Best lures for bass fishing?

Fluke ...color of your choice

Bass hook and an 1/8 oz split shot about a foot up.

MY GRANPAPPY USED HOT DOGS N TWINKIES HE CAUGHT MAJOR BASS

Pull a frog across the lillys

Bitsy minnow..fire tiger pattern.

Interesting. I usually swim a white, super fluke but never tried it on a sinking set up. Will give it a try

Early morning, or later in the evening, top water buzz bait = excitement.

Not much frog activity or lily pads at the lake at all. Been looking for some ponds in the area for frogging but only found ones on private property

Prolly too late where ur at..

Pitch a whole nite crawler up under their nose.

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Give me the water temp, water clarity, average depth of lake, and 2 types of major structure in the lake and ill give you the best option.

Go back in time and get a pack of culprit yellow pepper flake worms.

Picked up a few $1 buzz baits from walmart, will be amazing if they out perform all the expensive swimbaits I've acquired over the years. What about a lipless crankbait with a little rattle action?

65° murky 8' fallen trees and dam.

In a river mebee

Water temps are still fairly low, having in around 47-50. Usually good water clarity it hasn't rained for about a day but won't be sure until I get out there. As far as structures go the only thing I pitch around are toppled trees off the bank, don't have a boat which severely restricts my ability to get those deep bass. It's still pre spawn here in WV the bite usually picks up end of April early May

Awe heck... Git some crappy!

53°

Zoom 6" pumkin lizard with chatreuse tail.

Baby brush hogs work well too

Get at least one quality, larger buzz bait, you'll be glad you did. The wally world variety is a bit small, the blade will hang intermittently, and the spinner doesn't quite churn the water enough. You'll catch fish on the smaller bait, but, again, buzz bait = excitement, and a big buzz bait will = bigger excitement if there are lunkers where you'll be fishing.

Temps rising, you can target bass with moving banks. Start on the northeast side of the lake, preferably a wind blown bank. Since its stained or murky, start off with that chatterbait, i like using a grub trailer in white along with a trailer hook if there is not too juch wood around...mainly fish the grass is there is any. Look for wind blown flats adjacent to deeper water where the bass will be transitioning to spawning areas. Secondary points and even main lake points are strong players as well. You mention fallen wood, prime jig and pig locations...black and blue combo will match that water color... Go shallow, since you mentioned the last few days have been somewhat warm and today warmer, those fish will get shallow and tight to cover along that wood. Flip and pitch repeatedly to that wood cover, also throw a colorado blade along that wood knocking it along side forcing a few reaction bites.

The crappie bite has sucked lately. Here is the fishing report I sometimes refer to for conditions. Sadly, they don't update these with water temps. I'll be at stonecoal lake today.

[link to www.wvdnr.gov]

circus peanuts

the bright orange ones


no joke

Too cold yet...

I'm taking notes! Truly appreciate the tips, don't wanna get skunked on the water again. I like to throw a super chunk on the back of the chatterbait since they aren't too long but enough for some tail action. I've never used a trailer hook on it before but if I get some bites and don't link up I'll try it.

Cause no one has found them yet.. work the deep up a Chanel where some warm water is coming in..

Trolling and live bait

Cause no one has found them yet.. work the deep up a Chanel where some warm water is coming in..

Trolling and live bait


Hopefully I'll be the one to find em! No limit on crappie here and they're good eating.

It's still cool...some how I had the idea the water was warmer..

Try shad body on a jig head from shore... In places where crappie and perch are found

Biggest bass I ever caught was on a pumpkin seed lizard. Lizards eat bass eggs, bass will eat lizards anytime, temp. You will even get male bass, hanging in 20 feet of water in Dec. to hit a lizard. Second choice is an old crank phone.....

Zoom 7" pumpkin seed lizard anything less and you're really not trying.