once the ice melts and its opening day what do you throw first

What’s this ice you talk about? We have been lucky here this year with that. I will start with a Ned rig though.

My first cast once the ice is gone will be a 1/2oz Siebert Brush Jig with a NetBait Paca chunk trailer. Gonna pitch it to a laydown that sits in 18’ of water at the crown. Can see it all in my head. 

Usually chatter bait.  But, I’m going t be throwing a lot of lipless, jerkbaits, OG’s and shadraps as well 

Every fish I caught between 1/1 and 3/6 came on a jerkbait, either a Rozante 77, Oneten or Oneten +1 Jr. 

3/7 I caught two on a Stealth Blade.

Usually a Ned rig or jerkbait. Quickly followed by a chatterbait.

Jerkbait for me.  And then maybe a chatter bait if the jerks aren't working.

Gliders and Jerkbaits.

When the ice comes off, nothing beats a blade bait, damiki vault specifically, for me till the water warms into the 40's.

 

scott

This must be a northern thing. 

Ned rig. 

5 hours ago, corey90 said:

once the ice melts and its opening day what do you through first

 

No ice here most years, and we've had an unusually warm winter, so I never went to mid winter lures, JB, chatter, and spinnerbait getting it done right now. This is going to be a good year for early big fish me thinks...

First day of bass fishing (happens after ice-out) - Four rigs that'll be on the deck

Jerkbait

Chatterbait

Weightless Fluke

Ned

This year I have been fishing with swim jigs, spinnerbaits, and chatterbaits.  There is a lot of brush and dead vegetation in the water I have been fishing.  Treble hooks won't work too well.

For me when the ice melts, I go to the store, buy another bag and throw it in the cooler.  Most days I start fishing with top water baits.

Swim jig with a Rage Tail Menace

Football jig with a Zoom Super Chunk

Zoom Super Fluke on an EWG

Wacky rigged senko

 

Zoom Magnum UV Speed Worm 

3/16 Florida rigged 

16# Sniper or 40# braid

 

Devils Horse on top

30# braid 

 

Rage Bug on the bottom 

Either 20# Shooter or 60#-80# braid depending on where

 

All year round 

 

 

 

Mike

Hard telling but a spinnerbait is always one of the first I catch bass on .

Weightless fluke 

it is wacky rig 3" Senko in bright colors, I pick this up for couple months now and I am just thinking to switch to tube this week.

Wacky rigged senko.  

14 hours ago, Cbump said:

This must be a northern thing. 

 

 

For me, right at ice-out, jerkbaits, blade baits and finesse jig. 

Ice? That goes in my bourbon and sweet tea.

Jerkbait or twitch bait.

 

Best category of lure bar none.  I will NOT debate this.

Jigs and cranks produced during the coldest times this year.