Bait thrown for the first cast of the season 2024

juicebass reply :

Just curious as to what the first first bait you will throw at the beginning of a new season?

I think I'll go with the ol' trusty spinnerbait!

Or the jerk bait.

Or the jig.

Or the crankbait...

Decisions Decisions! :S

SDoolittle reply :

I would imagine that a large majority of the folks here have already made their first cast of the season, but I have been deployed to Kuwait since October, so I have not. I'll be back in the States in a few weeks, and I pick up my new boat as soon as I get back. My first cast of the season should happen in the second week of May.

I can't say for certain what bait it will be, but there's a high probability that it will be a Texas rigged Gene Larew Salt Craw in the Sooner Run color. I say that because it is my confidence bait that I have tied on at all times.

Ordinarily, my season starts in Texas in January or February, and it's usually a safe bet that I'll start with a lipless crankbait in a red craw pattern.

Smokinal reply :

No decision here....Rapala HJ12 was my first cast of the year.

Sam reply :

Threw a spinnerbait for the first and caught one on second cast.

So far, have caught them on spinnerbaits, crankbaits and a shaky head.

Will be trying a lot more next week.

"hamma" reply :

as my boat is being re-powered, i have yet to make a cast. and if the guy doing the repower doesnt display some urgency i may never get to cast this year!,...lol,...but im sure it will be a jerkbait

LunkerFisher reply :

Mine was a zoom super fluke.

First fish was on a road runner.

Outdoor Zack reply :

On 4/15/2016 at 4:24 PM, S. Doolittle said:

I have been deployed to Kuwait since October

Thank you for your service

Wprich reply :

I knew this was going to be a good year, my first cast was a war eagle finesse in the mouse pattern and I caught a 12 inch largemouth on that first cast. First time that has ever happened, usually I get skunked my first trip of the year lol.

Hurricane reply :

I threw a booyah Spinnerbait..

Jtrout reply :

Red eye shad in chili craw

NJSalt reply :

My first cast this year was with a Blade Bait.

My first fish this year was on a flick shake worm.

A jig has taken more fish this year than any other bait.

BaitMonkey1984 reply :

I throw a lipless crank right after ice out just because I want to crank and wind after a long winter. Then, after having fun casting I drag a T rig craw or a jerk bait to actually catch fish.

Raul reply :

Normally I start my day with a spinnerbait.

KLoell reply :

Very first cast of the year I threw a 1/2oz. Brown Chatterbait and landed the biggest bass I've ever caught on that first cast. I'd say its gonna be a good year!

Ive caught quite a few so far this year throwing that same chatterbait.

BassWhole! reply :

False premise really, there is no one bait that goes first. Would depend on when, where and conditions. In my case, I don't see this time of the year as a beginning, but a recurring progression. This year specially we had some very mild weather followed by cold weather followed by mild weather early on. On a given day I'll have 2 or 3 baits that experience tells me should be the thing, and usually are, sometimes fish have different ideas, and INAWF.

buzzed bait reply :

Season? What's this season thing you speak of? Like spring, summer, fall and winter? Fish 365 in the dirty south!

RB 77 reply :

Well, for me personally it was a buzzbait and you guessed it... nada! Actually nada for the next 20 casts with the buzzbait. Haha. However, my first trip down to Baja this year resulted in a nice Yellowtail on the first drop of the year with a jig. That thing didn't even hit the bottom before it got slurped! So I got that going for me, which is nice... Haha.

jbw252 reply :

Strike King Red Eye Shad. Sexy shad or any of the chrome variants.

tnbassfisher reply :

Rat-L-Trap or jerk bait

C.Devereux reply :

I like to hook a live shiner on a jig head. Or use a floating jerkbait or shallow running crank baits. A lot of people retrieve too slowly, you should go slower but not so slow that no

action happens

Jaderose reply :

My first cast this year was a wacky rigged bubblegum senko.

Cole Richards reply :

Jerk bait , 3 casts later 1st fish

chubaka reply :

Lipless crank in a red craw color

BassThumb reply :

It will almost certainly be a spinnerbait or a swim jig to cover some water.

cgolf reply :

Rigged it up last night, swim jig with an anglers choice killshot, now I just have to wait till the first full weekend in May to throw it. 2nd will be a Bill Lewis echo that was kind to me on the last opener.

Oklahoma Mike reply :

Threw my first one of this season more than a month ago. It was a black/red Booyah pond magic spinner bait.

bigturtle reply :

if i threw a #4 spinner in my bathtub, does that count?

edfitzvb reply :

If I ever get to go, it will be a KVD square bill, a chatterbait, or a red eye shad in a red craw pattern

A-Jay reply :

Strike King KVD Deep Jerkbait ~ Yellow Perch.

A-Jay

lecisnith reply :

LC pointer 78 in ghost minnow, most likely.

Bankbeater reply :

First cast was a bladed jig. First catch was on a Super Spot.

Fish the Mitt reply :

On 4/16/2016 at 8:58 AM, edfitzvb said:

If I ever get to go, it will be a KVD square bill, a chatterbait, or a red eye shad in a red craw pattern

My girlfriend threw her first cast of the year this evening (KVD 1.5 Square). 3rd cast and her first LMB.

ABW reply :

First fish was on Jan. 1 with a blade bait. Second was on a lipless crankbait

Stingray23 reply :

I had 2 baits tied on. A jerkbait and a grub. I threw the jerkbait first. Caught on both.

papajoe222 reply :

First cast was a #3 Mepps squirrel tail. First five bass were on a single Colorado blade spinnerbait.

Brikon reply :

My first cast this year was a Red Lipless Crank,... caught a 15lb Spot as you can see in the picture

J/k

Mosster47 reply :

If we can make it we fish New Years Day and I always throw a shaky head that day.

Wbeadlescomb reply :

A jig maybe? I don't even know and don't guess it matters. Might have been a slider grub on a 1/16th ounce jighead for crappie. Did catch a 5lb largemouth on 4lb test with that setup the first time I went out this year sometime in January

Bluebasser86 reply :

I don't even remember, first cast of the year was back on January 8th.

adam lancia reply :

It's very unlikely that it'll be anything other than a weightless fluke.

Ghostshad reply :

Know what you mean i get mine out today,just having a few minor things done & its been in 3 weeks or longer so i retired & was gonna fish starting with prespawn,ive not even been . So much for making plans .

ww2farmer reply :

My first cast of the year was with a silver buddy, the last cast of my last outting was with a football jig.What I have caught fish this year on so far:

Silver buddy

Football jig

Chatterbaits

Lipless crankbait

Suspension jerkbait

scaleface reply :

A small chartreuse spinnerbait .

evilcatfish reply :

Fishing season ends? Not sure how there can be a first cast when there isn't a last

WIGuide reply :

On 4/21/2016 at 12:50 AM, evilcatfish said:

Fishing season ends? Not sure how there can be a first cast when there isn't a last

If you live up by me unfortunately it does. The water gets a really dense matt up on top of it and try as I might I can't get a monster 2oz punch weight to get through that matt

First bait tied on this year was a jerkbait. First fish came on said jerkbait within about 10 minutes.

lakeannaangler reply :

Rapala shadow rap

thomas15 reply :

Strike King Bitsy Bug jig 1/4 with NetBait Paca Chunk both in Green pumkin. I didn't go to catch anything rather just to cast a few and smoke a cigar (Rocky Patel Decade Robusto). Off the bank where I don't think there were any basses in attendance.

I'm planning on launching the SS Minnow this weekend and will probably start off with a shaky head or swim Jig or a jerk bait.

the reel ess reply :

It was a black/blue Strike King Colorado blade spinnerbait and I caught two. But not on the first cast. One was 3.86 lb. I also caught one on a T-rigged craw. It was Jan 2. I keep a log so I can go back and check things like that. Although lately I've gotten lazy about the log. There hasn't been much to write about on my last 2 trips.

evilcatfish reply :

On 4/21/2016 at 3:09 AM, WIGuide said:

If you live up by me unfortunately it does. The water gets a really dense matt up on top of it and try as I might I can't get a monster 2oz punch weight to get through that matt

First bait tied on this year was a jerkbait. First fish came on said jerkbait within about 10 minutes.

True, for areas that get a lasting ice things are a little different

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