Top 3 Go To Baits When Fishing From Shore ? 2024

rchiuz reply :

Hi all!

Question to those who fish from the shore. What are your top 3 baits you use? I really like to use top water plugs, keitechs and senkos but always on the look out for new techniques I can try.

Thanks in advance

ABW reply :

Love using jigs, spinnerbaits, and a topwater spook or buzzbait.

Smokinal reply :

Spinnerbaits, swimbaits or a squarebill. But, because your usually limited on available water, being able to keep a bait in the zone longer is very beneficial so a drop-shot would have to be my number 1 choice.

BassinLou reply :

I fish from both land and from a boat. The same techniques you fish from a boat with you can fish on the bank with. The main difference I find is the accessibility and cover you have on the bank can limit the techniques you can use. However, if you find open bank with little obstructions you can throw many of the same type of baits and techniques you can from a boat.

I.rar reply :

Shakey heads, weightless t rigs and spooks.

Longlivenyy reply :

Jigs, Spinnerbaits, and Squarebills are my go-to shore baits.

TheSmilingSwordsman reply :

T-rigged Brush Hogs

Lipless Cranks

Drop Shot

I love using jigs but I lose way to many when bank fishing.

BasshunterJGH reply :

Squarebill crankbaits, Senkos, and creature baits.

Catch and Grease reply :

Square bill and trick worm would probably be in my top three...

OntarioFishingGuy reply :

Senko

Shallow running crankbait

Popper

Dypsis reply :

Love love love the Impact fats.

beaver style baits - weightless to lightly weighted (really loving the rage structure bug right now)

Chatterbait - but square bill cranks are close

Raul reply :

On 9/22/2014 at 4:12 AM, I.rar said:
Shakey heads, weightless t rigs and spooks.

1 BAIT out of 3 is not bad, shakeyhead what ? Weightless T rigged what ?

I.rar reply :

Doh.

Super fluke Jr, roboworm straight tails and spook Jr.

benthinkin reply :

On 9/22/2014 at 4:22 AM, TheSmilingSwordsman said:

T-rigged Brush Hogs

Lipless Cranks

Drop Shot

I love using jigs but I lose way to many when bank fishing.

exactly the same here.

ClackerBuzz reply :

senko- t rigged with a bead in front b/c it sides thru grass like butter. if i'm in deep clear water i'll go wacky w/ weedless hook

drop shot- from shore your casting real estate is limited. you might have to be in an area that has an algae bottom. i prefer the drop shot over a jig or shaky head b/c the worm on a DS stays clean even when the weight gets covered in muck. also you can t rig the worm and it pulls thru weeds easy.

t rigged pegged beaver- comes thru weeds far better than a jig w/ weed guard. if i gotta pitch or drag the bottom it's gonna be a t rigged. also you can quickly swap out bullet weights for any type of cover or to experiment with rate of fall. with the right hook you can also use this rig for 7" ribbon tail worms, brush hogs etc

chatterbait-the blade literally vibrates weeds right off. whereas a spinnerbait collects weeds like a hoarder. best shoreline search bait imo. gets down and stays down for 100% of the cast vs a crankbait might only work the bottom for 50% of cast.

yup that's 4 but they pretty much cover all of the water column, with both horizontal and vertical presentations. i'll usually skip top water unless it's dusk. then its a clacker buzzbait

Edited September 22, 2014 by ClackerBuzz

nascar2428 reply :

Weightless t-rigged Senko, Spinnerbait, t-rigged worms.

FrogTosser88 reply :

T-rigged trick worms have served me well.. The green pumpkin with red flake and chartreuse tail is my fav. I have been catching big fish on black spinnerbaits lately... But as far as go to baits.. Flukes, trick worms and small paddletail swimbaits.

hoosierbass07 reply :

When bank fishing I usually only use Texas Rigged and split shot soft plastics like ribbon tail worms, strait tail worms, stick baits (Yum-Dingers/Stick-O's) and lizards. I love Texas Rigged and split shot soft plastics because there is only a small chance of getting hanged up and not getting your lure back. I would hate to get a four to six dollar crank bait hanged up/stuck and lose it from shore. lol. Sometimes I also use small low cost spinner baits like the Booyah Pond Magic spinner baits from the bank too if know the area where I cast is mostly safe.

Bankbeater reply :

I like a t-rigged creature bait, weightless super fluke, and a shallow running crankbait. If I have fished the area before and know what cover is around I will use a jig.

tholmes reply :

T-rigs, jigs and shallow to medium cranks. Spinnerbaits come into play sometimes, as do lipless cranks, jerk baits, topwater baits, C-rigs, etc.

Tom

buzzed bait reply :

spinnerbait, t-rig worms and either a pop-r or a buzzbait.

those pretty much cover all the areas of the water column that i'll be fishing from the bank.

dday07 reply :

1. Fat Ika

2.lipless crank.

3.buzzbait or pop'image popper

bigbill reply :

1. Bass Pro Shops topnocker (life taker/heart breaker)

2. Bomber crankbaits model A orFAT A redapplecraw,Greencraw,babybass,silver shad.

3. C-rigged 1/8oz weight with clicker senko/brushog

4. 1/4oz spinner bait gold Colorado blade in blue glimmer or hot chartreuse.

5. Joe's fly 1/4oz firetiger apache or blackgnat.

6. Mann's baby1 minus browncraw (hank Parker special)

7. Rapala orginal floater F7 blue or black(blue max)

8. Mister Twister Top Prop. Fire perch.

9. Mepps #3 & #4/#5 Anglia silver or gold blade Brown or gray dressed.

Don't forget a shot of bass scent too.

I'm sorry from shore just three lures just doesn't do it for me.

primetime reply :

I like a GYB 6" Senko unweighted as it ways about 1/2 ounce without the hook so I can cast it plenty far, and I like to always bring a frog in case I am blocked by weeds at the shoreline so I can fish it all the way to the bank...A floating Minnow style Rip bait is one of my favorite lures to throw and hard to beat a rapala or Bomber Long A....

I also like to carry some Lizards with me and rig them on a heavier than normal weight, usually 1/2 ounce on a mojo rig is good when fishing under trees. I find that the splash often attracts them and not spook them like you would think and my theory is that Bass living in cover or areas under shade and trees get used to looking up every time they hear a splash since Lizards, Frogs, and other critters fall out of trees into the water so they will strike as soon as the bait hits the water many times. I fish alot of ponds and it is often hard to use the same techinques from shore I use when picking apart a lake from a boat as I can't get away with lighter line and finesse presentations since I have no control of casting angles/positioning so I can't let a fish have as much drag as I would normally want.

Felix77 reply :

1 - Mojo rig with a finesse worm

2 - Buzzbait

3 - swimbait.

J Francho reply :

Spinnerbaits, jika rig plastic craws, big swimbaits, spook type topwaters.

Mike2841 reply :

Senko

Trick worm either weightless or with 1/4 oz weight

Topwater

If I'm at a pond that I know doesn't have a lot of weeds I'll throw some squarebills and rat l traps, but those places are few and far between

The Fisher reply :

Wacky senko, T-rigged baby brush hog, 3.5" Keitech swing impact

starweldpro16 reply :

Texas rigged worms of all shapes and sizes. X-Raps in Fire Tiger, Blue/silver,black/silver or brown trout. Skitter pop.

hawgenvy reply :

In South Florida most of our banks are highly vegetated, even the approachable areas have submerged veggies like milfoil and hydrilla by the shore and muddy algal bottoms, so gotta be weedless. I like: 1) Zero elastic senko style worms, green or orange, on small Alien Shaky head jig -- shake and hop but dont drag the bottom unless you're trying to harvest algae 2) Weightless Zoom flukes fished slow on flouro, esp when bite is tough, but say bye-bye to hooked lunkers in heavy lettuce unless you stay towards fairly open areas. 3) Gambler EZ Swimmers green or blue on #50 braid burned across pads and through weeds then dropped into holes. 4) Zoom Horny Toads texposed burned across and around green with #50-65 braid. 5) pegged brush hogs, otters, plastic craws dropped through bad salad with long heavy rod and #65 braid

Tuckahoe Joe reply :

black and blue flipping jig, chartreuse spinnerbait, red/white hula popper. Probably caught more fish on these 3 baits than all my other lures combined.

massrob reply :

Senko

Chatterbait

Hollow body frog

FirstnameLastname reply :

Cranks,poppers, and inline spinners.

iabass8 reply :

Senko

Swim jig

Frog

greentrout reply :

Worms, spinner baits but the best is the lipless crank bait no more than ten feet from the bank they will slam it just like in a boat.

Old school basser...

annexation reply :

The Fat Ika, to me, is the ultimate bank fishing bait. You can cast it farther than just about any other plastic, even without weight, which can be important when stuck on dry land. You can get two different size profiles out of it, too, depending on which end you run the hook through. Reverse is more compact, which can be the difference on those days when it's bright and clear and the fish are spooky.

The Spook (Super Jr. size for me) scratches that topwater itch, and if they're hitting one, I'll just fish that exclusively the whole time.

I'm not sure what the third is, to be honest, but it's probably some kind of plastic. I love them all so much.

Bass Junkie reply :

Spro Bronzeye Frog

3/8 oz jig

3/8 oz Spinnerbait

Simple, effective

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