zoom green pumpkin trick worm t-rigged ... 3/16 oz. bullet wt. with 12 - 15 lb. test ...

 

 

good fishing ...

ZMan TRD on a 1/15 oz Zman head.  Color depends on the lake, first choice would be California Craw.

 

Also, do all the guys who chose various plastic worms know that they only get 1?  After 3 fish, they would be done, unless you let them use Mend-it...

Na we pick worms we get the whole pack. 

Just 1 hook ?

10 hours ago, OCdockskipper said:

ZMan TRD on a 1/15 oz Zman head.  Color depends on the lake, first choice would be California Craw.

 

Also, do all the guys who chose various plastic worms know that they only get 1?  After 3 fish, they would be done, unless you let them use Mend-it...

I figured it would be an unlimited supply .

I'd move somewhere that I can fish year round

19 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

I'd move somewhere that I can fish year round

You can fish year round pretty much everywhere lol

25 minutes ago, SuperDuty said:

You can fish year round pretty much everywhere lol

Don't tell me....tell the OP...?

One lure for both species: 5 inch Strike King Caffeine Shad on an Owner Twistlock Light 3/32 weighted hook.  
 

Unbelievable action with this set up.  This specific weighted hook keeps the Shad horizontal while moving forward.  Unlike other plastics of this style, the Shad has a bubble in the tail.  Once cast out, the Shad slowly swims forward, then slows and with a kick of the bubble tail, changes directions and descends further while swimming/dying in a different direction.  If there are smallmouth or largemouth present it gets engulfed. 
 

This is the only lure I need whether throwing in open water, along weed edges, skipped under docks, or twitched like a jerkbait.  Also works great swimming with the current along river banks and is mostly resistant to branches/rocks/weeds.  

Most any color works, but if I had to pick one color, white would be it for both species. 

42 minutes ago, FryDog62 said:

One lure for both species: 5 inch Strike King Caffeine Shad on an Owner Twistlock Light 3/32 weighted hook.  
 

Unbelievable action with this set up.  This specific weighted hook keeps the Shad horizontal while moving forward.  Unlike other plastics of this style, the Shad has a bubble in the tail.  Once cast out, the Shad slowly swims forward, then slows and with a kick of the bubble tail, changes directions and descends further while swimming/dying in a different direction.  If there are smallmouth or largemouth present it gets engulfed. 
 

This is the only lure I need whether throwing in open water, along weed edges, skipped under docks, or twitched like a jerkbait.  Also works great swimming with the current along river banks and is mostly resistant to branches/rocks/weeds.  

Most any color works, but if I had to pick one color, white would be it for both species. 

What size do you use 5/0? That’s a good sized plastic

36 minutes ago, Bassjam2000 said:

What size do you use 5/0? That’s a good sized plastic

4/0 fits the bill perfectly on the 5 inch Shad..

Surprised it only took until January 18th for this thread to show up. 

 

 

For me, I'll take a casting style jig. So many possible ways to fish it. Pitching/flipping, swim it, drag it. I can cover the whole water column. 

I don’t get to fish for smallies that often so for largemouth I’m going to say a jig and craw. 

It would a jig in PB&J color with a matching Zoom Twin Tail Grub or an Ultra Vibe Speed Craw for a trailer.

BPS Stick-O 5 3/8" watermelon candy. So many ways to rig it, hard to go wrong. 

 

Can't say.  Don't wanna say.  Too many great lures out there and too many places to fish them to narrow it down.  Glad I don't have to.