When we all begin ultralight bass fishing, we have the typical overload of questions. Once we venture into the bass fishing aisle at our favorite store, we are then overwhelmed with the choices. Questions flood into my inbox asking me about lures, most of them are good questions. However, sometimes, people ask me about the scam baits, and this part hurts me. This is why I have taken the time to put together this list of must have baits, that I believe belong in your tackle box!
The first bait on the list, is arguably one of the original artificial lures. It was invented in 1949 by Creme Lures, or Nick Creme. This little piece of plastic has been boating bass longer than most of us have been on the earth. In my opinion, a 4inch worm with a wavy or curly tail is perfect. Try the green pepper pumpkin, or junebug colors.
On the list next is the Rapala Floating Minnow. Rapala makes a jointed model of this bait, and when reeled slowly on top of the water, it acts like a spook lure. The faster you reel though, makes it dive a little deeper, topping out around 1 foot deep. If the fish are in a feeding mood, this is my go to lure. You can just let this lure sit as well, often called deadsticking. If you know that you are over a fishy area, let the lure die, and sit for 15-30 seconds or so, and give it a couple twitches. This will get their attention. The smaller sizes work best on ultralight rods.
The next one is the classic grub. The good old plastic 2" grub. It doesn't look like much, a little round body with a curly tail, on a jig head. To a fish though, it is exactly what they want. A slow moving, chunk of food. You can fish it deep to shallow, fast or slow. Try burning the tail across the top of the water like a buzzbait in the morning or evenings. I use green pumpkin with a chartreuse tail, or even black. Black jig heads on both.
The fourth lure that I highly recommend to you is the Booyah Pond Magic spinnerbait. I prefer the 3/16 ounce model, in either firetiger, or white with copper blades. You can vary your presentation by either slow rolling the bait, or keeping it moving on the bottom just fast enough to get the blades to spin, or waking it -- burning it just below the waters surface, creating a small v-wake for fish to hone in on it.
Last, but not the least, is the skirted jig. Even on ultralight fishing gear, these things are proven "big" fish catchers. You catch a grip of fish on ultralight gear, but the skirt jig weeds out the smaller fish. I rarely catch a fish under 1lb using a skirted jig and trailer fishing in ponds.
The first bait on the list, is arguably one of the original artificial lures. It was invented in 1949 by Creme Lures, or Nick Creme. This little piece of plastic has been boating bass longer than most of us have been on the earth. In my opinion, a 4inch worm with a wavy or curly tail is perfect. Try the green pepper pumpkin, or junebug colors.
On the list next is the Rapala Floating Minnow. Rapala makes a jointed model of this bait, and when reeled slowly on top of the water, it acts like a spook lure. The faster you reel though, makes it dive a little deeper, topping out around 1 foot deep. If the fish are in a feeding mood, this is my go to lure. You can just let this lure sit as well, often called deadsticking. If you know that you are over a fishy area, let the lure die, and sit for 15-30 seconds or so, and give it a couple twitches. This will get their attention. The smaller sizes work best on ultralight rods.
The next one is the classic grub. The good old plastic 2" grub. It doesn't look like much, a little round body with a curly tail, on a jig head. To a fish though, it is exactly what they want. A slow moving, chunk of food. You can fish it deep to shallow, fast or slow. Try burning the tail across the top of the water like a buzzbait in the morning or evenings. I use green pumpkin with a chartreuse tail, or even black. Black jig heads on both.
The fourth lure that I highly recommend to you is the Booyah Pond Magic spinnerbait. I prefer the 3/16 ounce model, in either firetiger, or white with copper blades. You can vary your presentation by either slow rolling the bait, or keeping it moving on the bottom just fast enough to get the blades to spin, or waking it -- burning it just below the waters surface, creating a small v-wake for fish to hone in on it.
Last, but not the least, is the skirted jig. Even on ultralight fishing gear, these things are proven "big" fish catchers. You catch a grip of fish on ultralight gear, but the skirt jig weeds out the smaller fish. I rarely catch a fish under 1lb using a skirted jig and trailer fishing in ponds.
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