Hey everyone, just wondering what your staple lures/baits are. Say you had to pick 3 to fish from pre-spawn to fall, what would they be? Personally, I'd go for the weightless texas rigged senko, a 3/8th oz casting jig, or a 1/2 oz spinnerbait. Thanks!

With my toolbox filling up since I joined this forum and the list of techniques I can fish has grown, these types of questions become harder and harder to answer!

 

Had some phone issues and ended up posting and editing my first reply too much.  My presentations for that time period would be a ½ ounce jig, a ⅛ ounce shakeyhead, and a jerkbait.

Frog, Chatterbait, and Punch Rig. I just can't get myself to fish anything else for now. 

It depends on where I'm fishing.  1). regardless of where, a 4" senko, or stick-o type bait, W/M red color.  Weightless, or 1/32 weight.  Catches anywhere in the country. 

2). In weeds and vegetation, a HB frog.  Especially early and late in the day.

3). A U-vibe or chatterbait.  Vary the speed, good in deeper waters.

My tried and true:

- 7" blue-fleck power worm, t-rigged, weight pegged

- 3" white power grub on 1/4 oz. jig head

- 6" Slug-go, rainbow trout, worm hook, weightless

Fishing the lake I go to most often it would be a texas rigged worm 8 to 10 inches , 1/2 ounce spinnerbait and Stanley Ribbet . Other places different lures .

Pearl suspending Jerkbait

3/8 white/red spinnerbait

Drop-shot Roboworm Aaron's magic 

This question got me thinking. If I was fishing for food my choices would be a weightless Senko, a T-rigged worm, and a ned rig.

 

But since I fish for sport I prefer a chatterbait, buzzbait, and spinnerbait.

1/2 oz buzz bait , wacky rigged senko , frog  .

Frog

Magnum Speed Worm

Punch bait

 

 

 

Mike

3.8" Keitech on Owner Flashy Swimmer

SK Coffee Tube

TR weightless senko

3/4 oz tandem willow blade spinnerbait in firetiger

3/8 oz black & blue chatterbait with a blue flake crackin craw

the biggest floating rapala stickfish i can find in black/silver

 

round here, if they aint bitin one of  those, they aint bitin

I fish too many different types of water to name 3.

I go from whackin 50+ on a chrome trap one day in clear water to 30+ on a variety of baits the next weekend to 30+ in a gravel pit pond the next on drop shot and small swimbait.

 

I just fished last sunday and caught em on a jig and crankbait. I could never narrow down any semblance of baits.

Topwaters, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, crankbaits, lipless crankbaits, various soft plastics, and jigs.

Senko weightless...5/16th finesse flip jig...3/8th spinnerbait

Skipping a jig with a compact trailer, under docks, or under over hanging brush 

And throwing a fasting bait.. spinnerbaits/2.5 size square Bill's and 3 inch rattle traps.  

 

Those are my go tos through out the year.   

Senko weightless texas rigged

Super spook jr in bone 

Square bill or a paddle tail on a flashy owner

Any  T rigged plastic, but especially senkos or flukes.

Spinnerbaits

Weightless senko and fluke fishing, dock skipping are my favorites.  I like deep cranking too.

On 9/3/2020 at 8:35 PM, DitchPanda said:

Senko weightless...5/16th finesse flip jig...3/8th spinnerbait

Do you throw the finesse jig on a medium or medium heavy? 

Buzz bait or plopper

Chatterbait or spinner bait

Wacky rig senko or a ned rig

Well year round I guess my favorite would be weightless T Rig 5" stickbait (Senko - Trick Stick - Ocho) in one of my five most fish catching  colors. Second would be a 4-5" kalin grub on an 1/8 oz  jig weedless. Third would be a Pit Boss or brush hog style creature bait weightless or with 1/8-3/16 oz weighted drop dead VMC hook. The first one will account for at least 70% of my bass....large or small mouth. I love plastic fishing with a spinning reel  

Jerkbait, Crankbait, Drop Shot

This year it's a Zara puppy, 3/8 jig and craw, and a 4" finesse worm on a split shot rig.

7 hours ago, riplips.tc said:

Do you throw the finesse jig on a medium or medium heavy? 

Its best to go by lure rating and action.  You could buy 2 Med power rods that are made by the same company but are 2 different lines like a St.Croix Mojo and St.Croix Premier for example, and the power of the rods could be totally different.  Jigs with a light wire hook up to 5/16 I use a M.  3/8 and up with stouter wire hook I go with MH.