One that hasn't been mentioned yet: poppers. Bloop, bloop, bloop, smash!

In the shallows, Spinnerbaits, Frogs, 10”-12” Power Worms.

Deeper water is dropshot 6” worm, Westy Worm, or Hula grub on 1oz jighead.

I have a few.

Large plastic worm, spinnerbait, and swimjig when the bass don't want to come up.

Jitterbug, buzzbait, and popper when bass are hitting stuff on the surface. Which bait depends on the water I am fishing.

On 6/5/2026 at 12:56 PM, Jax96 said:

Do you find they still hold to cover at night?

Loosely.

Think of early morning, or late evening. Think of a laydown perpendicular to shore. During the day a fish would most likely be relating to the thickest limb. At night, that fish would likely be at or near the end of the laydown. Same goes for weeds. During the day, a fish that would stay buried in the weeds or just inside the edge, would venture outside the edge.

On 6/5/2026 at 1:56 PM, Jax96 said:

Do you find they still hold to cover at night?

I've had good luck casting to the middle of nothing at night. No cover at all. I cast there because I've heard them feeding there.

I mostly lean on my blue bladed jigs in the dark.

Worm, jig, frog, buzzbait! Easy peasy lemon squeeze! Maybe a crankbait or bladed jig or spinnerbait if I’m feeling extremely saucy but mostly worm, jig, frog or buzzbait! And mostly black or white. Let the fish tell me which one.

On 6/6/2026 at 2:36 PM, gim said:

The late @Catt used to be a night time fishing guy.

He often said that the same techniques and presentations you used during the day were effective at night.

Good point. Most stumble when it comes to this point. It’s very true yet sometimes hard to accomplish simply because it’s dark out. There’s no way at night I could fish some of the same areas that I fish during daylight hours. Regardless, most baits are usually the same with the exception of sound modifications. When it comes right down to it, bass at night react more to sound, imho. A simple “tuning” of a jitterbug, for instance, can yield fantastic results. Same with a spinnerbait, changing out the blades, or with a bladed jig, modifying the front lip…getting the sound right is what it’s all about…from my experience.

On 6/5/2026 at 2:06 PM, Zcoker said:

Those jitterbugs flat out work,

Not only do Jitterbugs "flat out work" there is nothing that compares to sitting in a boat on a black moonless night and listening to the plop, plop of a Jitterbug and then the sudden explosion of a bass as it attacks the Jitterbug.

My go to for night fishing use to be the black Arbogast Buzz Plug. Me and my buddy use to fish golf courses at night, mainly because we wouldn't get kicked out. I watched him catch a 8lb bass on a white Gambler Big EZ reeled just under the surface. Maybe color doesn't matter as much as noise/vibration?

12 hours ago, Dogface said:

Not only do Jitterbugs "flat out work" there is nothing that compares to sitting in a boat on a black moonless night and listening to the plop, plop of a Jitterbug and then the sudden explosion of a bass as it attacks the Jitterbug.

That’s about the only thing that scares me at night. I can be miles deep into the glades surrounded by anlligators and when a big fish hits right as I’m about to pull up the lure KABOOM like a bomb just went off!

Just the other night