1.5oz punch rig, Alabama craw - 11lb flat

Lake Istokpoga

 

3/4oz sweet Beaver, Junebug - 10lb 8oz

Lake Istokpoga

 

1/4oz Zoom Mag II, Junebug - 10lb 3oz

Lake Arbuckle

 

3/4oz Carolina rig, Zoom ol monster - 9lb 15oz(so close)

Lake June in winter

 

7" Bullshad, gizzard shad - 8lb 7oz

Lake June in winter

 

 

 

 

1. 5" Green Pumpkin/Black Senko, Texas Rigged weightless (end of summer)

2. 3/16oz Strike King Spinnerbait (beginning of spring)

3. Green Pumpkin/Black Zoom Original Trick Worm, Texas Rigged weightless (dead of summer)

4. 3/8oz Strike King Spinnerbait (beginning of fall)

5. 1/2oz Gizzard Shad Rat-L-Trap (middle of fall)

 

HM: 4" Watermelon/Black Senko, Wacky Rigged

Great info. Based on your replies , I will be trying some of these . Its amazing the variation of baits that catch bigger fish throughout the country.

Thanks for the input !

1) 1/16oz Wacky rigged Senko (4", 5", color, I don't think the fish care they just eat them )

2) 1/8oz T-rigged Berkley PowerBait Power Worm 7" or 10" Black w/ Blue Tail

3) 5" Swim Senko on an Owner's Swimbait Hook (1/8oz 4/0)

4) Yo-Zuri 3DB Popper (Frog or Gold Black)

5) River2Sea Bling Spinnerbait (White or Chartreuse) 

 

I want to get better with the hardbaits like the Whopper Plopper, crankbaits, and jerkbaits, so I'm throwing them more once I find fish with one of the top 5.  

 

pb  lm : perch super shad rap,  spinnerbait, white/chartreuse kinami 4"flash,(x2), olive back normans deep 22.      pb sm: kvd 2.5 squarebill, spinnerbait (x2), husky jerk, 4" roboworw (d/s)     hoping to change this list next year.....

1: 5" Black & Blue Senko

2: Booyah Pond Magic spinnerbait Craw color

3: Booyah Baby Boo Jig, watermelon red with netbait paca chunk

4: Zoom super fluke, green pumpkin

5: Zoom Horny Toad, bullfrog.

1) 5" Senko Black/Blue Flake

2) again 5" Senko Black/Blue Flake      both largemouth caught in small Kentucky farm pond

3) 5" Berkley Powerbait PreRigged Swim Shad   Dale Hollow Lake smallie

4) 3" Senko Black/Blue Flake      Dale Hollow Lake largemouth

5) Booyah Poppin Pad Crasher (Leapord Frog)    Yatesville Lake, Kentucky largemouth

Brown and Orange Jig

SK RES

Zoom Mag Shakey Head

8" Zoom Worm

SK 1.5

Cut-R

Cut-R

Rage Bug

Rage Bug

Black Jig w/Blue Rage Craw Trailer

 

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........Mr. Parks, I'll pm you my address to send the check

These are all NY fish

1. 7-2 NLMB 10" Powerworm Black

2. 7-1 NLMB 4.8" Flick Shake Worm June Bug

3. 6-8 NLMB 3/4 oz. Brush Jig Black and Blue w/ Superchunk Black

4. 6-5 NLMB 3/4 oz. Brush Jig Black and Blue w/ Superchunk Black

5. 6-2 NLMB 4.8" Flick Shake Worm June Bug

 

1. 5-12 SMB Crosstail Shad Ayu

2. 5-8 SMB Keitech Spider 2"

3. 5-4 SMB Live Softshell Craw

4. 5-3 SMB Crosstail Shad Ayu

5. 5-0 SMB Shad Shaped Worm

1. Savage gear shine glide bluegill 4-1

2. Whopper plopper 110 bluegill 3-12

3. Strike king kvd 1.5 squrebill 3-9

4. Rebel Pop-r 3-4

5. KDS jerkbait holographic chartreuse 3-0

H2O CRS Crankbait chartreuse 8.15

Zoom horny toad black 7.13

Megastrike Cavitron Buzzbait 1/2 oz Black/red 7.0

Booyah poppin pad crasher black 6.15

Zoom trick worm junebug dropshot 6.13

 

 

Largemouth (Northern Strain)

 

S-Waver  8-15

Rage Craw  8-5

Buzz Bait  7-13

Spinnerbait  7-13 (2)

Maverick Reaper  7-11

 

Smallmouth

 

7'' Rago Swimbait  5-15

Super Spook  5-9

Normans Deep Little N  5-6

Normans Deep Little N  5-5

Normans Deep Little N  5-3 (2)

Many in between but personal best and what I caught them on at the time

1st 6/4/84 5lbs rubber worm Can't remember

2nd 6/3/89 8.8lbs rubber worm can't remember but positive it was purple

3rd 4/7/17 10.4lbs Live target floating mouse "I customized for a few casts, with weight weights and treble hooks"

4th 5/12/17 10.9lbs Culprit 10" Curly Tail worm Blue

On ‎11‎/‎24‎/‎2017 at 11:53 AM, WRB said:

Top #1, 3, 4 & 5; anywhere anytime hair jig w/4" custom Superpork pork trailer redish brown/barn red or purple.

Top #2, spring craw hair jig w/UJ #33 Craw brown.

Tom

PS, Anywhere anytime is 3 colors; black, purple, brown. Spring craw is black, green, tan. 7/16 oz jig w 5/0 Gamakatsu 114 hook. All 5 bass were pre spawn between Jan-Mar.

Blue?

6 minutes ago, Ben Miller said:

Many in between but personal best and what I caught them on at the time

1st 6/4/84 5lbs rubber worm Can't remember

2nd 6/3/89 8.8lbs rubber worm can't remember but positive it was purple

3rd 4/7/17 10.4lbs Live target floating mouse "I customized for a few casts, with weight weights and treble hooks"

4th 5/12/17 10.9lbs Culprit 10" Curly Tail worm Blue

Blue?

What is your question; Blue?

Tom

On ‎11‎/‎24‎/‎2017 at 11:53 AM, WRB said:

Top #1, 3, 4 & 5; anywhere anytime hair jig w/4" custom Superpork pork trailer redish brown/barn red or purple.

Top #2, spring craw hair jig w/UJ #33 Craw brown.

Tom

PS, Anywhere anytime is 3 colors; black, purple, brown. Spring craw is black, green, tan. 7/16 oz jig w 5/0 Gamakatsu 114 hook. All 5 bass were pre spawn between Jan-Mar.

Apologize, thought I was quoting you Tom and asking about Blue being top 4? before the green and tan.

1 hour ago, Ben Miller said:

Apologize, thought I was quoting you Tom and asking about Blue being top 4? before the green and tan.

No problem, if interested I can send a photo.

Tom

1.)(4.2) 3/16 oz drop shot with 4" green pumpkin chompers work or 4" bold bluegill roboworm

2.) (6.0)1/10 oz ned rig new money color trd 

3.) (4.5) 3/8 oz bitsy flip black jig green pumpkin rage chunk trailer

4.) (4.1) 1.5 Squarebill chartreuse black back

5.) (3.3) Booyah pad crasher bullfrog color

Frog

Weightless trick worm

Jig

Shad style crank

Whopper Plopper

1) 1/2 jig

2) 3/8 jig

3) red eye shad

4) red eye shad

5) black and blue senko

 

Ironically enough - the best fish (all species) I've caught was a musky that hit a senko by some lily pads as soon as it barely touched water.  It was on the first cast of the day while fishing with my dad, a catch that I will remember in great detail forever.

 

1. R.I. Skinny Dipper(Bullfrog)

 

2. Zoom 4" Dead Ringer(Watermelon)

 

3. Zoom Magnum Finesse Worm(Black) 

 

4. Siebert Outdoors Brush Jig(Bluegill)

 

5. Zoom Big Dead Ringer(Red Shad)

Largemouth-                                                   1. Sieberts dredge custom G2 jig 1/4 oz bama craw color with a strike king rage craw  bama craw trailer.                               2. Same jig and trailer.                                 3. Strike king tri wing buzzbait white.        4. Manns baby - 1 in grey ghost.                5. Producto tournament worm 8" black grape.                                                              Smallmouth-                                                    1. Same Sieberts 1/4 oz jig as largemouth.                                                    2-4. Rapala DT6 in bleeding olive shiner. This would have been in the number 1 spot but I didn't set my drag on a true monster.....tears are still flowing.                5. Berkley 7" black power worm.

My top five fish were all caught with a 1/2oz chatterbait chart/white withZako trailer.

1. Zoom 6" Dead Ringer, green pumpkin, 1/8th oz T-Rig (8lbs, 4 oz)
2. Roboworm 6" straight tail, Aarons Magic, 1/8th oz T-Rig (8lbs, 2 oz)
3. Zman 2.5" TRD, Cal Craw, 1/16 oz (8lbs, 0 oz)
4. Zman 2.5" TRD, green pumpkin, 1/16 oz  (7lbs 6 oz)
5. Yamamoto 5" Senko, green pumpkin, wacky rigged weightless (7lbs, 6 oz)

All fish were Northern strain largemouth, caught from the same 100 acre lake, all on the same side of the lake (although none were caught from the same spot).  The top three were summertime fish, caught in the early morning, while #4 was a springtime fish and #5 was caught in the fall.

 

1. 8" ROF 12 Huddleston in Rainbow Trout
2. Huddleston 68 Special ROF 12 in Rainbow Trout

3. 1/2 oz. black football jig with double tail grub

4. Storm Arashi 05 Squarebill in Baby Bass

5. 3/8 oz. swim jig with craw trailer