Chatterbait has been the deal lately for me, anyone else?
Anyone else's Spring been dominated by a single bait?
Chatterbait has been the deal lately for me, anyone else?
Yes.
There was a time that I didn't fish but I cannot remember it.
Nope, 4 different types
Yep.
Yes, it's been a one rod deal all season so far.
It's been something different most times. I do have my "go to" lures but it seems I have gone from swim baits, to rat L traps, to Ned Rigs to shakey head to top water. It's been all over the place for me.
Crankbait. I could pull everything else out of the boat most of the year and just have my cranks and about 8 rods and still be consistent.
2023 Xpress H18 with 115 SHO and Powertech NRS4 21p
8" Bob's Action Jack
Garmin Echomap 12, 10, 9, and LVS34 networked with Netgear Switch
Ultrex
Trick Steps and Ramp N Clamp
Pulled by a 2016 single cab HEMI Ram
Treat others like you want to be treated when on the water EVEN WHEN IN A TOURNAMENT! No fish is worth having a confrontation because you cut someone off or came in on top of someone.
This year it's definitely been the jig for me.
2022 Skeeter ZXR20
Yamaha 250 SHO
Been a brown craw KVD square bill for me. Only difference has been I've used both the shallow and deeper version. But, this has been THE bait for me so far this spring. Been a lot of dark water for me this spring and this bait has been the ticket.
Definitely been a small swimbait.
Small Keitech swimbait and a senko. The spawn has been going for a month here in the Se Mo., So ILL., Western Ky. area. My grandson and I caught 28 yesterday pm on a lake in So. Ill. yesterday. The water temp has been between 58-68 deg. since early April. A lot of rainy, cooler days for sure.
Ned Rig. Caught over 150 bass in 6 trips so far.
2001 Ranger R71
Merc 125
MinnKota 74# Maxxum
Humminbird 999
Humminbird 859
Four weeks of nothing but throwing a spinnerbait but the past two weeks either a DT6 or DT10.
Swimbait and wacky have accounted for prob 80% of my fish so far
2019 Ranger Z185 - Mercury 150 Pro XS - HDS Carbon 16 & HDS Carbon 12 - Minn Kota Ultrex
Topwater or flipping a stick bait has been the only thing working the last month or so. Yeah they’re rather different but there has been very little action without these 2.
2006 Triton SP-185, 2006 Evinrude Etec 90, PowerTech NRS3, Garmin Echomap Plus 73CV & 93SV
Suspending jerkbait and crankbait for me mainly the past 4 trips. Yesterday fished dead limbs and brush, and a texas rigged stick bait got most.
FROG! Last weekend I wacked my personal best, a 7.76 hog. And me and my fishing partner weighed in a best ever bag for us that went 24.48!
1998 Ranger R93
1998 Mercury 200 EFI
"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
Yep.... But alas they have moved offshore for the most part and this bite is about over. From here on out it'll be a Junebug Z-Man trick worm on a shaky head in the brush piles.
My first shaky head fish of the year came this past Friday. Beautiful spotted up bass. 18.5" weighed 3-15
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLg...p5PdhSA9Dw9cRA
02 Triton TR 18
02 Evinrude 150
Garmin Striker Plus 9SV
Caught bass on jig, chatterbait, crankbaits, jerkbait, and a spinnerbait this year.
Crappie tubes got my interest last 3 weeks.
Hard to pick one when bite changes weekly
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