Name your current favorite top five baits you are apt to throw in the heat of the summer ?

1. 12" ribbon tail

2. Hollow body frog

3. Pitching jig

4. Pitching creature bait

5. Carolina rig

Pitching creature

Spinnerbait

1/2oz football jig

7" worm

Squarebill 

Hollow body frog

Senko

Jig/craw

Deep diving crank

Paddle tail swimbait

summer time is punching time for me

1. Gambler BB Cricket

2. Gambler Why Not with a punch skirt

3. D & M Punch craw

4. Evergreen Shower Blows in Bluegill

5. 3.5" junebug tube when I hit the rivers

Popmax, Rage Craw on a Jika punch rig, Flick Shake wacky jig, Crosstail Shad on a drop shot, any deep crank.

zoom 10' ol monster worm, x20 deep diving citrus shad crank bait, sexy shad square bill, pop r, dirty jig compact flippin jig.

Texas   rig plastic worm

Deep diving cranks

Lipless cranks

Buzzbait

Spinnerbait

 

49 minutes ago, bagofdonuts said:

zoom 10' ol monster worm, x20 deep diving citrus shad crank bait, sexy shad square bill, pop r, dirty jig compact flippin jig.

I didn't realize zoom made a 10 foot worm. Where can you find those at?? 

 

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4 minutes ago, Bassin' Brad said:

I didn't realize zoom made a 10 foot worm. Where can you find those at?? 

 

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...and can you purchase them in bulk .

All topwaters just before dark.

Trick Worm & Finesse Worm

Frog (oh, yeah, that's a topwater) any time of day, but better early and late 

Lipless crank. That seems to get a few bites from the weedy depths of my favorite reservoir. But you never know when it'll be a big'un. Big crappie will bite it too.

Small craw on a jighead

Senko

Frog

Frog

Frog

Senko

? I'm a simpleton

Double blade buzzbait

Toad 

Frog

Double wide beaver

Single blade buzzbait

Ribbit Frog

Senko

TX rigged culprit worms 7.5”

square bill

shad colored swim baits 

8 hours ago, ChrisD46 said:

Name your current favorite top five baits you are apt to throw in the heat of the summer ?

What use are the answers to this question if you don't know what structure, cover or species these baits are being fished.

 

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Lately it's been;

Gene Larew HooDaddy

Homemade bladed jig

Homemade 1/2oz pitching jig

BBB YoMomma

SK Ocho

Creek Chub injured minnow

Number 9 gold Rapala

Slugo

White single Colorado blade spinnerbait

Rage craw

 

1. Popper

2. Frog

3. Brush Jig

4. Willow-leaf spinnerbait 

5. Punch Rig 

Hollow body frog.

3/8 jig/craw.

T/rig any, 10” worm, paddle tail, creature.

Square bill.

Whopper plopper110.

Honorable mention-rattletrap.

I'm surprised about the lack of deep diving crankbaits .

Daylight ~

Repoman

Drop Shot Craw / Caffine shad

Spro Rock Crawler

RES

and this  . . .

 

Dark of Night ~

This

and this with a craw

A-Jay

Senko t-rigged/wacky

Pitboss 

Ribbontail worm

Frog

Jig

 

Frog

Swim bait

10" worm

Ribbon tail worm

Rage bug/craw

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike 

T rigged & weightless...

 

Zoom Trick, finesse & u tail

 

Berkley Power Worm

 

Creme

 

Culprit

 

Luck E Strike Twirl Tail

 

good fishing...

 

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