So I’m figuring out what I wana keep on the deck and what’s kind of redundant. What baits do you always have rigged up on the deck?

d/s, spinnerbait, bladed jig, all season. The other 4 varies by time of year.

The two constants are:

1. Green pumpkin bladed jig with a Rage Chunk trailer (color varies, but always some contrast)

2. Underspin with a paddle tail. Size and color vary by lake/season.

3. Senko either T-rigged or wacky rigged in some flavor of green pumpkin

Everything else varies by lake and season.

Spinnerbait, crankbait, worm.

Green pumpkin finesse jig

Whitish spinnerbait

Jerkbait

Allen

Ill always have a small swimbait on a light head and swimjig tied on. 4 or 6 weeks that swimjig may be a 1/16 micro jig with a 3" bubbling shaker, but I'm swimming it.

Bladed Jig, Neko, Poop, Free Rig

A Texas rigged something.

a fluke and a wacky senko

It's always changing but right now with them moving up.

Neko , Jig, yellow magic and with some wind a spinnerbait.

This time of year a jig or two, 3 Ned rigs, shaky head, and swim bait and lately an Arig.

Speaking for myself whatever I tie on will be wrong 50% of the time. The problem comes when you are hardheaded and continue to force baits that are not catching fish. I'm speaking from experience. 😁

I keep a jerkbait, jig, and 3.8" (ish) swimbait rigged at all times. Add a blade bait in the winter season.

31 minutes ago, Lottabass said:

Speaking for myself whatever I tie on will be wrong 50% of the time. The problem comes when you are hardheaded and continue to force baits that are not catching fish. I'm speaking from experience. 😁

That is me for sure. I’ll start with something and just keep throwing it. So I’m trying to get better at reading the situation and predicting what to throw

A crankbait and a worm. Most of the time it is a Frittside and a 5" Senko.

I usually have a t-rigged worm of some kind.

Topwater, it will be a popper or wake bait.

I also like to have a boot-tail or paddle tailed, like a wild eyed storm type that I can cast close to cover when a place looks promising.

Forward Facing Sonar has changed how I fish.... no denying that...

Jerkbait

Jighead Minnow

Neko Rig

If I'm not having a good day with any of those I'll usually either go to a moving bait or a wacky rig...

If I still can't catch anything I'll drop-shot or drag a jig....

If I still can't catch anything after trying those three things I'll usually go home because it just ain't meant to be that day

A skirted jig is always on if applicable as I fish both smallmouth and largemouth, and jigs rail both. It’s my first choice and most confident bait I use. Anything beyond that depends on what I’m doing and what’s going on. Give me a jig and I always feel ready to catch bass.

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(((((((let the fish tell me)))))))

That is the best response with out even saying a bait name

Lol

Almost always a spinnerbait

for most of my lakes, a bladed jig, a rage bug, and a neko rig. A jighead minnow is already rigged, just whether it is on deck or not depends on the specific lake I'm in. To Pat's point, that gives me shallow, mid and deep with a fast bait, a slow bait, and a finesse bait. The color and weight will change but those are always rigged up. This year I'm going to leave a spinnerbait on the deck more (as in literally leave it sitting out where I can see it) because I know it will catch fish more than how much I throw it.

14 minutes ago, casts_by_fly said:

for most of my lakes, a bladed jig, a rage bug, and a neko rig. A jighead minnow is already rigged, just whether it is on deck or not depends on the specific lake I'm in. To Pat's point, that gives me shallow, mid and deep with a fast bait, a slow bait, and a finesse bait. The color and weight will change but those are always rigged up. This year I'm going to leave a spinnerbait on the deck more (as in literally leave it sitting out where I can see it) because I know it will catch fish more than how much I throw it.

I like that. I definitely am trying hard on the bladed jig and spinner bait I’m gonna work hard this year. I loved the Neko rig last year. I need to get back on the Texas rig creature. I threw a jig or swim jig so much last year I kinda got away from the basics

I like to be able to cover all throughout the water column and types of cover in general... Then have my confidence baits ready to go... Drop shot, crankbait, bladed jig, paddletail Keitech, spinnerbait and jig/t rig... Weather just makes me go heavier or lighter in weight...

Live minnows

Live earthworms

Chicken liver ( not live )