Summer Top Five ? 2024

ChrisD46 reply :

Name your current favorite top five baits you are apt to throw in the heat of the summer ?

CroakHunter reply :

1. 12" ribbon tail

2. Hollow body frog

3. Pitching jig

4. Pitching creature bait

5. Carolina rig

junyer357 reply :

Pitching creature

Spinnerbait

1/2oz football jig

7" worm

Squarebill

DINK WHISPERER reply :

Hollow body frog

Senko

Jig/craw

Deep diving crank

Paddle tail swimbait

RyneB reply :

summer time is punching time for me

1. Gambler BB Cricket

2. Gambler Why Not with a punch skirt

3. D & M Punch craw

4. Evergreen Shower Blows in Bluegill

5. 3.5" junebug tube when I hit the rivers

J Francho reply :

Popmax, Rage Craw on a Jika punch rig, Flick Shake wacky jig, Crosstail Shad on a drop shot, any deep crank.

bagofdonuts reply :

zoom 10' ol monster worm, x20 deep diving citrus shad crank bait, sexy shad square bill, pop r, dirty jig compact flippin jig.

scaleface reply :

Texas rig plastic worm

Deep diving cranks

Lipless cranks

Buzzbait

Spinnerbait

Bassin' Brad reply :

On 7/11/2018 at 1:40 AM, bagofdonuts said:

zoom 10' ol monster worm, x20 deep diving citrus shad crank bait, sexy shad square bill, pop r, dirty jig compact flippin jig.

I didn't realize zoom made a 10 foot worm. Where can you find those at??

????

scaleface reply :

On 7/11/2018 at 2:32 AM, Bassin' Brad said:

I didn't realize zoom made a 10 foot worm. Where can you find those at??

????

...and can you purchase them in bulk .

the reel ess reply :

All topwaters just before dark.

Trick Worm & Finesse Worm

Frog (oh, yeah, that's a topwater) any time of day, but better early and late

Lipless crank. That seems to get a few bites from the weedy depths of my favorite reservoir. But you never know when it'll be a big'un. Big crappie will bite it too.

Small craw on a jighead

12poundbass reply :

Senko

Frog

Senko

???? I'm a simpleton

keagbassr reply :

Double blade buzzbait

Toad

Frog

Double wide beaver

Single blade buzzbait

Troy85 reply :

Ribbit Frog

Senko

TX rigged culprit worms 7.5”

square bill

shad colored swim baits

OkobojiEagle reply :

On 7/10/2018 at 7:25 PM, ChrisD46 said:

Name your current favorite top five baits you are apt to throw in the heat of the summer ?

What use are the answers to this question if you don't know what structure, cover or species these baits are being fished.

Bluebasser86 reply :

Lately it's been;

Gene Larew HooDaddy

Homemade bladed jig

Homemade 1/2oz pitching jig

BBB YoMomma

SK Ocho

Tizi reply :

Creek Chub injured minnow

Number 9 gold Rapala

Slugo

White single Colorado blade spinnerbait

Rage craw

Jar11591 reply :

1. Popper

2. Frog

3. Brush Jig

4. Willow-leaf spinnerbait

5. Punch Rig

long island basser reply :

Hollow body frog.

3/8 jig/craw.

T/rig any, 10” worm, paddle tail, creature.

Square bill.

Whopper plopper110.

Honorable mention-rattletrap.

scaleface reply :

I'm surprised about the lack of deep diving crankbaits .

A-Jay reply :

Daylight ~

Repoman

Drop Shot Craw / Caffine shad

Spro Rock Crawler

RES

and this . . .

Dark of Night ~

This

and this with a craw

A-Jay

chubaka reply :

Senko t-rigged/wacky

Pitboss

Ribbontail worm

Frog

Jig

Mike L reply :

Frog

Swim bait

10" worm

Ribbon tail worm

Rage bug/craw

Mike

greentrout reply :

T rigged & weightless...

Zoom Trick, finesse & u tail

Berkley Power Worm

Creme

Culprit

Luck E Strike Twirl Tail

good fishing...

diehardbassfishing reply :

1-5) Slug-Go 6" T-Rig Unweighted

RHuff reply :

Jig

spinnerbait

Jig

walking bait

jig

burrows reply :

Square bill

spinnerbait

popper

big TRD

Fluke

long island basser reply :

On 7/11/2018 at 7:28 AM, scaleface said:

I'm surprised about the lack of deep diving crankbaits .

That’s too much like work for me,lol.

But most of my lakes are shallow, under 10’

ww2farmer reply :

If we're talking true summer time condition's....which to me is peak water temps, weed growth, and stain in the water from algae blooms my top choices are:

#1 big jig or t-rigged plastic in the deep grass or under boat docks

#2 deep cranking the outside edge of the grass with a 5xd or 6xd depending on how deep the edge is.

#3 finessing the out side edge of the grass with drop shots and wacky rigs.

#4 frogging thick shallow matted grass

#5 ripping reaction baits out of the grass, something like square bills, swim jigs, or chatterbaits.

ChrisD46 reply :

I enjoy reading what those from other parts of the country are throwing in the summer ...

For me :

*WP 110

*SK Ocho ("drop dead" technique - VMC weighted EWG)

*Keitech FAT Swing Impact 3.3 (Keitech tungsten ball head jig)

*Booyah Finesse Jig (Netbait Paca Chunk trailer)

*Shaky Head (Picasso Shakedown Ball Head ; SK KVD Fat Baby Finesse Worm)

BassWhole! reply :

Frog, frog, frog, frog, something else until I get tired of getting all the grass and goop of it, then back to frog...

Mobasser reply :

Buzzbait,Zara spook, jig, 10" plastic worm, smaller plastic worms

38 Super Fan reply :

Trick worm

Walking bait

Buzzbait

Jig

Double fluke

SlappinKraken reply :

Frog

Big ez on owner beast

3/4 oz jig

Punch rig

Texas rig worm

Schuyler co reply :

Daylight:

10in or 12in Zoom ole monster

Whooper Plooper 110

t rigged rage crawl

t rigged rage bug

Night:

black/blue spinnerbait Colorado blade

black ole monster

claya reply :

1. Square bill

2. Walking topwater

3. Buzzbait

4. Deep Crankbait

5. Underspin

Drew03cmc reply :

Thus far,

BBB Trick Stick in Spinach

Keitech Noisy Flapper in green frog

Zoom Trick Worm in bubblegum

Whopper Plopper 90 in bone

Pit Boss in Green Pumpkin Purple

GReb reply :

Jig

swim jig

frog

t rigged creature bait

zara spook

squarebill

buzzbait

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