My New Favorite Finesse Bait For This Year/whats Yours? 2024
Oregon Record Hunter reply :
Last year while fishing a local pond in the spring I caught several bass that had leeches in there mouth,big leeches.So I thought I would start off this spring with a similar pattern.I purchased Berkley Gulp's 5" Jumbo Leech in Black and black/olive.Matched with a 1/32 oz black bullet wt.and a small owner hook to match and owe man this has been deadly for me.The motion is real slow and life like but the only down fall is I have to use lighter line then I would like to in heavy cover.Even in colder water the slower motion seems to be to much for the bucket mouths to handle right now.I am excited for the rest of Spring because of this new set up for me.So what is your new go to bait for this spring?
Fat-G reply :
Baby Rage Craw, t-rigged with an 1/8 oz. tungsten sinker.
bilgerat reply :
I'm sticking with the old reliable tube. Nobody hardly uses them out here and that's fine by me. Let 'em throw Senkos....
.dsaavedra. reply :
while i haven't used it yet, i am sure the zoom swamp crawler on a shakey head will be killer.
i found one on the bank while fishing and i didn't know what it was but it was the wiggliest worm i've ever felt, so i did some searching online and found out what it was, and bought a bag.
roadwarrior reply :
Rage Tail Baby Craw
dude loves to fish reply :
Love the new Power Team Lures Finicky Tickler on a shakey head. Great built in scent and it has great buoyancy.
lynyrdsky1 reply :
Hags tornado shakey rigged.
A-Rob reply :
Senko 4&5"
Wacky when I can
T-rig when there is too much cover/structure around
Hooligan reply :
I'm kinda diggin' the KVD Perfect Plastics finesse worm right now.
BassThumb reply :
My favorite in cold water is a 3.5" wateremelon, smoke/red flake, or green pumpkin finesse tube rigged on a 1/16-1/4 oz light-wire jighead.
Rangerphil reply :
Going to try rage baby craw t-rigged.
jignfule reply :
ikas
Team9nine reply :
Been old schoolin' it this spring with an 1/8-oz. hair jig. Over 325 bass since ice out <30 days ago, and still working.
-T9
guitarkid reply :
I'm not telling. Worm X in Color y
-gk
Bluebasser86 reply :
Haven't tried any new techniques. The ol' faithful jerbait and spinnerbait have been putting plenty of fish in the boat for me. Last summer I did become aquainted with the Gulp minnow though. Smallmouth and walleye fishing hasn't been the same for me since.
AndyPlaysDrums reply :
I picked up the YUM Big Show kit off of Lurenet for $7.99 a few weeks ago, so I'm excited to start doing some shaky head fishing. Probably some T-Rigged Baby Rage Craws, too. What do you all use for a hook for those?
eyedabassman reply :
I would go with a Tiny Paca craw on a Owner weighted 1/0 hook. Or 5 in. Grub or Beaver bait.
Vinny Chase reply :
Weightless Zoom finesse worm in the green weenie color
matstone7 reply :
The Baby Rage Thumper is already proving itself here, even in water still in the low 40's.
KevO reply :
baby rage craw on a 3/16 oz shaky head
Hyrule Bass reply :
baby rage craw, bought them in february, just broke them out a couple days ago and they have been good to me so far, i t-rigged them on a 2/0 gamakatsu ewg, idont really think it needs to be an ewg though but thats what i got for now, im sure 1/0 would work fine as well and could be even better...but it has proven to be really versatile for me. ive caught fish letting it sit on the bottom with occasionally dragging it. ive caught fish on the fall of the cast, ive caught fish swimming them in the water column. and my favorite so far has been semi-burning them across the top of the water with an occasional pause to let it fall(and it falls really really slow), or actually getting hit while using it like a top water. im sure there is much more i can do with it, thats just what ive done in the last two days....
joshholmes reply :
sorry but i gotta stick with the classics.
1. original 3.5 inch gitzit tube
2. zoom tiny fluke/ yum houdini shad
3. zoom trick worms
ib_of_the_damned reply :
On 4/9/2011 at 12:00 PM, guitarkid said:I'm not telling. Worm X in Color y
-gk
Agreed. I like Worm X in color Q though...
Huntnfish reply :
Anyone throwing any berkley havoc baits? Just got the skeet reese pit boss. excited to try it out
piscicidal reply :
This year, I've been using a weightless, zoom magnum trick worm for spooky shallow water fish. So far, so good!
Quillback reply :
Zoom U-Tale has been killer lately.
Mono Man in IL reply :
Speaking of "classics" I'll be using the Classic 4" Charlie Brewer Slider Worm just like I have for the past 35 years.
Hooligan reply :
On 4/13/2011 at 9:34 AM, Huntnfish said:Anyone throwing any berkley havoc baits? Just got the skeet reese pit boss. excited to try it out
Yes, but definitely not finesse baits.
I've become disillusioned with the KVD Finesse worm, and am now back to old reliable Baby Ring Fry and GYCB Shade shape worm.
BlackBass19 reply :
#1 Zoom Trick Worm rigged texposed on 2/0 or 3/0 Gamakatsu EWG, 1/16 or 1/8 oz bullet weight with a T-Stop.
You can fish this rig anywhere and anytime. During the summer slowdown I'll use this to get to the finicky deeper bass. During the spring rig it weightless and fish it as a slowed down jerkbait.
I bought my first baitcaster about a month ago so I've been fishing swim jigs and lipless cranks exclusively instead of my worms.
#2 KVD Swim Jig (3/8 oz or 1/4 oz) in both Bluegill or Black/Blue with a Strike King Perfect Plastic KVD Chunk trailer.
#pat_walker_fishing reply :
So far this year for me its been 1/16 oz. Flickin shimmy head with a bama bug zoom trick worm or finesse worm
Bankbeater reply :
I've been throwing Zoom tiny brush hogs and the BPS 3" stik-o.
J Francho reply :
Its not so much the bait....but the rig. Started wacky rigging baits that aren't usually wacky rigged, and adding weight last fall....neko.
But the drop shot rig has been my go to rig for delivering plastics to deep bass.
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