What would be your top 5 choices?

keithdog · 03-23-09, 07:05 PM

Here is the situation. Your fishing a northern lake thats been frozen over solid since November. Ice out was just two weeks ago. Not a large lake. Just 90 acres. It's a natural body of water, not a reservoir. Therefore, there are no feeder creeks, old road beds or acres of flooded timber. Just a few bays, points, a few holes, with mainly coontail and lilly pad fields which havn't come up yet. Water is still cold, only in the mid to upper 40's. You have 5 rods to take with you. What lures will you find tied to your rods to start the day? I'll get it started.

Rod 1 will have a Smithwick Rattlin Rouge, suspending version.
Rod 2 will have a 1/2 oz. chatterbait.
Rod 3 will have a Jig N Pig.
Rod 4 will have a Medium diving crankbait.
Rod 5 will have a 5 inch soft bodied swimbait. Mainly because I hear they work well in early spring, and I've never used one this early in the year.

I might add that I will have a 3/8 oz double colorado spinnerbait and a shallow crankbait very nearby!

bamabassman · 03-23-09, 07:10 PM

pnj
10"worm (color depends on the water clarity)
1/2 ounce spinnerbait with colorado blade
1/2 ounce x-rap or rattlin rap
bluegill med diver crank bait

Rebbasser · 03-23-09, 11:05 PM

Looks good to me, Keith.

brushhog · 03-24-09, 01:36 PM

Keith - being a northeastern guy I like your list... I'd probably drop the JNP and slow roll that spinnerbait... just a personal preference. I'm not much of a jig guy!

aikenyounggun · 03-24-09, 01:54 PM

Jig
shaky head
Spinnerbait
Jerkbait
medium diving crankbait

Bassboss · 03-24-09, 01:58 PM

1: Baby brush hog
2: tube
3: slow roll spinnerbait
4: jerkbait
5: a top water fished super slow in the morning and dusk

03-23-09, 07:05 PM	#1
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	What would be your top 5 choices? Here is the situation. Your fishing a northern lake thats been frozen over solid since November. Ice out was just two weeks ago. Not a large lake. Just 90 acres. It's a natural body of water, not a reservoir. Therefore, there are no feeder creeks, old road beds or acres of flooded timber. Just a few bays, points, a few holes, with mainly coontail and lilly pad fields which havn't come up yet. Water is still cold, only in the mid to upper 40's. You have 5 rods to take with you. What lures will you find tied to your rods to start the day? I'll get it started. Rod 1 will have a Smithwick Rattlin Rouge, suspending version. Rod 2 will have a 1/2 oz. chatterbait. Rod 3 will have a Jig N Pig. Rod 4 will have a Medium diving crankbait. Rod 5 will have a 5 inch soft bodied swimbait. Mainly because I hear they work well in early spring, and I've never used one this early in the year. I might add that I will have a 3/8 oz double colorado spinnerbait and a shallow crankbait very nearby! Last edited by keithdog; 03-23-09 at 07:11 PM.

03-23-09, 07:10 PM	#2
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	pnj 10"worm (color depends on the water clarity) 1/2 ounce spinnerbait with colorado blade 1/2 ounce x-rap or rattlin rap bluegill med diver crank bait __________________ so many lures, so little time.

03-23-09, 11:05 PM	#3
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,142	Looks good to me, Keith. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

03-24-09, 01:36 PM	#4
brushhog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Whitesboro, NY Posts: 1,222	Keith - being a northeastern guy I like your list... I'd probably drop the JNP and slow roll that spinnerbait... just a personal preference. I'm not much of a jig guy! __________________ 3/4 of the Earth's surface is water and 1/4 is land. Clearly god wants me to fish, not mow the lawn.

03-24-09, 01:54 PM	#5
aikenyounggun BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: aiken, SC Posts: 2,051	Jig shaky head Spinnerbait Jerkbait medium diving crankbait __________________ <>< Rather be Fishing ><>

03-24-09, 01:58 PM	#6
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	1: Baby brush hog 2: tube 3: slow roll spinnerbait 4: jerkbait 5: a top water fished super slow in the morning and dusk __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

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