I just picked up bass fishing again. I used to fish a lot when I was about 16-17. I'm turning 26 now, and I want to become very familiar with tackle, before I get sucked into the never ending spiral of buying tons of lures that I will never use.

 

I'm not looking to really do tournaments or anything, but I want to catch fish. I've been doing decent with worms, but I need to leave my comfort zone and pick up some new tools.

 

 

 

So my question is this. If you had to master four lures, with presentations, and all depths, what would they be?

Jigs with a trailer, can be fished at most any depth

 

T-rigged plastics, any depth

 

Crankbaits, 1 foot to 20 foot depending on the bait

 

Spinnerbait, swimjig, chatterbait, all can be worked at most any depth

 

 

I could get a lot done with this group

t-rigs,weightless plastics,cranks,amy topwater like buzzbait or popR

For the mostly shallow ponds and lakes in my area my 4 would be and are.....

Hollow body frog

Jig with trailer

Shallow crankbait

T rigged any soft plastic weighted or not.

, before I get sucked into the never ending spiral of buying tons of lures that I will never use.

 

 

Dude, that´s part of the fun !

 

Okie dokie, for the sake of the argument:

 

3/8 oz single Tennessee ( or Colorado ) blade spinnerbait

 

1/2 oz lipless crank

 

6-7 inch straight tail worm

 

1/2 oz skirted jig

 

With those I can catch fish anywhere.

 

Tried to convince The BaitMonkey but he don´t understand nor bother to understand.

KVD Sexy Dawg

 

Ragetail Toad (solid body)

 

Senkos

 

Spinnerbait

Square bill crankbaits

Texas rigged plastics

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1/2oz spinnerbait

 

1/2oz lipless crank

 

T-rigged worm

 

1/2oz swim jig

5/16 oz jig with Rage Tail chunk trailer

Weightless trick worm

Topwater spook

Some kind of crankbait

 

 

And as far as this goes:

 

I want to become very familiar with tackle, before I get sucked into the never ending spiral of buying tons of lures that I will never use.

 

 

Its gonna happen.. Prepare yourself!!

Jig

Jerkbait

Crankbait

Dropshot

BPS- stik o's

pad crasher frog

Arbogast jitter bug (black)

black spinner bait

T-Rigged worm, red eye shad, swim jig, and jig.

Hello and Welcome to BR ~

 

As for mastering four lures, with presentations, and all depths, I'm still working on the Mastering part but here's my list; when you're talking green bass ~

 

1/2 oz jig & craw

Lipless Crank bait

Drop Shot

Hollow or solid body swim bait

 

Now for the brownies ~

 

Jerk bait

Spinner bait

Drop shot

Tube.

 

A-Jay

  Texas rigged worm or craw

  Shaky head with finesse worm (if you cant catch them on this, nothing will)

  Topwater baits, Buzzbait, popper, walk baits, frogs etc.

  Weightless plastics, like flukes or worms

Each requires a different setup (rod/reel/line) and technique however, for maximum performance.

Spinner bait, arkey jig, traditional T-rigged craw, and some kind of finesses worm that could be rigged countless ways.

These are fun! For summer, I'd take:

 

-a walking topwater, like a LC Gunfish.

 

-a 5"-ish soft plastic swimbait on a weighted hook; Missile Baits Shockwave in Candygill works for me.

 

-a 5" Senko-style bait, probably a Yum Dinger.

 

-a Texas-rig with a craw or beaver; 1/4 oz. tungsten weight is a good starting point. Rage Craw, Paca Craw, Paca Punch, RI Sweet Beaver, Rage Bug; anything sort of compact and/or flappy.

 

This way I've got something on top, something in the middle that swims and is relatively weedless, a bait that falls slowly, and a bait that falls quickly and has a profile that will penetrate cover. Honorable mention goes to the hollow-body frog.

If a jerkbaits working that's what I'll use, the same with a Jig.

You can have everything else!

Those 2 baits can get me through most of the year and catch me some pretty nice fish!

Football jig 1/2 ounce with trailer

Carolina rig

Spinnerbait

Crankbait- 5-10 foot if bank fishing and if fishing off a boat all the way down to 20

Jig: Yellow Twister Tail 

Plastic: Senko T'Rigged or Wacky Rigged. 

 

 

That's what pulls me my fish. 

1/2 oz. jig & Rage chunk

Baby Rage craw

5" senko

2.5" Chugbug

Mojo Rig & Finesse Worm

Weightless Senko (wacky and t-rigged)

Walk the Dog bait (Zara Spook, Sexy Dawg)

Squarebill Crankbait

Jigs

T-Rigs

Crankbaits

and

Swimbaits

Hula popper, flat fish lure  "probably in Orange",  daredevil spoon "red and white",  purple and white rooster tail "probably 1/8 oz.

1. Slider worm

2. T-rigged zoom lizard

3. Spook Jr

4. Shaky head with a zoom trick worm

jigs

shakeyheads

senkos

10ft cranks