Hi,

 

I'm looking for some suggestions on pre-spawn largemouth lures to try.  I went out a week ago to my farm pond and I didn't get a single bite.   This rarely happens at this pond.  I fished the whole lake from a boat.  The lures that I tried were a black and blue 7" worm (texas rig), watermelon seed chomper twin tail (ned rig), 3/8oz white spinner and also a yellow spinner, rapala super shad (black/silver) crankbait, and a beetle spin (in an attempt to get bites from anything - small bass, bluegill, crappie, etc.).  I'm not sure the exact water temps now (I'm in the St. Louis, MO area), but I'm betting they are in the upper 40's?  It may have just been one of those bad days, but I'm wanting to given it a shot again.  Any suggestions on what lures and colors to try?  

I'm a hundred miles north of you and fished  on a 200 acre lake monday. Sunny day with  the surface temp    51 in the morning then by around 2 o'clock it had risen  to 62, then started dropping back down  . Bass were hitting spinnerbaits , especially when the temps spiked . When the temps started going down the bite slowed .  Water high and "Muddy" . Bass were shallow and tight to wood cover .

 

This time of year I’ll be using a lipless crankbait.