LM: Pit Boss, Spinnerbait, Jig

SM: Norman's Deep Little N, Tube, Hula Grub

Well, I won Erie with a drop shot plastic worm, in 38' water. I came in second on Port bay using crankbaits and swimbaits early in the day, and a jig later. Some of my biggest bass have come on jigs, super deep cranks, swimbaits, and t-rigged creature/craws, so I guess its "all of the above." I fish so many diverse waters, it's not always about what is the "hot bait." There isn't much you can do about stingy fish in 40' of water. Likewise, you can't crank in super shallow slop.

Find the bass, and let the situation choose your bait.

For me it has nothing to do about the bait, it's the presentation.

#1---weedless wacky finesse worm

#2---shakey head finesse worm

#3---Tx rig 10"+ worm

#1 is about 75% of the catches

1. 3/16 shakey head with a 6" zoom trick worm

2. Fluke texas rigged weightless

3. Spro Poppin Frog

I have also really been working on flipping jigs and soft plastics as this is one of my weakest techniques.

Spro bronzeye Jr

Spook

1/4 oz Cavitron

ZMan Chatterbait

Booyah Jig

Fat Ika

Senko

Rage Craw

Buzzbaits

Big Bite Baits Fighting Frog

A lot of my fish are coming on plastics fished slow.

1. Senko/Yumdinger

2. Rage 10" Anaconda

3. Rage Space Monkey

I don't know why I carry any other lures.

1) 5" Senko, Watermelon with red and black flake;

2) KVD Square Bill 1.5, Chartreuse/Black Back;

3) Strike King 6XD, Sexy Ghost Minnow.

Fat IKA

Baby Rage Craw

Senko style worm

1.) Soft swimbaits: Skinny dipper/Big Ez

2.) Big worms: Zoom Ol Monster/Rage Thumper

3.) Plastic frogs: Horny toad/Rage toad

(Honorable mention: spook/sammy, hack attack jig, spro little john, scrounger)

1. KVD 2.5 Square Bill

2. Koppers Hard Body Walking Frog

3. Baby Brush Hogs

Pepper Jigs- rubber skirt with Northstar chunk

Lake Fork Tackle Baby Ring Fry- Texas rigged

Megabass Giant Dog-X