimbaits are what I've enjoyed the most the past few years despite the ups and downs associated with learning big bait fishing. 

 

 On tough days this year my best combo has been what I call the Shaky Senko, which is a custom handpoured no salt bouyant 5" stickworm on a 1/4 oz or 3/8 oz  Picasso shaky football jighead, very consistent bait for me and I seem to catch a nicer grade of fish over a dropshot rig or fishing shaky heads with skinnier worms.

 

Also, swimming a Sworming hornet with a lake Magic Shad ( thanks roadwarrior for recomending that trailer a few years back ) has also been very good the past 3 years or so and what I like about it is that not a lot guys in my part of the country throw this as well as the shaky Senko that I mentioned.

GYCB shad shape

 

How do you like to rig and fish this ?

How do you like to rig and fish this ?

Drop shot,weightless nose rigged or rigged wacky on a weighted wacky hook.

Pink buzzbait under a bobber.

 

Deadly.

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#1. Culprit 7" Fat Max worm in grape shad.

 

Ive been dragging it around all summer and I dislike worming too.

 

 

#2. Flipping a Missile D Bomb around cover 

Kvd square bill, chartreuse black back in the 1.5 size

Or

a black and blue strike king jig

Weightless fluke, i know that the fish WILL bite other things, but it seems like every time i fish a fluke its hard not to catch fish, that being said when i have a fishing buddy in the boat they always wanna try one so i rig them one up and 90% of the time they don't even get a bite, even after fishing it exactly like i do. It is a joke between all of us now that i put something on theirs to make the fish not bite haha.

Zoom 4" dead ringer worm in a split shot. Watermelon chartreuse tail

Zoom 4" dead ringer worm in a split shot. Watermelon chartreuse tail

Hmmm...that's a crazy awesome looking worm...how are you moving it and where are you tossing it?

As usual for me it's been a jig. Been getting a lot of fish on a chatterbait again this year also both the jig and chatterbaits are my home made versions. 

A R.I. smallie and sweet beaver in fried watermelon during the day and black/red flake at night.

Zoom 4" dead ringer worm in a split shot. Watermelon chartreuse tail

Have you tried this on a shakeyhead? I use a Zenith shakeyhead from Siebert outdoors and It's been a great bait!

Finesse worm - trig, mojo, wacky, drop shot. The only thing I haven't done is use it as a trailer.

Spro mcstick jerk bait and black/ blue jig have been my two primary baits all year