How to Pick the Right Lure for Your Situation When choosing fishing lures for bass, consider these factors: Water Clarity Clear water subtle colors, natural action Murky water bright, flashy lures Depth Shallow topwaters, soft stickbaits Deep Carolina rigs, swim jigs, weighted soft plastics Cover Type Grass and weeds frogs, Texas-rigged soft plastics Rocks and ledges crankbaits, jigs Season Spring spinnerbaits, soft stickbaits, topwaters Summer frogs, glidebaits, swimbaits Fall deep-running crankbaits, jigs, Texas-rig worms Winter finesse worms, drop shots, smaller lures Want a deeper breakdown of surface baits
To get bass in the spring, we recommend getting one with red or chartreuse in it
Something they are keenly conditioned to feel and react to
Though made with bank anglers in mind, kayak fishers have really taken to it because it's compact and needs no mounting
This is also a great tool when fish are guarding fry during the immediate post spawn
Big ribbon tails can also be pitched on heavy shaky heads in deep bank cover, like laydowns and docks