Your #1 Bass Lure? (Page 2): If the weeds are up and pretty thick; nothing beats the double fluke. Over the years caught 3-10lbers from shore from my home Lake Dixon in SoCal (a NYS...

sawheeler52 Loc: Escondido, CA

Asente wrote:

If you had to only choose one lure for big/small Bass what would it be?

If the weeds are up and pretty thick; nothing beats the double fluke. Over the years caught 3-10lbers from shore from my home Lake Dixon in SoCal (a NYS transplant from Albany and the Mohawk River).
Rig drawing attached. Just keep your rod tip way low, pretty much at water level and twitch sideways, not up and down. It's an outrageous presentation. Zig, zag is killer. From my experience, most hit the long (trailing) line. You can fish it on top of weeds, right off the edge of weeds, through what looks like the thickest weeds for much there are multiple clear ambush lanes that you can't see. If you keep your swivels small as suggested, it's nearly totally weedless and allows you to fish areas most anglers avoid.

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ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

Papa Jack wrote:

I have caught more bass on a wacky rigged senko than any other offering

sawheeler52 Loc: Escondido, CA

Papa Jack,
This is absolutely the #1 rig in SoCal. Drop shotted or Texas. Can substitute a Robo Worm on the finesse rig. As a NYS transplant to SoCal, used to throwing spinner baits, jigs, worms, deep diving Shad Raps, Rattle Traps and more in multi-species waters, SoCal fishing is frustrating. It's now about the golf courses at sundown. Senkos rule in southern California.

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

Asente wrote:

If you had to only choose one lure for big/small Bass what would it be?

Yamamoto 5 inch. senko green pumpkin whacky rig

sawheeler52 Loc: Escondido, CA

Can't deny the Spook.
A strike you will not forget.

Billycrap2 Loc: Mason county,W(BY GOD) Virginia, 🇺🇸🦅

sawheeler52 wrote:

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Ken Bauer Loc: Sherwood Ohio

I'm a fan of the Yamamoto senkos. Not sure why but many times I have fished for hours throwing everything but the kitchen sink. Drop on a senkos a boom I catch a fish. Must be something different about them. I have lots of knock offs but there is something different about them.

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

Ken Bauer wrote:

I'm a fan of the Yamamoto senkos. Not sure why but many times I have fished for hours throwing everything but the kitchen sink. Drop on a senkos a boom I catch a fish. Must be something different about them. I have lots of knock offs but there is something different about them.

jimbofisherman Loc: Edgewater Florida

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Big dog Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York

ripogenu wrote:

black/white jointed J-5 Rapala

Slugo

JDFishes Loc: Atlantic County

Two lures I use most of the time. Sluggo and spook. Covers most situations on shallow lakes we fish. My son fishes w me regularly and has about 20 different baits he uses. Rarely does he out fish me.

Bcmech1 Loc: Clinton Wisconsin

Asente wrote:

If you had to only choose one lure for big/small Bass what would it be?

The one lure I have caught the most bass with over the years and thus have the most confidence in is a Lazy Ike

Fishhead

I do well with chatter bait but over all just a plain old night crawler

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

Ken Bauer wrote:

I'm a fan of the Yamamoto senkos. Not sure why but many times I have fished for hours throwing everything but the kitchen sink. Drop on a senkos a boom I catch a fish. Must be something different about them. I have lots of knock offs but there is something different about them.

I fully agree. I can sometimes catch fish on knockoffs but can also catch them on Yamamoto's, but never have I been able to outfish a Yamamoto with a knockoff.

Jim Kay Loc: Franklin, Virginia

Asente wrote:

If you had to only choose one lure for big/small Bass what would it be?

Charlie Brewer Slider.