What are some of the best baits and techniques to fish with during the spawn and what colors?

Almost anything will work during the spawn. You just have to get it in the bed and make it look harmful to the fish protecting the nest.

Lizards

Rage Craws

Spinnerbaits

Tubes

Topwater

and Many more

1/4 oz NorthStar New Gill Swim Jig paired with a paca craw....That is about it becuase it rarely fails.

Look for flats close to deep water or shallow coves that have warmer water and sling away till your arm falls off.

Almost everything works on spawning bass, and then sometimes nothing at all works. Trial error is the pattern.

Almost everything works on spawning bass, and then sometimes nothing at all works. Trial error is the pattern.

Exactly. I have had days where the whole tackle box has been in the bed and nothing, yet other days where a fish will leave the bed to chase a crank or frog down 20 feet away...why??? Who knows, it's just the way it is. I don't waste a ton of time on LM on there beds anymore, unless it's a giant. 5 mins,...............then i am gone. I am not fishing a tournament and there are easier to catch fish elsewhere. SM tend to be way less picky too BTW.

I always start with a jig and trailer.Have good luck with it for a long time,Crawdad color or bluegill colors.If that dont work a smaller crankbait or spinnerbait.

Bluegill swimbait, Jig, small dropsot minnow. In that order. Start agresive and back off as needed. Learn to read the fish

Mattlures ultimate gill, white rage craw, white zoom lizard. I like white because i can see the bait in the water easier than a brown or black bait. Where i fish, most of the beds are in 15 feet of clear water, so the white helps me track the bait.

I use bubble gum colored plastics for the very same reason. Also one mistake I used to make bed fishing, was using too little weight, like using an 1/8 oz shakey head or other light stuff, when I switched to a 3/8 oz + head, I found I could keep it in the "spot" better, and that seemed to get more bites.

at my lake here i socal. any plastic in white really gets a reaction

keep throwing whatever you use in the bed to tick them off. they will pick it up and put it out of the bed and sometimes they eat out of aggression and you can take advantage of this. i was casting into a bed with 3 lm last year and throwing a 3/16 white spinnerbait threw the weeds into the bed and stopping and letting it fall right in front of them. i did make 100 casts and finally two of the 3 lm came out of the bed

Drop one of these near the bed. I am positive you will be happy with the results.