Question: Which lure is best for spring Bass fishing?

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Answer #1:

When Spring sits in for a while I like throwing shad imitations best. Things like spinnerbaits, Rattle Traps, Flukes, crankbaits, swimbaits, and jerkbaits are always good choices. Another thing you may consider are jigs in a crawfish color. I like the heavier jigs in early Spring, say a 3/4 ounce or even a 1/2 ounce.

Those are just kind of my "go to" baits when Spring hits. Honestly, after the water starts warming in the Spring you can throw about anything imaginable and do pretty well. But the fish will still be fairly slow moving until the water really starts to warm up.

Well, brand is preference more than anything and color depends on several factors. There's not a color for "Spring" time Bass fishing. A good rule of thumb is in stained/dirty water throw darker baits. In clear water throw lighter/natural colored baits.

Answer #2:

I have had a lot of success in the spring with spinnerbaits..When i go fishing in the spring (which is almost everyday) I use spinnerbaits...They will never let you down..Strike king, booyah, and lunker city spinnerbaits are great. I sometimes wont use anything but spinnerbaits in the spring and summer....

Answer #3:

In early-Spring, I love to fish a Cotton Cordell "super spot", 1/2oz, bleeding shad color for clear water and firetiger for muddy water. During the spawn, a 6" weightless Zoom lizard, and after the spawn, more than likely just a plain 'ole 6" or 7.5" Culprit, Zoom, etc Plastic worm Texas-rigged with a small bullet-weight.

Set-up? Like rod/reel? Anything from a Zebco 33 to a Shimano Calais 4 X 8. But I would prefer a 6'6" medium rod, baitcasting reel, 6.3:1 ratio for all of them except the Zoom lizard. Then I'd go with a 7' medium or medium/light rod, spinning reel. 12lb on the baitcasters, 8lb on the spinning reels.

Just tie the lure straight to the line, lol.

Answer #4:

You can use any of the baits that have been mentioned so far and they will catch bass. I particularly like spinnerbaits. However, if you want to be REALLY prepared for catching the most fish that you can, you should have one rod rigged with a Texas rigged purple nightcrawler. Try it, you'll like it.

Answer #5:

Use a long shanked hook feed the hook through the top of the senko push the hook through it until the barb is about half way down the bait.

Answer #6:

A 6 inch plastic night crawler, texas or wacky rigged will work. Texas rigging: Click Here or Wacky rigging is just simply hooking the worm right the center so when ever you jiggle/shake the worm it "flaps/flops" around. These worms and setups are killer for spring, summer, and fall. Its very cheap, its very simple, its very affective. 6 inch plastic night crawlers seem to produce best for me. Good Luck, hope this helps!

Answer #7:

I use a 5 inch floating rapala in the darker colors.

Answer #8:

I have been fishing since 1969 and have caught many large mouth bass, even up to 10 pounds. I have always used night crawlers and have been very successful. It is important to always bring a small cooler with an ice pack to keep the night crawlers cool and by putting them back in the cooler each time; you will have lively bait. I bring the unused ones home and keep them in my crisper of the refrigerator for months! I fish with gold colored hooks with a chartreuse or bright orange spinner with beads that are attached to the leader. Depending on the flow of the water, you will also have to use sinkers , which I attach to swivels. I use styrofoam bobbers and adjust the depths to try to locate a good spot. Bass stay around trees and logs and also some suspend themselves in deeper water. Work the line with a little flick of the wrist and retrieve slowly and see if you get some action. The spinner and the movement will keep bass interested, and have the worm dangling. I catch bass this way all year round.
Also a small rubber frog with a small weight embedded in the belly underneath works also. Good luck and I have tried many lures but haven't had much luck with them. As I said, I have the best luck with night crawlers.

Answer #9:

PRESPAWN: A spinner bait (chartreuse and white) or a crank bait (shad color) is always good...as well as plastic worms and lizards...never hesitate to throw a frog on grass though...they are feeding up for the spawn so with the warming water they get very aggressive...

SPAWN: you can never go wrong with a six inch Zoom lizard...color depends on water color, or if you are fishing a bedding fish...green pumpkin and variations of it are good (I like green pumpkin purple and gold flake) or watermelon and variations (I like watermelon red flake) and june bug...if you are fishing a bedding fish white is good because you can see it...lizards look like a salamander, which eats the bass' eggs...they will destroy it..

POST SPAWN: go back to what you were using at Prespawn...also with the warm weather use a pop'r or a buzz bait during the low light periods (day break and dusk)...when the sun gets up they go looking for shade...so break out your favorite soft plastic

SUMMER DOLDRUMS: fish top water of the morning or late afternoon...go deep or fish shade during the heat of the day...

hope this helps





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