Buckeye Mop Jig in PB&J w/ Yum Chunk trailer

Okay, but only because you asked: "Wave Worm Tiki-Snake - white

In spite of its name, it's what I would describe as a sickle-tail grub

(Grubs are grossly overlooked by bassers, and so is the color white...Shhhh)

Roger

Strike King tour grade swim jig in blue gill with a watermelon candy paca chunk.

Rage Tail baby craw in bama craw.

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SK swim jig (black/blue) and Rage Chunk (black/blue)

SK Redeye Shad Bluegill 1/2oz

So far for me this year it has been the Live Target Crawfish crank C52SB o-1' in Mustard/Brown run over the tops of weeds or ripping it off the weeds. Also over very shallow flats. My other successful lure has been the BPS Egg in Texax Shad.

Wounded Shad Spook Jr. for quantity

Spinnerbait & Jigs w/twin tail grubs for quality

So far caught alot on black buzzbaits and kvd finesse worms (green pumpkin) wacky rigged.

I've heard of people having a lot of success with grubs, how do you rig them? Just with a jig head?

Yes

Owner 1/4 oz Type-Z Bullet Head

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The grub can be fished from the surface to the bottom.

A bullet-head jig looks no different than a Texas-rigged plastic, but pegging is never necessary

Roger

This year has been just absolutely windy as hell and my top producing lure has been a spinnerbait with the skirt taken off and replaced with a zoom tab-tail. if the wind weren't so ridiculous i guarantee my top lure would have been a lizard or something

Rattle Trap (Chrome Blue Back)

Strike King Rodent and Big Bite Baits Yo-Mamma

ZOOM Ol' Monster

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I love these! They work great for a number of baits.

The only issue I've had is the hook breaking at the bend near the top. I blame myself though. Drag was set too tight on light line and the fish made a run at the boat. I am surprised that the line didnt break before the hook though.

I love these! They work great for a number of baits.

The only issue I've had is the hook breaking at the bend near the top. I blame myself though. Drag was set too tight on light line and the fish made a run at the boat. I am surprised that the line didnt break before the hook though.

You’re correct.

I use 30-lb braid and have broken the shank on more than one Owner hook.

A hook under great pressure has two options, it will "bend" or it will "break".

CAVEAT> The original Owner bullet head uses fine-wire which is rubbery and prone to straightening.

The Owner Type-Z bullet head uses standard-wire and the shank is "forged".

Swaging crystallizes the steel, what we toolmakers call 'work hardening', which is good & bad.

Owner is quality, but getting the hardness of a hook just right is like walking a tightrope.

In most cases though, the hook will have landed many bass before the Rockwell goes over the top.

Roger

7 inch zellamander in green pumpkiny red flake type of color texas rigged 1/4 bullet and 2/0 trokar EWG.

Most of my fish have been caught on a 1/2 oz firetiger booyah spinnerbait with the stock willowleaf blade replaced with a #5 silver willowleaf.

The majority of my fish have been caught using Bomber Flat A Crank Bait Shad Color.

I also have been producing a lot of fish, yet smaller, with bass assassins.

I fish for bass all year long. What works best for me constantly changes as the seasons progress.

In the cold winter months I was nailing them on little black beavers rigged Texas w/ a bead.

Pre-spawn; I was getting hit on Chatter Frogs w/ a Swimsenko trailer.

Spawn; couldn't really sight fish beds because they were deeper this year due to low water levels. Had success using weightless, t-rigged or keel-weighted Skinny Dippers in Money Shot and White Trash. I often colored them with Spike-It markers.

Also caught a lot of fish on a silver Shad Rap 08.

Post Spawn (now); Weightless, t-rigged or keel-weighted Swimsenko in black or watermelon. T-rigged or keel-weighted Anacondas have been producing for me as well.

Oddest part of this all is that I haven't been fishing jigs that much, something that has produced well for me over the last few years. The year's not nearly over yet though.

Cheepo Lews Rattle Trap, chrome/blue back.

2nd would be the Dean Rojas Fighting Frog, Green Pumpkin.

Brush beavers and kvd xd5....BOOM!!!!

Jackall flickshake jig w/ a 5.8" jackall flickshake worm.

trickworm (red shad)

rage baby craw (okochobee)

baby brush hog (watermelon candy)

#1 booyah black and blue jig w/ rage craw

#2 Zoom baby bush hog

NorthStar Swim Jig

Zoom Lizard

Perch Shad Rap

Azuma crankbaits. Size 2 3/8 inches. Weight 1/4oz. Colors: Fire Tiger, Natural Bass, Blue Sunshine, and Murder Black.

No particular order:

3/4 oz red eye shad

3/8 scrounger w/ 3.5 lake fork magic shad

100 and 78 lucky craft pointer

5" senco