caught goofing around after some less than stellar bass catching results. 
 

Rage Bug ?

4 minutes ago, Catt said:

Rage Bug ?

FALCON LAKE CRAW or maybe bama bug?

Chatterbait in Bream no doubt.....and I have a swimbait that looks exactly like that lol.   

 

Something about the "pulsing" action really drives big fish crazy, and I imagine it has something to do with the vibrations larger sized Bream and Crappie put off.  

 

Just now, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Chatterbait in Bream no doubt.....and I have a swimbait that looks exactly like that lol.   

 

Something about the "pulsing" action really drives big fish crazy, and I imagine it has something to do with the vibrations larger sized Bream and Crappie put off.  

 

Brand name Chatterbait?

I think I’ve seen some swim baits that are close. Do you know which one you have?

also what reel is that it’s shiny

Just now, Thembones said:

Brand name Chatterbait?

I think I’ve seen some swim baits that are close. Do you know which one you have?

also what reel is that it’s shiny

I'll take a pic of the bait, it's some custom high dollar swimbait I'm too afraid to throw lol.

 

The Chatterbait is the 3/8th oz ZMan Weedless series in Breaking Bream.   I use a Lake Fork Magic Shad in Albino on the back, and then spike the tail chartreuse like a bream has.    It's dynamite for bigger fish. 

 

The reel is a JDM Daiwa Zillion SV TW 1000. 

Green Pumpkin Purple Swirl

22 minutes ago, Thembones said:

Brand name Chatterbait?

I think I’ve seen some swim baits that are close. Do you know which one you have?

also what reel is that it’s shiny

Okay so I went down and found the bait I was talking about, along with a few others I think would be great as well depending on water color/clarity 

 

Mattlures is who makes this nice one.   Thing is huge, and unless somebody has DD fish swimming beneath them, kind of pointless to throw imo.   Ironically I have DD Bass in the main lake I fish, but just don't want to lose it haha. 

Jackall Gantarel Jr., Hudd Gill, or a Savage Gear Gill. 

Swimjig, swimbait, bigger squarebill like a 2.5 

I think the smaller one is a Deps?  I’ve caught fish on the Ganatrel. Not so much one Deps. 
 

 

All good choices so far but the ratltrap in the top right and a couple of these swim jigs/tremors would do it for me. 

One of these?

2 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Okay so I went down and found the bait I was talking about, along with a few others I think would be great as well depending on water color/clarity 

 

Mattlures is who makes this nice one.   Thing is huge, and unless somebody has DD fish swimming beneath them, kind of pointless to throw imo.   Ironically I have DD Bass in the main lake I fish, but just don't want to lose it haha. 

I think I’ve filleted redears that size…….

 

To truly match the hatch, just fling that bluegill that you caught right back out there 

Thank you all

I’m learning about what to use when and where 

I figured here this would be a decent start, the encouraging thing is that a lot of what you guys said is what I had been thinking

especially the swim jigs with trailers. 
 

and @TnRiver46 I considered it briefly.lol

A tarnished gold and copper blade with a barred skirt resembles sun-fish . I've caught hundreds of bass on these blades . I just keep adding the old blades to new baits . This is my secret   never before revealed bait  . LOL , seriously , it catches , especially  around chara algae where bluegill beds are .

45 minutes ago, scaleface said:

A tarnished gold and copper blade with a barred skirt resembles sun-fish . I've caught hundreds of bass on these blades . I just keep adding the old blades to new baits . This is my secret   never before revealed bait  . LOL , seriously , it catches , especially  around chara algae where bluegill beds are .

 

this looks really good

did you use heat to tarnish the blade?

thank you for revealing your secret!

i need to find one of these!

Just now, Thembones said:

 

this looks really good

did you use heat to tarnish the blade?

thank you for revealing your secret!

i need to find one of these!

No , its a cheap blade that gets used a lot . 

Just now, scaleface said:

No , its a cheap blade that gets used a lot . 

 

like of the ones sitting in the bottom shelf at walmart cheap?

52 minutes ago, Thembones said:

 

like of the ones sitting in the bottom shelf at walmart cheap?

I pour my own and got these from Janns Netcraft . 4.5 size . They are the cheapest brass ones they sell .

 

When it got tarnished a little bit , I rubbed it down with Brasso . That shined it up    before taking  on this bluegill looking patina after a little use .

4 hours ago, scaleface said:

I pour my own and got these from Janns Netcraft . 4.5 size . They are the cheapest brass ones they sell .

 

When it got tarnished a little bit , I rubbed it down with Brasso . That shined it up    before taking  on this bluegill looking patina after a little use .

 

It looks great.

I had this, I just got it on clearance at academy

lookin close!

 

 

56 minutes ago, Thembones said:

 

It looks great.

I had this, I just got it on clearance at academy

lookin close!

 

 

That will work . I've used skirts very similar to that a  ton .

Just saw the new Sleeper Gills at my local tackle shop......OP you should give these a good look.   Pricey but they looked fantastic, and the size seemed perfect on them to catch both big and regular fish.    

 

Another swim jig option.