rogue suspending jerkbait

 

 

KVD 1.5, in a powerplant lake in January   .....First cold water was probably on a blade

1/4 ounce green pumpkin chatterbait. 

Jackal Flick-Shake

Chartreuse shad homemade bladed jig back in January. First cold water bass was on a custom painted 110 KO jerkbait.

Keitech Easy Shiner 4 inch split shot rig.

X-Rap 08 in olive

A spinner I put together myself. Meant for trout but I'm not complaining!

I think it is awesome how we almost all used a different bait or technique to catch the first fish of the year.

 

There were a few jerkbaits, jigs and Yamamoto Senkos listed but as a whole it is a wide variety.

Norman deep baby n..... Nutter Shad.

A 5/16ths baby boo jig in black/brown chartreuse with a Berkeley chigger craw.

Mann's 1 minus in gray ghost.

Strike King Red Eye Shad - Orange Craw.

Got my first green fish yesterday on a D Bomb in Golden Amber. 

Wacky Senko

Keitech MONO Spin Jig 1/16oz Green Pumpkin wacky rigged with a Zoom Finesse Worm in Watermelon Red Magic.  7.5lbs, my PB.

Mine was a Megabass FX 110 in sexy shad.  My 6 year old son just got his on a sexy shad 1/4oz spinnerbait.

1/2oz Siebert Arky jig w/ paca chunck sr.

weightless t-rig caffeine shad

I'll let you know when the ice finally melts here, should be mid-june at this rate.

Can't yet - still have ice. Last year it was a pretty big fish, over 4 on a jika rig Rage Craw.

Missile Bait D-Bomb in junebug,T-rigged on a Trokar TK130 and a 3/8 tungsten weight

Wont know until late June (season opens 4th saturday) for where I live unless accidental catch when I fish for Pike and Perch.  However I am going to Florida for the first time in April so I possibly I can report a PB on this thread then. 

4" Fat Ika in green pumpkin.

Drop shot Robo worm still ice on lake at the tine