June/July/August, rocky points, deep cranks

Mid July 85+ bluebird skies no wind 10" Hudleston back in creeks 80* water 2-4' deep.

Sounds like a bowfin recipe.  Where you fishing?

I just like catching fish, the weather is a secondary issue, I'm going anyway.  The conditions predicate what my target species will be.  I will fish for bass under any conditions, but prefer open water if possible and seem to get a better afternoon bite as compared to early morning, so bass fishing is later in the day for me.

I like 15-20mph wind in my face, 4' ground swell, tsunami spoon or diamond jig, outgoing tide, for snook, jacks and bluefish.

Calm wind, flat water, incoming tide, tarpon and barracuda, I like topwater the best.

Mid August, 90 degrees, overcast, muggy, two hours before a thunderstorm, during the storm, and two hours after.

Pre-spawn 58-60 water temp, pitchin'/flipin' 3/8oz jig/pig to visible wood cover preferably stumps in 3-6' of muddy water.

"Hand to fin combat"! ;D

Mid July 85+ bluebird skies no wind 10" Hudleston back in creeks 80* water 2-4' deep.

Sounds like a bowfin recipe. Where you fishing?

Rhode Island

Foggy morning, Sexy Shad colored One-Knocker Spook, shallow flats.

Dog days of summer, 85-95 degrees.  Throwing jigs and large worms to wood on offshore break lines. Just above the thermocline  This is where the big ones are.

Scratch my previous response, I like to flip more than anything. Timber or grass (matted or moderately thick) in 5+ feet. Pulling a 6+ out of that stuff is such a thrill for me. I don't know why I didn't think of that earlier.

Also love to throw a frog in the same junk.

Pre Spawn, Main Lake flats consisting of gravel with isolated wood and and grass clumps. Flat side cranks on a 6'6" spinning rod with 10/2 PowerPro. Weather is cold in the AM warming up throughout the day. Hang on.

Just saw this thread. I like spring and summer, as long as its warm. I like fishing in grass and/or timber with jigs and plastics down about 10 to 15 feet deep.

Any top water at first light!!

BAM!!

Mike

I like to throw a jig along weed beds in the summer as well. I didn't fish them too much last summer, but this year they're going to be my main focus.

Swim jigs are also great, especially when you get a 5 pounder your first time trying it.

HOWEVER, a little 1/4 oz. spinnerbait has been #1 so far this year.

Squam Lake New Hampshire,During the spawn in late May, 75 degrees fishing for smallmouth on beds in gin clear water. Perfect!

My absolute favorite is probably late summer ripping a spoon on humps, no idea why I get such a kick out of it other than the fish just inhale the stupid ting.

Second would be pitching grass edges in clear water.

#1 Waking Spinnerbait on the weed edges on a cool morning w/ the rising sun on the horizon, mist on the water and a light breeze at my back.

#2 T-Rigged Anything fished slowly in the emerging weeds during early postspawn. Inevitably I'll zone out, stop "working" the bait and fish on my instincts alone. Then comes that monster boil or head shake and then a minute of close quarter hand to hand combat with a huge female. It's that kind of experience that keeps me coming back and keeps me hopeful when the fishing gets tough.

Let's see if answers have changed! It's almost been a year since I started this post.

Does anyone have a new favorite technique that they learned this spring or summer?

I really enjoy throwing swimjigs now - I had killer luck on them this spring. I also have another "favorite" situation:

Mid-summer, air temperature 80 degrees, slight wind, clouds in the sky, almost over cast.

Targeting 4-8 feet of water, throwing a Baby Thumper, Rage Craw, or Loster on humps and ledges.

How do you know your targeting ledges and humps in 4-8 fow off of the bank?

My favorite right now is working a Pointer through sparse grass on Toledo Bend in 8 fow on mainlake humps. It only produced 317 fish my last 5 outings.

I pass up a lot of fish by not using techniques that I find to be unexciting. For freshwater, cloudy day, moderate breeze, pretty much any moving bait. Inshore I prefer 15-20 mph, 4' surf, outgoing tide with "foamy" water and top lures or spoons. A day like this is my favorite way to fish.

Mid August Sunrise & sunset. Watching a bass swirl in the water as it works a school of baitfish then walking a frog over the top of it. CRUSH!!!

September, overcast, with 10 mph wind, air and water temp doesn't matter. 7.5'med./revo/12#mono, 1/2 0z. white skirt/gold willow 4,4.5 in 2-8' of water with scattered weeds. Of course it helps if the wind blows you down your favorite stretch...

Weather dosen't matter, I love throwing a blade or squarebill into the thickest crap I can find.

Give me a jig on a warm overcast day with rock/timber on points and ill be a happy camper!