Johnson Silver Minnow tipped with an Uncle Josh pork rind in frog pattern, floating Rapala, and Jitterbug.
Johnson Silver Minnow tipped with an Uncle Josh pork rind in frog pattern, floating Rapala, and Jitterbug.
Bill Gard
Richmond, Indiana
2015 BassCat Caracal/225ProXs
TEAM SHERM'S MARINE
Of course I talk to myself...sometimes I need expert advice.
Black 6" rubber worm, (circa 1955). "Texas" rigged w/Eagle Claw weedless hook and 1/8 oz split shot pinched at knot. All ordered out of Herter's catalog.
7” Berkeley power worm
Beetle Spin
Lazy Ike
Hula Popper
Jitter Bug
Manns worm
SE Kansas grass grower
ROCK CHALK
Heddon Sonic and purple Rooster Tail. Farm ponds with great-grandpa. Thanks Gran.
When I started fishing for bass I lived on a lake in Michigan that had a lot of grass. I learned how to fish a spinnerbait and learned to always have a trailer. I used Yamamoto 4" grubs and would catch a bass almost on every cast. I also would fish small square bill crankbaits. Since there were seasons in Michigan you could not use "bass" baits out of season. Our lake also had a lot of northern pike, so that is why the spinnerbait. Always practiced catch and release so that wasn't an issue. 3rd bait I learned was the texas rigged worm.
Single colorado spinnerbait
Rebel crawdad crank
"The Worm"
Balsa B's, Big O's, Hellbenders, Snag less Sally's, and strawberry Jelly Worms.
7 1/2" culprit worm. Color didn't matter, as long as it had a fire tail.
Red/white Lucky 13
#9 Blue Rapala Countdown minnow
Storm Thinfin
Grape jelly worm or Fliptail worm/lizard
Snag Proof frog
1st time I remember ever actively fishing for bass was with a Weed Wing. My Daddy also had a homemade "Weed Wing" (he had taken the spinner off and put a single Colorado blade on).
Jeff Shepherd
2005 Chevy Silverado 4X4 Quadrasteer
2003 Skeeter TZX 190
2003 Yamaha 175 HPDI
For you H&H Spinnerbait guys....How many times have you put the spinnerbait hook on upside down? I did often
Single tail blue flash grub rigged on a aspirin jig head.
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Bullet 20XD w/ 225 ProMax
Rooster tails, beetle spins, small rebel crankbaits and Mann's jelly worms accounted for a lot of fish when I was young.
Johnson Sliver minnow and a big red and white Bass-O-Reno.
"The man of system is apt to be very wise in his own conceit; and is often so enamored with the supposed beauty of his own ideal plan of government that he cannot suffer the smallest deviation from any part of it…He seems to imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much ease as the hand arranges the different pieces upon a chessboard.” Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Strike King Spinnerbait, Rebel Cranks and Mann's Jelly Worms