Favorite Summer Baits 2024
AllTerrainAngler reply :
Its been high 80s-low 90s here for a month now. What is your go to baits for this time?
Morning i throw almost solely topwater or flukes. Mid day shakey heads and jig under dock.
Big C reply :
I usually just use a frog and jig in the summer months. But I'm gonna use the Big Hammer Sledge Hammer, quite a bit this year. I haven't used it a ton yet, but it's starting to look like a cool ledge bait to throw in the "dog daze" of summer.
Ozark_Basser reply :
Something big and/or fast. Also, top water.
If the water is clear, I like big jerkbaits fished with very short pauses.
Swimbaits. Jigs with a big trailer. Pumping swimjigs. Big crankbaits.
*Hank reply :
Wacky senkos work for for me all summer long.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Big worms, creature baits, jigs, swimbaits, and deep cranks do a lot of work during the heat of the day. The same baits plus topwater when I can early and late or on cloudy days. Topwater during the heat of the day can account for some really big fish too.
eyedabassman reply :
Big ribbon tail worms,Jigs,C-rig. HOLD _ON!
greentrout reply :
Summer:
Rapala lipless crank baits
It's A Humdinger Spinner Baits
Skip Jack top water -- an oldie but goodie. still got a few.
Spook, Jr., Zara Puppy & Little Chug Bait
Baby Minus 1 & Cabela's Grave Digger
Berkley Power Worm
Zoom Trick Worm -- can work it all kinds of ways.
Most of my Summer bassin' is done in water 10 ft. or less.
Old school basser...
scaleface reply :
Strike King Rocket Shad
Rattle Trap
Little George
Cordell Gay Blade
Lunker Lure
Fat Free Shad
and all soft plastics
iceintheveins reply :
Topwaters in the morning, generally buzzbaits or rage shads at first light, then either poppers or spooks when it's a bit lighter. Will throw them all day when it's cloudy. If topwaters aren't working I'll throw a double willow spinnerbait and retrieve it fast a foot or two under the surface.
In clear or lightly stained water, you can't beat senkos or soft jerkbaits like flukes to catch a few quick fish before the sun gets too high.
Later in the day, pitchin' jigs or creatures around rip rap and deep weedlines catches tons of my fish, as do deep cranks or even slow rolling a spinnerbait deep if there is some wind. If they won't come up for a crank, and the water isn't super dirty, I'll throw a mojo rig with a centipede or small worm.
If you have weeds, shade pockets, or slop, the old frog is tough to beat.
Just a general rule for me, I'll try lots of different stuff when they aren't biting. If I stay all day, I switch back to topwaters around dusk,
Smokinal reply :
My go to is a simple t-rigged 7" Culprit on a 4/0 straight shank worm hook. There is a reason this old school technique is still around.
AllTerrainAngler reply :
On 5/9/2015 at 9:43 PM, greentrout said:Summer:
Rapala lipless crank baits
It's A Humdinger Spinner Baits
Skip Jack top water -- an oldie but goodie. still got a few.
Spook, Jr., Zara Puppy & Little Chug Bait
Baby Minus 1 & Cabela's Grave Digger
Berkley Power Worm
Zoom Trick Worm -- can work it all kinds of ways.
Most of my Summer bassin' is done in water 10 ft. or less.
Old school basser...
I've switched it up on my trick worms. I usually throw a weightless fluke but once i feel its been overused i'll throw a weightless trick worm and work it just like a fluke.
AllTerrainAngler reply :
On 5/10/2015 at 4:16 AM, iceintheveins said:Topwaters in the morning, generally buzzbaits or rage shads at first light, then either poppers or spooks when it's a bit lighter. Will throw them all day when it's cloudy. If topwaters aren't working I'll throw a double willow spinnerbait and retrieve it fast a foot or two under the surface.
In clear or lightly stained water, you can't beat senkos or soft jerkbaits like flukes to catch a few quick fish before the sun gets too high.
Later in the day, pitchin' jigs or creatures around rip rap and deep weedlines catches tons of my fish, as do deep cranks or even slow rolling a spinnerbait deep if there is some wind. If they won't come up for a crank, and the water isn't super dirty, I'll throw a mojo rig with a centipede or small worm.
If you have weeds, shade pockets, or slop, the old frog is tough to beat.
Just a general rule for me, I'll try lots of different stuff when they aren't biting. If I stay all day, I switch back to topwaters around dusk,
Instead of a basic frog i usually throw a live target mouse or the spro mouse. I've noticed on heavily pressured waters i'll pull more fish using something a little different.
dday07 reply :
topwater in morning then dropshotting by mid-morning
evening throw fat ika then finish with a topwater
Catch and Grease reply :
I can already tell flipping and pitching big weights into heavy grass is going to become an absolute favorite for me... I've been catching more big (for me) bass flipping lately than I ever have on any other lure/technique.
But for stuff I'm more familiar with, squarebills, 10-12 inch worms, swim jigs, Texas rigged creature baits, and frogs are some stuff I love to use during the summer!
Senko lover reply :
Weightless and split-shotted soft plastics are always killer for me. Topwater is a lot of fun as well in the heat.
AllTerrainAngler reply :
On 5/10/2015 at 7:16 AM, Catch and Grease said:I can already tell flipping and pitching big weights into heavy grass is going to become an absolute favorite for me... I've been catching more big (for me) bass flipping lately than I ever have on any other lure/technique.
But for stuff I'm more familiar with, squarebills, 10-12 inch worms, swim jigs, Texas rigged creature baits, and frogs are some stuff I love to use during the summer!
Flipping jigs is #2 to topwater blowups for me. I love to flip into cover. This year is the first year my pond has had lilly pads. EVER and the ponds been there well over 100 years. So far the fish havent been very keen on the pads yet though.
greentrout reply :
On 5/10/2015 at 7:49 AM, AllTerrainAngler said:Flipping jigs is #2 to topwater blowups for me. I love to flip into cover. This year is the first year my pond has had lilly pads. EVER and the ponds been there well over 100 years. So far the fish havent been very keen on the pads yet though.
Hope those pads don't become too many...top water...ever tried to run a Zoom Trick Worm in Bubble Gum, Yellow or White over pads?
Don't need a Frog.
Good fishing...
Old school basser...
kikstand454 reply :
C-rig, jig, deep cranks on the ledges.
Buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, horny toads up shallow.
But like C&G, the last few years I have fallen in love with punching mats- and that is my current #1summer deal. Its just edging out a c-rig these days.
Hey! Stop telling everyone about weightless trick worms! 
primetime reply :
If it floats, I like it, mainly the Rapala original minnows and Jointed minnows for waking on spinning tackle and lighter line, if I am throwing on casting gear I like the Long A, Bagley's Bang O lure with prop, or without, Rebel Original minnows, BPS speed minnow which is the old Lew's speed minnows, and I find I start out using a floating minnow bait as a topwater bait, and often it works all day long, letting it sit still near a piece of cover and gently shaking is a deadly method all year long, just make sure to have sharp hooks, it amazes me how fish blow up on a lure with 3 trebles and still will miss it all together....But follow up with your favorite soft bait and that fish will bite 8/10 times....Sometimes you need to fish them like a c-rig, drag it a foot or two and then pause, almost all strikes will come on the pause or when first starting it again.....Long casts are key, and steering it around cover, but letting it float in the wind will generate strikes from larger fish than a fluke normally will imo.
bassinyea reply :
Deep divers, swimbaits, monster worms, jigs, flutter spoons. Shakeyhead and drop shots when the bite is tough.
SouthernBassin reply :
Jigs all the way
Bass_Fanatic reply :
Magnum trick worm on a 1/2oz shaky head
10xd
12" worm
3/4oz fb jig
Bassmaster3363 reply :
Favorites would be
baitball popper
livingston lures pro swizzle
berkley havoc pit boss texas rigged
santone lures football jig
manns tiny 100
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the reel ess reply :
On 5/11/2015 at 6:18 AM, primetime said:If it floats, I like it, mainly the Rapala original minnows and Jointed minnows for waking on spinning tackle and lighter line, if I am throwing on casting gear I like the Long A, Bagley's Bang O lure with prop, or without, Rebel Original minnows, BPS speed minnow which is the old Lew's speed minnows, and I find I start out using a floating minnow bait as a topwater bait, and often it works all day long, letting it sit still near a piece of cover and gently shaking is a deadly method all year long, just make sure to have sharp hooks, it amazes me how fish blow up on a lure with 3 trebles and still will miss it all together....But follow up with your favorite soft bait and that fish will bite 8/10 times....Sometimes you need to fish them like a c-rig, drag it a foot or two and then pause, almost all strikes will come on the pause or when first starting it again.....Long casts are key, and steering it around cover, but letting it float in the wind will generate strikes from larger fish than a fluke normally will imo.
I had a good size bass blow up on a Chug'n Spook the other night and miss it three times, even coming out of the water. Then I caught a 5 lb'er on just one of the hooks of the trebles under the jaw.
TwoCan reply :
Strike King XDs when the bass want something big, loud, and fast
Dropshot or a shaky head when they want something small and slow
Most of the bass I fish around stay shallow for just the wee hours of the morning and then head 25 ft + deep until the last two hours of the day when they move shallow again. There is a lot of fishing out in the middle of nowhere for deep suspended bass.
AllTerrainAngler reply :
I've been fishing this pond lately and today i decided to fish the creek that runs off from it. Started out with a topwater mouse and had a few small blow ups. Switched to a biffle bug on a weighted jig hook and caught a few smaller bass. Finally switched to a fluke ended up catching a 8 pound bowfin, 3ft gar, and several more small bass before a bigger bowfin broke off and i called it a day.
greentrout reply :
Where I live it's hotter than a fire cracker. I'm up early in the morning at the crack of dawn fishing my favorite spots. My best results are coming from the venerable Culprit and Zoom worms in Red Shad and June Bug worked slow and fast TR dragging them, hopping them and swimming them at different paces.
The plastic worm is the old reliable go to bait in the dog day Summer days. Here, we are experiencing temps in the upper 90's with a heat index of 105 plus.
The Old School Basser...
MrBigFishSC reply :
I have caught several nice fish this July drop shotting in 8-20 ft water mostly around creek channels. I've caught very little shallow except a few early on Spooks.
laduckhunter reply :
Squarebills and t rigged worms for me.
Big Bait Fishing reply :
SWIMBAITS & FROGS !!!!! 
AllTerrainAngler reply :
So the bowfin I caught. This is a smaller one than the one I previously posted about. He hit a top water mouse. The bream was pretty solid. He hit a 6" trick worm. And the bass was on a biffle bug in my home pond. I've had good luck this summer so far.
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