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| whats everyones favorite spring bait? ive here of guys fishin skis with small walleye tjigs. i dont hink i can fish with anything less than 1 ounce, but maybe i could be persuaded.
"OOOOOOOOOh!!! i just had a follow, nevermind its a log" |
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| I can move a Krap load of fish on gliders during the spring with a couple takers, but the good ole Mepps and Rizzo Tails seem to really shine. I'm going to try incorporating some plastics this coming spring. It's happened way too often that we have heard of walleye guys getting into skies during the early opener on leeches and minnows. A reaper and sassy shad style minnow baits no doubt will catch a few slimers.I think the rubber stuff like on the n-et always shines during cold water temps and really come on their own in the spring and fall. I need to start focusing more on using them instead of the baits that I'm most familar with. The folks that make the cobra head also have a new jighead style out that I'm pretty excited about. I was able to get some pretty good pointers at the Chicago show from a couple of guys and I'm pretty fired up in trying them out with my new re-el. catch ya later, Krappie |
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| Hughers River 8" Shakers...
18' of water..slower than ever.
Forget downsizing! |
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| #5 gold colorado Mepps with a homemade bucktail! killer[;)] |
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| Hi all,
One of my favorite spingtime cold
water baits is a spinnerbait.
They can be worked effectively in weeds or over rocks, and you have a lot of flexibily when it comes to how fast you work them.
I will throw some bass sized baits as well as the big stuff.
I just ad a piece of plastic to the trailer for a larger profile
and they really eat it up.[:p] |
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| Spring Dawgs and Doughballs |
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| I can't believe that I agree with Cady[:p]
I've tried starting small in the spring with some success, usually on small fish. The last couple of years I went to slow moving, hanging gliders and drew more attention from better quality fish. I'll fish 6" and 8" Shakers, Undertakers with longer than usual pauses, and some Cobbs. I'm gonna worry less about size, and start paying more attention to the 'vulnerable' factor.
Beav |
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| The all-hot-pink Mepps Musky Killer was truely killer last spring in the Yoop's clear waters. Don't ask me why, but it was. All kinds of "non-fish" were chasing it, too, especially largemouth bass. As waters warmed (by mid-June) the fish seemed to totally lose interest in Pink, but they started chasing all-black Mepps. Go figure. |
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| A 1/4 ounce jig and creature is hard to beat very early in the Spring. |
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| My Fav spring lure is the baby Jerko. Go figure!
you can let it sink to the new weeds and work it low and slow. I also like cranking Bass cranks around the new weed edges. Spring on the big shad lakes, 10" jakes & Cranes. the trip-D may see some action
Keith Eldrup |
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| I could live with an Undertaker glide bait, Slammer drop belly jerkbait and a 5" Slammer crank. |
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| 5" Slammer Twitch.
Undertaker
Lil' Phantom
Creatures
10" Jakes (customized to "hang" and fish'em like Cady fishes his Hughy's)
Crazy D's D-5 bucktails in squirrel hair.
Gotta sneak'n hunch one of my new favorites will be Triple D and Rubber Hairy Gliders (twitched).[:p] [:p]
Best,
Curly |
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| I definitely like small gliders and twitchbaits. I can't wait to try the new small wyde glide I bought and the small zalts. |
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| Bass-sized jigs and minnow imitations work well here during the spring fairly shallow. |
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| My favorite spring bait would be a 6" Slammer Crankbait in a Red Dragon (holographic!)or Golden Shiner color pattern. The bait is very versatile from super shallow out to 12'+ of water.
Is it time to fish yet?[:bigsmile:] |
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| Twitching a perch pattern Slammer or Bucher Shallow Raider, small Crazy Tails and Rizzo Whizzes over the emergent vegetation. Slow and sloppy with a Manta or Undertaker is usually a good search bait for me in the spring till the temps go up for topwater. |
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| It's hard to beat a good ole Mepps Musky Killer. This spring, however, the Triple D is going to shine, especially for the ones that like working their jerkbaits slowly. I also like the whitefish style Salmos for twitching, and don't be suprised when the bass whack it. They absolutely love the Salmo! |
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| -Undrtakers
-Weighted Suicks
-Mag Dawg
-Twiching Deep Diving Slammers
Anything that I can keep in the strike zone and work very slow. |
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| Small glide baits are hot early, working them real slow along with a 5 or 6 inch gloden shiner Slammer (it's the main forage out on Pewaukee) if it's a cooler spring.
When things heat up with some sun light, #5 Mepps and baby Boo's do well. |
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| I like 6" Jakes, 8" Jakes, and Shallow Raiders for water below 48. Once it warms to the mid fifties, my 6" Reef Hawgs shine as do my Jack attack tube spinners. |
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| ToddM's spinners with the shrimp tails have been a great choice for me, Second would be #5 mepps bucktail.
Jim |
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| I'm with Cady...big baits in deep water. I like to twitch the bigger straight model depthraiders but have a hunch that new Triple D will be great for that!!!![;)] [:p] [:bigsmile:]
Later,
PK |
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| I had the best luck last spring with my Muskie Treat worked SLOW off the breaks around the spawning beds and a Jackpot worked over the weeds. These 2 baits accounted for most of my spring fish. |
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| After buying into the "down size" in the spring b.s, my records showed that the years when I threw whatever size I wanted caught the same numbers as the years I threw big lures. The only difference I noticed that the size of the fish was bigger on the bigger baits. The smaller baits tended to catch smaller fish:30" and under. More 40+ fish on the 8" baits. That's the result of 4 years of personnal testing. To each his own. [8)] |
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| I would agree with you Hunt's. Last year on opening day I had caught a 27" fish on a mepps muskie killer. After most of the day was over I switched to a 9" suick. Didn't catch the fish but had about a 40 take a swipe. Think I'll throw bigger this spring.Dave[:bigsmile:] |
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| In spring, I assume there are no fish around.
So I throw a Musky Treat too, but mostly for practice.
I can enjoy my time out on the water, and don't need to worry about follows or stikes that aren't going to happen.
The Musky Treat allows me to enjoy my time on the water without worrying about any interruptions from muskies.
Tee hee,
Papa Joe |
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Favorite spring bait