Hi, I live in Southern Mississippi.

   My aunt recently moved into a house with a medium sized lake in her backyard.sometimes I fish there.It's a bit muddy, but you can see the bottom until about 10 feet out.Its about 18 feet at it's deepest.There's lot of weeds and fine grass on the bottom.There are lots of downed trees and branches.It's full of bluegill and Largemouth bass.

 

  Any suggestions for lures I should use there?

Senkos and a few 2 or 3/0 worm hooks. Wacky rig

Here's a list of the lures I currently have:

1 Biwaa seven 4 bass pattern

1 Tremor80 lipless crankbait 1oz 3 1/8"  in crawfish

1 glopro lipless crankbait in blue pearl/black

1 baker lures suspending crankbait in bluegill

1silent squarebill in bluegill about 2 1/2" (unknown brand)

1 Storm arashi squarebill 5' silent 

1 strike king chatterbait, black and blue

1 white chatterbait (unknown brand)

1 2 1/2" hollow frog

2 spinnerbaits 1 black &blue 1 white& red

1 7 pack big bite baits real deal 4" craw in green pumpkin

1 6 pack smart baits gifted grub color changing charteuse/red

1 small rebel popper

1 micro 1/8 oz chatterbait

2 2" internally weighted soft plastic bluegill swimbaits

1 bag or so 4" soft plastic lizards in chartreuse black fleck

1 bag (unknown brand) 5" creature baits(similiar to Strike king rage tail hawg) in green pumpkin black fleck

2 bags Yum dingers 1 watermelon red & black fleck 1  green and pearl black fleck 

1 bag 3" hollow soft plastic crawfish(unknown brand) in a green and orange color

1 bag 4" strike king super toad in green pumpkin pearl belly

1 rattling limited edition(Rapala pro fishing game promotion) Rapala lipless crankbait in a chartreuse shad w/ an orange belly.

Sounds like you've got a real good situation. Options are limitless.  The wacky worm suggestion is pretty foolproof. Your spinnerbaits and chatterbait would be great too. The cranks would be effective if you can get them past the snags.  They'll deflect off of bigger stuff and trigger strikes. The soft jerks are good too. Lots of choices. Have fun and let us know how you do.

Warm water means fish are more likely to hit moving baits however some days only a senko will work. However if you fish a lake/reservoir with little cover or obvious targets a senko can be extremely frustrating and boring to fish. I say buy any kind of moving bait and a senko with a 3/0 ewg hook and you're set

In Gulfport, in pretty murky water, I've done well with lipless and rage type action plastics. But everything is in play.

4” Senko in Green Pumpkin w/ Black Flake, Zoom Trick Worm (experiment w/ colors), and 7 1/2 Purple Powerworm are essentials in my opinion. A Strike King KVD 1.5 Squarebill in a bluegill color would be a smart Fall choice too. Good luck

Ned rig?

In no particular order:

 

1. Topwater: popper (like a Pop-R), prop bait (i.e. Skitter Prop), buzzbait

2. Senkos plus EWG hooks

3. Squarebill crankbait

4. Jig, 3/8th oz. plus bag of trailers

5. 7" worms plus bullet sinkers, worm hooks

6. Spinnerbait

 

You should be able to find all of these around $7 (wait for online sales and save on Senkos). I would stay away from using light line (under 10lb test), especially with the downed timber or you'll lose a lot of tackle.

I have caught 3 bass here so far.All on the same 2 squarebill crankbaits.One in a blue shad color, the other one in a bluegill color.I have thrown a soft plastic toad, chatterbaits and spinnerbaits the last 2 times I was there and caught nothing.

 

I own a lot of lures, all I really use now are these 4 proven basics.

 

Underwater:

 

1.)  Zoom Super Fluke nose-hooked with Owner CPS Twistlock

 

2.)  Senko Wacky Rigged  (5" inch size)

 

 

Topwater:

 

3.)  Whopper Plopper (110 size)

 

4.)  Homemade Teckel Sprinker Frog

 

 

If it's stained/muddy water try this (provided you have a rod heavy enough to handle a 1.38oz. lure)...

 

Tell us what type of fishing tackle you have; make models, rod, reel and line ???

Can't suggest lures effectively without knowing something about your tackle.

Tom

 

 

On October 1, 2017 at 11:21 AM, bh91 said:

Ned rig?

That is a question, the OP is looking for answers. 

Tom

I have 1 medium action graphite 7ft spinning rod.It does not list recommended lure weight. It's paired with a Kastking Centron 4000 with 12lb line.

 

I also have a 6'6" Daiwa sweepfire MH (casts1/4-1 oz.)Line weight 8-17lb.It's paired with a Kastking Centron but in the 3000 size with 10lb line.

 

I have a 6' Zebco Splash  Medium-light action combo  line weight is 4-6 lbs (casts lures 1/18-3/8 oz.)

 

A Kastking Royale legend  Paired with a 6'6"  medium-heavy Berkley lightning baitcasting rod(casts 1/4-1 1/4 oz.)

On 11/2/2017 at 1:48 PM, Brett's_daddy said:

If it's stained/muddy water try this (provided you have a rod heavy enough to handle a 1.38oz. lure)...

 

I've heard good things about the whopper plopper, but it's a bit too expensive for me.

18 hours ago, Bass'N'Bluegill said:

I've heard good things about the whopper plopper, but it's a bit too expensive for me.

It may be expensive but the hype is real...it just plain catches fish and is well worth the $16 IMO.

Catch a live small blue gill and send him out there.

On ‎11‎/‎17‎/‎2017 at 5:15 PM, bigbill said:

Catch a live small blue gill and send him out there.

I caught a 1lb and a 1/2 bass like that. It's hard getting the bait out to where the bass are unless I'm in my kayak.

What type of rod & reel do you have?

Tom

I have a heavier spinning combo I could probably use with a modified drop shot rig I use with live bait. I could use more weight to get it out farther.

   I'm not that great with a baitcaster, but i'm really starting to get the hang of casting further with more accuracy.

You've got some good lures listed. Do you know how to effectively fish each of them? Technique is more important than lure selection. You could own $1000 worth of lures and not catch much at all if you don't know how to use them. Would you say you are confident in your technique? 

Cover top, middle and bottom of water column.  One slow technique and one fast technique each depth.  Dark, light, and colorful.  That is 18 lures/techniques.

On 1/9/2018 at 6:43 AM, smithy97 said:

You've got some good lures listed. Do you know how to effectively fish each of them? Technique is more important than lure selection. You could own $1000 worth of lures and not catch much at all if you don't know how to use them. Would you say you are confident in your technique? 

I've done some studying online on how to use the different lures.I would say i'm still somewhat of an amateur.I don't have alot of experience catching Bass. I do alot of catfish fishing, though.

On 9/30/2017 at 3:47 PM, Bass'N'Bluegill said:

Hi, I live in Southern Mississippi.

   My aunt recently moved into a house with a medium sized lake in her backyard.sometimes I fish there.It's a bit muddy, but you can see the bottom until about 10 feet out.Its about 18 feet at it's deepest.There's lot of weeds and fine grass on the bottom.There are lots of downed trees and branches.It's full of bluegill and Largemouth bass.

 

  Any suggestions for lures I should use there?

It was muddy when I had written this due to recent rain.It is usually very clear and easy to spook the fish.

I want to try some silent lures in some lighter and natural colors.