What are your top three baits when your fishing with lighter line?                                        Heres mine: 1) Charlie Brewers Spider Slider jig. I've caught scores of bass over the years with these, rigged on several different 4" to 5" plastic worms.                      2) Kalins Lunker Grub, rigged on a 1/8 oz ball head jig, fished with a slow steady retrieve, at various depths. A good all around search lure.                                          3) Tubes. Recently got back into tube fishing. I rig them on any number of tube jig heads, and fish them with a slow steady retrieve, with occasional pauses, letting them fall near any cover. I plan on t rigging some tubes also.                  I fish all these baits on a fast action Fenwick med spinning rod, with 8lb line, Shimano 2500 spinning reel.                                                     These three baits have worked well over the years, when I've needed to drop down in line size, and bait size to catch fish on tough days.                                          What are three baits that have worked well for you, fishing with lighter line?

 

 

 

 

 

              

Beetle spin , jig and grub twister or paddle tail , marabou jig .

Standard trick worms trimmed to 4". Something about that thicker profile is deadly.

 

 

Slider, Ned, Inchi wacky/flick shake, hair jig (I know, 3 + 1  - big numbers for all, though).

6# fluorocarbon line or 8/1 power pro braid

 

Spinning...1000 and 2000 Shimano reels
 

Casting....Shimano 70 XG

 

Fenwick and Gloomis rods

 

Baits.... TRDs, Charlie Brewer Sliders, home made bucktail jigs

 

Heads....1/16, 3/32 and 30 grain heads in various shapes and hook sizes from #4 to 2/0.

Ned, wacky, or small keitech.

Ned rig TRD, ballhead and twister,slip shot rigged finesse style worm

Just three? OK:

 

#3:

 

#2:

 

And...#1: 

   7' Avid-X ML/F w/ 2500 Stradic Ci4+, 6 lb. Stren line in yellow:

 

   1) 1/3 oz. Eppinger Cop-E-Cat

   2) #3 Mepps Aglia

   3) Bomber 13A

 

   Honorable Mention: 1/4 oz. Cotton Cordell Super Spot in various colors.             jj

6 & 8 # test ... light and medium spinning ...

 

1/8 1/16 pro series blakemore road runners 

 

zoom finesse worms and tiny brush hogs ...

 

heddon zara puppy 

 

good fishing ...

Zman finesse TRD, Ticklerz, and zcrawz, on med heads, Neko and wacky.

 

On a 6'6 BPS ML Crappie Maxx spinning combo with 10lb braid to 12lb fluoro leader (its what I had already).

The forage is small where I fish. Downsizing is king in the Valley of the Sun. Here’s my top three:

Ned, MB Dark Sleeper (especially during cool months. Catches too much slop right now), Rebel Teeny Pop-R (has been very effective since spawn on even big bass).

Ned, wacky/neko/weightless Texas rigged senko, drop shot. 

Hair jig (hand tied), tube jig and a Slider Head jig and 4in. straight tail.

Senko, Fat Ika and Rage Tail Menace

 

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• baby brush hogs

• craws either zoom ,big bite or havoc

• Small zoom flukes

 

• Honorable mention: 

   Tubes

   lucky strike worms

   Roostertails

   

 

3” BPS Stik-o, 4” Zoom finesse worm, 1/8 jig and craw. 

 1/8 oz Hair jig, 1/8 oz Ned rig, and until just recently I'd have said, the drop shot craw.

But the Flat worm may have wiggled it's way in there.

 

A-Jay

Ned rig, ned rig, ned rig 

5 hours ago, LCG said:

Ned, wacky/neko/weightless Texas rigged senko, drop shot. 

This was my exact answer LOL

NED Rig, Dropshot and Mepps Agila spinners.

1 hour ago, Boomstick said:

NED Rig, Dropshot and Mepps Agila spinners.

Replace the Aglia with a #3 Comet and I'm there.

Ned rig Trd , beetle spin , and Yamamoto 5 inch thin wacky ridged senko.

Kalin's grub, Roboworm 4" finesse worm, 3 1/2" tube.  There's more I throw on light line, but that's my top 3.