Jig and craw.

I vote jigs.

 

Big topwater, Swimbaits and glidebaits are a close second.

On 5/11/2025 at 9:25 AM, Pumpkin Lizard said:

Big topwater

 

Agree!

 

These girls all came on a big walking bait and a big Deps Sakamata Shad one morning last October:

 

My trophies:

12.5 lb Gambler Ace 5"

8.25 bfs smallest Hula Popper you can buy! ML rod, 20 minutes to land it.

7.5 lb RI sweet Beaver weightless.

I don't carry a scale anymore.....

Flippin rig in the nastiest cover I can find during daylight hours. Bladed jig along weed edges or on rock at night.

Step one: Be lucky. Step two: Pretend it was skill. But seriously, big swimbaits at dawn or dusk, deep structure, and lots of patience. Still waiting on my true trophy though.

I've been thinking about this.   a big swimsuit (<--I hate autocorrect - SwimBAIT).  like a biiigggg..swimbait.   I think you could expect skunk days back to back to back.  but when a fish hit, it would be a very good one.