What to start off with Saturday morning?

scbassman · 04-23-09, 10:44 PM

I am fishing in a small tournament on Saturday morning that is being held by my church. It is on Lake Robinson which is located next to a progress energy plant. I have four or five rods and wonder what you guys think would be good lures to start with. The water is fairly clear and warm right now and I have been catching bass at nearby ponds all month. Thanks

04-23-09, 10:47 PM

spinnerbait

jbell123 · 04-24-09, 12:06 AM

texas rig brushhawg or T- rig ribbon tail...probably on post spawn try deep ledges bass are holdin at about 12 or so ft right now...may be a few late spawners..shoulda pre fished

jbell123 · 04-24-09, 12:07 AM

dnt 4 get ur cranks

bcklash · 04-24-09, 06:40 AM

topwater!!!

CCbass · 04-24-09, 06:59 AM

Warm, clear, possible post spawn, I agree, topwater in a natural color. I would throw a baby bass spook, its my fav. in that type of situation.

scbassman · 04-24-09, 08:19 AM

didne have time to pre-fish jbell i have had to work 12 hour day shifts all week until today and i have to get my boat and everything else ready so i will have to play it by ear. right now i am starting with a storm swimshad and a booyah buzzbait a watermelon seed fluke and a jointed crankbait and i have 2 tackle boxes of stuff behind that ready to go

ejvesper · 04-24-09, 10:03 AM

I'd have a couple of jig and pigs ready to go......maybe a mop hair and keitech.......good luck.....

BassinID · 04-24-09, 02:02 PM

A natural colored crank, clear spook, t-rigged culprit-watermellon, and a jig with craw trailer if there is craws in the area. That would be my starting baits anyway. Good luck man.

zooker · 04-24-09, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by bcklash

topwater!!!

i agree... the big girls are all over the top water baits here...

zooker

Bassboss · 04-24-09, 05:35 PM

At really depends on the cover. Heavy grass mats, lilly pads, or just heavy weeds! If it 's really weeds, than I would go with a spro frog, or what ever you favorite hollow frog is. I would use this one first rather than a buzz frog because I think the if the bass are inactive, going with the buzz frog fist may turn them off.... it more settle. if that don not work then Go with a buzz frog, they may prefer that over the buzz frog over the hollow!

If you're around brush, or reed lines, or scattered reeds, than I would try a buzz bait! Again, I would first try something more quite so the bass don't get turned off!

Just go top water what ever the case!

Later in the day I would go with a spinnerbait!

abu4600 · 04-24-09, 10:07 PM

spinnerbait or a pop-r would be my first 2 choices.

flippin4it · 04-24-09, 11:17 PM

I would be throwing a buzzbait early then going to a spinnerbait mid morning.

MississippiBoy · 04-26-09, 07:59 PM

Ok, now 'fess up...what did you throw, how did it work, etc...?

scbassman · 04-27-09, 10:24 PM

well the tournament day was a big bust for me i was only going out in my 14 foot jon boat with a ten horsepower outboard since it was not a big tourney. put my boat in the water and found out it had sprung a small leak at the back. a friend of mine fishing that day had a patch kit in his truck he lent me and i patched it and got back in the water but i lost 2 hours out of four we were fishing and had only one hit on a fluke and a few nibbles at some crickets i was throwing as well ugh

bamabassman · 04-28-09, 10:27 PM

well........at least ya got yer boat leak fixed. next time will be better pal.

fishin spro · 04-28-09, 10:32 PM

fish the hot hole with a white floating worm next time....thats where and what it was won on when we had our club tourney there..

04-23-09, 10:44 PM	#1
scbassman BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: south carolina Posts: 31	What to start off with Saturday morning? I am fishing in a small tournament on Saturday morning that is being held by my church. It is on Lake Robinson which is located next to a progress energy plant. I have four or five rods and wonder what you guys think would be good lures to start with. The water is fairly clear and warm right now and I have been catching bass at nearby ponds all month. Thanks

04-24-09, 06:40 AM	#5
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	topwater!!! __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

04-24-09, 10:03 AM	#8
ejvesper BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Monmouth, Maine Posts: 66	I'd have a couple of jig and pigs ready to go......maybe a mop hair and keitech.......good luck..... __________________ All those who live must die...all those who die may not have lived.....Fish

04-24-09, 05:35 PM	#11
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	At really depends on the cover. Heavy grass mats, lilly pads, or just heavy weeds! If it 's really weeds, than I would go with a spro frog, or what ever you favorite hollow frog is. I would use this one first rather than a buzz frog because I think the if the bass are inactive, going with the buzz frog fist may turn them off.... it more settle. if that don not work then Go with a buzz frog, they may prefer that over the buzz frog over the hollow! If you're around brush, or reed lines, or scattered reeds, than I would try a buzz bait! Again, I would first try something more quite so the bass don't get turned off! Just go top water what ever the case! Later in the day I would go with a spinnerbait! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

04-24-09, 11:17 PM	#13
flippin4it BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 483	I would be throwing a buzzbait early then going to a spinnerbait mid morning. __________________ Ex-biker,Hell raiser and Dragracer. Now I have totally lost my mind, so bass fishing it is!!!!

04-23-09, 10:47 PM	#2
ky southern Guest Posts: n/a	spinnerbait

04-24-09, 12:06 AM	#3
jbell123 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3	texas rig brushhawg or T- rig ribbon tail...probably on post spawn try deep ledges bass are holdin at about 12 or so ft right now...may be a few late spawners..shoulda pre fished

04-24-09, 12:07 AM	#4
jbell123 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3	dnt 4 get ur cranks

04-24-09, 06:59 AM	#6
CCbass BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Monterey CA Posts: 253	Warm, clear, possible post spawn, I agree, topwater in a natural color. I would throw a baby bass spook, its my fav. in that type of situation.

04-24-09, 08:19 AM	#7
scbassman BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: south carolina Posts: 31	didne have time to pre-fish jbell i have had to work 12 hour day shifts all week until today and i have to get my boat and everything else ready so i will have to play it by ear. right now i am starting with a storm swimshad and a booyah buzzbait a watermelon seed fluke and a jointed crankbait and i have 2 tackle boxes of stuff behind that ready to go

04-24-09, 02:02 PM	#9
BassinID BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Too far from largemouth, Idaho Posts: 672	A natural colored crank, clear spook, t-rigged culprit-watermellon, and a jig with craw trailer if there is craws in the area. That would be my starting baits anyway. Good luck man.

04-24-09, 10:07 PM	#12
abu4600 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brandon Mississippi Posts: 480	spinnerbait or a pop-r would be my first 2 choices.

04-26-09, 07:59 PM	#14
MississippiBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ridgeland MS Posts: 3,923	Ok, now 'fess up...what did you throw, how did it work, etc...? __________________ I smell smoke, and I hear sirens. Do you think that's a problem?

04-27-09, 10:24 PM	#15
scbassman BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: south carolina Posts: 31	well the tournament day was a big bust for me i was only going out in my 14 foot jon boat with a ten horsepower outboard since it was not a big tourney. put my boat in the water and found out it had sprung a small leak at the back. a friend of mine fishing that day had a patch kit in his truck he lent me and i patched it and got back in the water but i lost 2 hours out of four we were fishing and had only one hit on a fluke and a few nibbles at some crickets i was throwing as well ugh

04-28-09, 10:27 PM	#16
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	well........at least ya got yer boat leak fixed. next time will be better pal. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

04-28-09, 10:32 PM	#17
fishin spro BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: sumter county lip ripper Posts: 500	fish the hot hole with a white floating worm next time....thats where and what it was won on when we had our club tourney there.. __________________ Total Bass of '10: 54 Big Bass of '09: 5.2lbs

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