whats some good baits for the winter?

[OhioBass]

thanks bunchs........(dont even say a jig) ;D

[dave_in_fl]

carolina rig, crankbaits, and then when it really gets winter you have to stop fishing because you dont use jigs :P

[OhioBass]

im never quiting fishin buddy lol i guess i'l just learn to like them 8)

[dave_in_fl]

The reason they are so good in winter is the slowwww fall you get from them, thats hard to achieve with soft plastics. Be sure and use a bulky trailer or better yet pork to further slow the descent.

[bearpaw]

We always vertically fish with a jigging spoon. (Hopkin's etc..). First, find your fish with a depth finder. They will normally be deep, but there may be schools of shad nearby. Just drop your jig to the desired depth, and start jigging it. Often, they'll hit your bait on the fall, be prepared.

[Infisherman1]

winter...hmmmm, Oyeah the time of year when its cold and ya get snow. Sorry can't help ya. I'm looking forward to winter here, thats when the spawn and alll that stuff is.

[Rob Mak]

a storm wild eye or a calcutta swim bait used like bassman 's spoon which i also use. although a lur jenson herring jigging spoon.


zooker

Sorry Nick, you have to learn how to fish a jig and pig. The strikes can be unbelievable to almost non existent. So in my opinion, jigs.

[Rich]

I mainly use 3: A spinnerbait fished sloooow, the dreaded jig-n-pig, and a suspending jerkbait.

[MarkR]

In the winter our water temp drops to about 40 degrees, so I don’t know if that is as cold as your.

And I like to fish jigs but jigs don’t like me much either so I normally fish with plastics.
In the morning I had good success with a t-rig junebug brushog and as soon as the sun start shining into the water I change to a pumpkinseed wildthing.

I mostly fish as deep inside the reeds and bushes as I can, always fish very slowly and use big baits

[nicholastown]

There is no one bait that is going to catch fish everyday of the week during the wintertime. The first thing you need to do, instead of worrying about lure choice, is worry about locating fish. Once you have located fish, then worry about lure choice. You will choose your lure as to the location and activity level of the fish. Yes, some fish will be active during the winter. Now, a jig and pig is very effective during the winter for larger fish. You won't catch as many fish on this bait as you would others, but your average fish tends to be bigger. This is really not due to the rate of fall. I can make a plastic worm fall as slow as I want it, or a lizard, or a fluke, or any other soft plastic. A jig is effective during cold weather months mainly because they are big, bulky, and you usually fish them very slow. Other than a jig, many other baits will continue to catch fish. In fact, most all of your autumn baits will continue to produce. You just have to know where to fish them, and slow down. Good fishing.

[RedShad]

Drop Shotting with Roboworms or any finesse baits. It is a very boring way to catch bass, but it works.

[Rob Mak]

lou
when is your winter?

a suspending cordell spot along deep rip rap just twitch it. this has worked with water temps at 33 degrees-air temp was 19.

and a 7 mile run. which will put a wrinkle you know were.



zooker

[singerloo]

I dont catch anything in the Winter,
except for maybe catfish... that's it...
my favorite season is this one
Maybe I'll get more successfull in the winter, but
right now, I'm tryin to enjoy Fall...

...oh, and don't use poppers in the Winter...


seaphantom

[MarkR]

[quote author=zooker link=board=news;num=1095626612;start=0#12 date=09/20/04 at 20:42:21]lou
when is your winter?

a suspending cordell spot along deep rip rap just twitch it. this has worked with water temps at 33 degrees-air temp was 19.

and a 7 mile run. which will put a wrinkle you know were.



zooker[/quote]

Winter over here is usually about May to August, currently in September to November we have a little spring and most importantly the SPAWN!!!
Cool stuff
;D ;D ;D

[macgyver]

[quote author=cullin8s link=board=news;num=1095626612;start=0#3 date=09/19/04 at 16:57:21]The reason they are so good in winter is the slowwww fall you get from them, thats hard to achieve with soft plastics. Be sure and use a bulky trailer or better yet pork to further slow the descent. [/quote]


Are you saying a Jig is slower falling than a weightless Plastic ??? If you are, then I guess I would have to disagree with you here.

I use Flukes, Lizards, And some spoons(no luck in winter with these yet), plus the PNJ. I will pretty much do the deadsticking thing around any timber I can find. If the Lake is frozen, I plan a trip to FL to see my dad, or this year go to the Lakes that provide electricity, and cool the turbines with the water, therefor keeping it WARM year round. I would say that form the posts, if you are ICE fishing, talk to Bassintom, he does it a lot.

Lizards

[bearpaw]

Almost forgot, as zooker said, a Storm wild eye swim bait. Just pump that baby back in a often times the fish will nail it.

NOTE: I prefer the shad color in 4" size

[Rob Mak]

bassman30
i like the 3.5 inch calcutta swim baits alot like the wild eye except the weight is mostly in the belly of the bait not near the head it falls nice and level. not dive head first in the bottom.
white phantom color
zooker

[OhioBass]

will a bitsey bug work? ;D

[BassNva]

the bitsy bug is a jig ???thought you said don't even say a jig ???
i catch fish in 38degree water on fat albert grub(chartreuse)on 1/8 or 1/4 round head jig,targeting deep stumps(20-25ft)

[OhioBass]

i know its a jig....im gonna learn

[mallard]

In winter here the water drops to 32 degrees F.

Colder than that if enough salt comes in from the roads I suppose. You can ice fish though. Just chop a hole in the ice and stick in a jigging spoon...

[Infisherman1]

Ha, we get to fish year round here. The water doesn't really get colder than 60 anywhere.

[BaSsFiShEr20]

Jiggin spoon or a Little George.

Charles

[reddscott]

Jigs... Dropshot? just about anything that works now I know a lot of people would disagree with that but how can you when you havent tried it