Favorite bait, weather, and cover 2024

Fat-G reply :

What is your absolute favorite way to fish? Weather conditions, depth, lure, cover, rod/reel, casting technique, etc. Mods sorry if this is the wrong section, please move if it is.

My favorite is pitching Rage Hawgs, Craws, or Space Monkeys to standing timber on an overcast/rainy day. I absolutely love fishing this way, and it's usually when I get a good'un.

Edit- Forgot to mention this earlier, pitchin' around cypress trees is another one, along with frogging in matted grass.

BASSclary reply :

Sunny, about 85 air temp, not sure what that is in water temp.

Pitching 1/4 oz jigs, lizards, space monkey/ rage craws, and worms on standing timber in about 6 ft of water

OHIO reply :

65 degrees, overcast, about 5' of water, 7' baitcasting rod, and throwing a buzzbait.

I love the strike on every topwater bait, but I like buzzbaits the most.

Vinny Chase reply :

75-85 degrees and sunny, 16-18 ft of water, Norman DD22 over a weedline right of the first break...tick, tick, tick, caught up in weeds, rip, smacckk!!

7'6 MH

Chronarch 100A

Seagur CarbonPro 10lb

Bass_Fanatic reply :

75 degrees, overcast, 4ft. of water, fishing a flat with grass patches..

7' Powell 704C Glass rod

Pflueger President reel

Chug Bug

80 degrees, sunny, 6 ft. of water, cypress trees

7' Powell 765 Flippin Stick

Pflueger President reel

1/4 oz. Wtml/Red Rage Craw

BassThumb reply :

Mid October

60 degree air temp and cloudy

50 degree water temp

Run and gun spinnerbait fishing

marinetech reply :

air temp 70's , 4 to 8' of water with lots of wood. throwing brush hogs texas rig. my favorite way to fish.

mr.mallard reply :

mid april. air temp in 80ish water temp at 70. overcast. 1-5 ft. weeds . Spro poppin frog in lime green. sufix 40lb. 832 braid. 7ft. heavy ugly stick. curado 200e5. oh and 12lb bass. and lots of them. ;D

piscicidal reply :

frog, overcast, slop

Catt reply :

Hot august nights

Full moon on the horizon

Gently southerly wind

Main lake ridges/humps in 13-17'

A mixture of grass, brush, & timber

Jig-n-craw worm & a Texas rigged some thing!

tholmes reply :

Late spring, 70 - 75 degrees, slight overcast with a light breeze. Crankbait (lipless or medium diver) in 4-10 feet of water over submerged timber or rip-rap. Medium power/moderate action b/c, 12 lb. mono.

Tom

adclem reply :

Light rain in the spring, fishing a swim jig through grass beds.

Later,

ww2farmer reply :

For LMB, square bill crankbaits, overcast with light wind, wood cover.

For SMB, drop shot, dead calm, 20+ fow, drop to marks on the graph.

Pa Angler reply :

Overcast, in the 80's, light wind, shallow water of 6' or less and throwing a Zoom Hoirny Toad frog bait or crankbait.

Tight Lines

Pa Angler

Nick reply :

75 degree air temp, sunny day, on a free flowing river in June with a superfluke watching giant smallies waking off the bank like submarines to engulf them. Ah...that hurts so bad!

Alpster reply :

I like these equally...

1. Morning. Gurgling a jitterbug or buzzbait along a weed line an hour before sunup dead calm & 80+ degrees.

2. Heat of the day. Dropshot or shakey head jig with a finesse worm in deep open water slowly.

3. Evening. Pitchin a jig&trailer or casting a T-rigged Culprit ribbon tail worm in the thickest blowdowns or lillypads I can find.

Ronnie

Evans reply :

Toss up between these two:

Smallmouth-Middle of January, air temp about 30, water temp 43-45, with a slight south breeze of about 3-5mph with lots of clouds and a little snow,throwing a homemade fly on a bobber with a 10ft rod.

Largemouth/Spots-March-April water temp, anything above 55, in the middle of a front with lots of wind and clouds, throwing a 6" swimbait, preferably a high power herring or huddleston. Either throwing it on a 7'6" W&M SR swimbait rod or a 7'6" Duckett Extra Heavy(haven't tried this one yet).

Close 2nd-June, water temp 70's, from late evening to early morning, throwing a black Stan Sloan Buzzbait around rip-rap and docks. Throwing it on a 7'6" W&M SR Swimbait rod.

J Francho reply :

Sunny, no wind, during the spawn, Senkos. 8-)

Fat-G reply :

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Sunny, no wind, during the spawn, Senkos. 8-)

Senkos were killer for me two summers ago, ever since then I haven't really thrown them. They are definitley a great spring bait, however.

bassin is addicting reply :

Morning. Gurgling a jitterbug or buzzbait along a weed line an hour before sunup dead calm & 80+ degrees

J Francho reply :

Jig, mid July, Hot, Humid, Deep Weeds.

flippin and pitchin reply :

First week of May, 68 degrees with just enough wind to break the surface.

Lamiglas Excel 705 C glass crankin rod with a Winch, and #10 YoZuri and a Deep Little N for Smallies on the big C anywhere there is a current break.

brushhoggin reply :

Ribbit, overcast, lily pads

Tin reply :

Post-spawn shallows, Wind, rain, h2o temps 60-70*= 1/2oz spinnerbait on my Revo and 7'3" MH Carrot with 17 lbs. Trilene 100%

Milton Waddams reply :

Mid July 85+ bluebird skies no wind 10" Hudleston back in creeks 80* water 2-4' deep.

burleytog reply :

June/July/August, rocky points, deep cranks

J Francho reply :

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Mid July 85+ bluebird skies no wind 10" Hudleston back in creeks 80* water 2-4' deep.

Sounds like a bowfin recipe. Where you fishing?

SirSnookalot reply :

I just like catching fish, the weather is a secondary issue, I'm going anyway. The conditions predicate what my target species will be. I will fish for bass under any conditions, but prefer open water if possible and seem to get a better afternoon bite as compared to early morning, so bass fishing is later in the day for me.

I like 15-20mph wind in my face, 4' ground swell, tsunami spoon or diamond jig, outgoing tide, for snook, jacks and bluefish.

Calm wind, flat water, incoming tide, tarpon and barracuda, I like topwater the best.

Avalonjohn44 reply :

Mid August, 90 degrees, overcast, muggy, two hours before a thunderstorm, during the storm, and two hours after.

Hot Rod reply :

Pre-spawn 58-60 water temp, pitchin'/flipin' 3/8oz jig/pig to visible wood cover preferably stumps in 3-6' of muddy water.

"Hand to fin combat"! ;D

Milton Waddams reply :

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Mid July 85+ bluebird skies no wind 10" Hudleston back in creeks 80* water 2-4' deep.

Sounds like a bowfin recipe. Where you fishing?

Rhode Island

Chaz Hickcox reply :

Foggy morning, Sexy Shad colored One-Knocker Spook, shallow flats.

BiggerWorm reply :

Dog days of summer, 85-95 degrees. Throwing jigs and large worms to wood on offshore break lines. Just above the thermocline This is where the big ones are.

Fat-G reply :

Scratch my previous response, I like to flip more than anything. Timber or grass (matted or moderately thick) in 5+ feet. Pulling a 6+ out of that stuff is such a thrill for me. I don't know why I didn't think of that earlier.

Also love to throw a frog in the same junk.

bmadd reply :

Pre Spawn, Main Lake flats consisting of gravel with isolated wood and and grass clumps. Flat side cranks on a 6'6" spinning rod with 10/2 PowerPro. Weather is cold in the AM warming up throughout the day. Hang on.

Bankbeater reply :

Just saw this thread. I like spring and summer, as long as its warm. I like fishing in grass and/or timber with jigs and plastics down about 10 to 15 feet deep.

Mike L reply :

Any top water at first light!!

BAM!!

Mike

Fat-G reply :

I like to throw a jig along weed beds in the summer as well. I didn't fish them too much last summer, but this year they're going to be my main focus.

Swim jigs are also great, especially when you get a 5 pounder your first time trying it.

HOWEVER, a little 1/4 oz. spinnerbait has been #1 so far this year.

hookset on 3 reply :

Squam Lake New Hampshire,During the spawn in late May, 75 degrees fishing for smallmouth on beds in gin clear water. Perfect!

Hooligan reply :

My absolute favorite is probably late summer ripping a spoon on humps, no idea why I get such a kick out of it other than the fish just inhale the stupid ting.

Second would be pitching grass edges in clear water.

BlackBass19 reply :

#1 Waking Spinnerbait on the weed edges on a cool morning w/ the rising sun on the horizon, mist on the water and a light breeze at my back.

#2 T-Rigged Anything fished slowly in the emerging weeds during early postspawn. Inevitably I'll zone out, stop "working" the bait and fish on my instincts alone. Then comes that monster boil or head shake and then a minute of close quarter hand to hand combat with a huge female. It's that kind of experience that keeps me coming back and keeps me hopeful when the fishing gets tough.

Fat-G reply :

Let's see if answers have changed! It's almost been a year since I started this post.

Does anyone have a new favorite technique that they learned this spring or summer?

I really enjoy throwing swimjigs now - I had killer luck on them this spring. I also have another "favorite" situation:

Mid-summer, air temperature 80 degrees, slight wind, clouds in the sky, almost over cast.

Targeting 4-8 feet of water, throwing a Baby Thumper, Rage Craw, or Loster on humps and ledges.

Bass_Fanatic reply :

How do you know your targeting ledges and humps in 4-8 fow off of the bank?

My favorite right now is working a Pointer through sparse grass on Toledo Bend in 8 fow on mainlake humps. It only produced 317 fish my last 5 outings.

SirSnookalot reply :

I pass up a lot of fish by not using techniques that I find to be unexciting. For freshwater, cloudy day, moderate breeze, pretty much any moving bait. Inshore I prefer 15-20 mph, 4' surf, outgoing tide with "foamy" water and top lures or spoons. A day like this is my favorite way to fish.

Catt reply :

Hi Salenity reply :

Mid August Sunrise & sunset. Watching a bass swirl in the water as it works a school of baitfish then walking a frog over the top of it. CRUSH!!!

detroit1 reply :

September, overcast, with 10 mph wind, air and water temp doesn't matter. 7.5'med./revo/12#mono, 1/2 0z. white skirt/gold willow 4,4.5 in 2-8' of water with scattered weeds. Of course it helps if the wind blows you down your favorite stretch...

Red reply :

Weather dosen't matter, I love throwing a blade or squarebill into the thickest crap I can find.

bwell reply :

Give me a jig on a warm overcast day with rock/timber on points and ill be a happy camper!

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