What Are Your 5 Top Summer Lures? 2024

Bass Menace reply :

Hi all

Its going into mid-summer here now and we have been fortunate enough that most days have been cloudy and rainy, so the fishing has been ok.

Pretty soon the heat will be on with clear skies and temps in the 30's.

As you know the bite can get tough. On Sunday it was pretty steamy, water temps around 25c and after the morning bite died off, we were cruising some of the rocky banks and the finder picked up lots of fish at the 10m (30') range on the rocky ledges. All over the dam that depth seemed to hold fish. I was dragging a T-rigged liz and only manage one bite. My deep diver cranks would get nowhere close to that depth. Most of our fish where caught before 10am fishing the reed lined banks and water weed in approx 9' of water.

So the question is how would you entice these fish to bite? What would your 5 top Summer lures be? Scanning some of the articles it seems a jig is the lure of choice...

Pic is ls the largest I managed on Sunday, caught with a watermelon seed lizard.

Thanks guys

Brayberry reply :

My top 5 Summer Lures (in no particular order)

1) Square Bill Crankbait

2) Spinnerbait

3) Plastic Worm/Crawfish

4) Senko

5) Hollow Body Frog

Bankbeater reply :

This year it has been

Fluke

Jig and craw

Senko

Spro Frog

Baby brush hog.

bonzai22 reply :

Jigs, shakyheads, deep spinnerbaits, texas rigged worms, deep diving cranks. If i were you i would try a jig and if that doesnt work try fishing a shakyhead really slowly shaking it on the rocks.

Crestliner2008 reply :

Definitely get into drop shotting, if you locate fish on or near the bottom. They'll even go after it when suspended; I've actually seen (on the graph) suspended fish go down towards my drop shot before it hit the bottom.

You can also try floating a wacky rigged Senko under a slip bobber. Very deadly, especially if there's a light chop on the water. There is a good article, in the "pinned" section" of one of the forums here, depicting this technique. This works wonders when they are really finicky.

MacP reply :

In no particular order - Drop shot/split shot. Shallow Shad Rap. Fluke with underspin. T-Rigged baby brush hog. Poppers.

Catt reply :

Plastic

Jig

Plastic

Jig

Plastic

tomustang reply :

This year was:

Senkos

Fluke

Bare Jigheads/soft plastics

Shallow cranks 0-5

Deep cranks 7-16

BassinLou reply :

Frog, fluke, trick worm, rinse and repeat.

A-Jay reply :

Spinner Bait at Night
Jig & Craw
Spinner Bait at Night
Jig & Craw
Spinner Bait at Night

A-Jay

iabass8 reply :

Jig/Craw

Texas Rig Beaver/Worm

Frog

Squarebill

Swim jig

Dwight Hottle reply :

On 12/18/2013 at 2:44 AM, Catt said:

Plastic

Jig

Plastic

Jig

Plastic

I detect a trend

On 12/18/2013 at 4:41 AM, A-Jay said:

Spinner Bait at Night

Jig & Craw

Spinner Bait at Night

Jig & Craw

Spinner Bait at Night

A-Jay

getting started.

RoLo reply :

> Jig & Craw

> Paddletail Minnow

> Plastic Worm

> Lipless Plug

> Culprit 9" Fat Max

Oh yeah, and a plastic worm

Roger

Mike L reply :

Frog

Chatterbait

Plastic

Sq Bill

Paddle tail swim bait

Mike

Fishes in trees reply :

For me, this year, my most productive summer baits were: A - Jika rigged soft plastic ( mostly one brand or another of creature bait)

B - square bill crank ( primarily a Timber Tiger DC 8 or DC 4)

C - weightless senko - wacky rigged

D - deeper diving crank ( primarily as Timber Tiger DC13 or DC16, but I fished lots of different deep divers)

E - Bubba drop shot ( Berkley Chigger Craw was best bait with a Berkley Jerk Shad a strong second.

DogBone_384 reply :

I spent this season learning soft baits:
1. Zoom U-Tale in gourd green, T-rigged worked best.
2. 5" Watermelon w/copper& orange w/red (say that 5x fast) Senko, mostly T-rigged, sometimes whacky.
3. 6" Berkley Gulp pumpkinseed night crawler, T-rigged, weighted & weightless.
4. Berkley 7" electric blue Powerbait, T-rigged, weighted & weightless.
5. 4" watermelon w/red & green flake Senko, yep, you guessed it, weighed & weightless.

It's snowing out now, so we'll see what I try in the Spring.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Jon G reply :

I did the best this year on:

1.Squarebill

2.Swim jig

3.Frog

4.Havoc Pit boss

5.Shakey Head

KyakR reply :

I had some good luck this last summer with a fat ika, besides that was learning drop-shotting and that's my new favorite! As I look out my window at almost 2 ft. of snow ........ it's also in the 30's here

J Francho reply :

On 12/18/2013 at 5:51 AM, Dwight Hottle said:

I detect a trend

getting started.

LOL, yeah, summertime...

1. Jig

2. Big Swimbait

3. Jig

4. Some little plastic on a dropshot

5. Jig

jiggz125 reply :

On 12/18/2013 at 2:44 AM, Catt said:

Plastic

Jig

Plastic

Jig

Plastic

All types of jigs? Swim jigs, football, flipping and pitching? I have never really fished jigs before, so as soon as ice is gone around here I am getting into it.

roadwarrior reply :

On 12/18/2013 at 10:00 PM, KyakR said:
I had some good luck this last summer with a fat ika, besides that was learning drop-shotting and that's my new favorite! As I look out my window at almost 2 ft. of snow ........ it's also in the 30's here

Here's a fish that liked the Fat Ika, too!

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/lake-guntersville-2012.html

cadman reply :

blk/blu jig with trailer

green pumpkin jig with trailer

rootbeer/orange jig with trailer

rattle trap

husky jerk or crankbait

J Francho reply :

On 12/19/2013 at 12:45 AM, jiggz125 said:
All types of jigs? Swim jigs, football, flipping and pitching?

Yes.

AK-Jax86 reply :

1. FROG

2. FROG

3. FROG

4. Crank

5. U-vibe worm

I usually stop at 3... Frog frog frog all day!!

5dollarsplash reply :

Jig

Frog

Trickworm

Crankbait

Senko

Not in any particular order. Senko probably would produce the most #'s with the Jig or Crankbait yeilding a bigger fish on average.

Catt reply :

On 12/19/2013 at 12:45 AM, jiggz125 said:
All types of jigs? Swim jigs, football, flipping and pitching? I have never really fished jigs before, so as soon as ice is gone around here I am getting into it.

I throw one jig & one jig only!

Terry Oldham's Eye Max

rippin-lips reply :

In no order

T rig rage craw with 3/16 or 1/4 tungsten weight

Wacky rigged senko

Swim jig

Kvd 1.5 and 2.5

Black/black cavitron buzzbait at night

Bass Menace reply :

Thanks for the responses all!

So Jig takes it by a long shot. Square bill and wacky senko right up there too.

I rigged a blue/black jig up this morning and will use it on the weekend. I get the feeling that the fish will hang around the rocky drop-offs for quite some time yet. Especially in the heat of the day. I suppose a slow drag will be the best presentation? Is it better to drag it up the drop or let it fall down the drop?

Cheers!

Dennis

jiggz125 reply :

I see the favorite color for jigs is blue/black with similar color trailer. I recenty purchased 1/4oz Outkas Jig Bold Gill. What would be a good trailer and trailer color for this jig?

I read right after the spawn blue-gill color can be deadly, we have a lot of blue gill up here in WI.

rippin-lips reply :

Personally I'd be using a variant of green pumpkin or watermelon for a trailer. As for what,well your options are endless. Single or double tail grub. Part of a swim senko. Havoc subwoofer or a paddle tail swim bait. A craw style trailer. The list goes on and on.

jiggz125 reply :

On 12/20/2013 at 2:50 AM, rippin-lips said:
Personally I'd be using a variant of green pumpkin or watermelon for a trailer. As for what,well your options are endless. Single or double tail grub. Part of a swim senko. Havoc subwoofer or a paddle tail swim bait. A craw style trailer. The list goes on and on.

Thanks for the help. Learning the swim jig should keep me busy this spring/summer.

rippin-lips reply :

It's a good bait to have in your arsenal.

Jon G reply :

On 12/20/2013 at 2:05 AM, jiggz125 said:

I see the favorite color for jigs is blue/black with similar color trailer. I recenty purchased 1/4oz Outkas Jig Bold Gill. What would be a good trailer and trailer color for this jig?

I read right after the spawn blue-gill color can be deadly, we have a lot of blue gill up here in WI.

I might try and put a trailer on it in okeechobee craw its a little different but something different can be good

dam0007 reply :

1. White zoom fluke

2. Bluegill flash Keitech impact

3. Sexy shad SK spinnerbaits

4. 7" green pumpkin curly tail power bait worm

5. 1/2 oz pb&j SK football head jig with cinnamon trailer.

1 most fish, 5 least fish. All of which were my most productive tools.

A-Rob reply :

10" ribbon tail worm, T-Rig

8" lizard, Carolina Rig if not too choked with weeds

Frog

Spinnerbait if its choppy on the water

Buzzbait in morning/evening

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